On 23 mei, 18:44, John Bailo <jaba...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> > IIRc, he was just trolling 'on behalf of' Novell. There's nothing wrong with
> > Automatix, but some say it can lead to stability issues. I haven't used it
> > myself, so I just rely on what I read. :-)
>
> I'm not trolling - I'm simply asking...in fact, I'm amazed at the
> capabilities that you describe for Ubuntu to acquire codecs, because
> even up to 10.2, the process involves a manual effort of adding an
> additional site, Packman as a Zum source to Yast.
>
> I just wanted to confirm that the Ubuntu process is easier in that, as
> someone described, it will get the codec "on the fly" when required by
> an application or web page, because I think its a cool thing and the way
> it should be (even better than XP where you have to buy, download,
> install the codec for DVD).
>
> So stop being barnacles and let me ask questions, if you please.
>
> Barnacles defined:http://www.you-read-it-here-first.com/viewtopic.php?t=559
Probably I wrote something wrong again (as usual).
Anyway, since you are using (open)SUSE to, you should really check
out :
http://en.opensuse.org/MetaPackages
Using MetaPackages, you will never have to add repositories (like
packman) manually.
Git it on Johnnyboy ;-)
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