2007-10-24 21:48:15.700853+00 by meuon 2 comments
While Dan has been ranting about man things Mac and Windows, I have few rants about the new Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon), but there are some tricks to Making Ubuntu 7.10 Useful (w/w32codecs).
But dang it's been fun. As soon as I have time to re-tune up my small laptop (running 7.04) it'll be on 7.10, but my other laptop and desktops are running 7.10 and Ubuntu Studio and are working very very well.
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#Comment Re: made: 2007-10-24 22:47:45.4732+00 by: Dan Lyke
Okay, now I've gotta pull the trigger on my laptop. I've been amazed at how much of what I thought were Windows proprietary videos I've been able to see with the hacks you mention...
#Comment Re: made: 2007-10-25 00:13:53.63499+00 by: JT
I used to just add the libxine-extracodecs and totem-xine packages. The restricted-extras has added so much more useful stuff, like flash plugins, java, etc. Makes it easy to install in a small package.