Hi Mark, i'll tell you for sure if you need an out of the box media ready Distro go for DREAMLINUX........its PERFECT, its based on Debian and has ALL CODECS in place.... On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Erick NNN <erickarn@gmail.com> wrote:
Mark, there's no need to buy a new car just because your current one has a puncture (thanks, Rad) :-) . Follow the instructions below;
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpUbuntu
You're interested in the Multimedia Codecs. The command in the terminal is ; sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Or try VLC; sudo apt-get install vlc
Asante Erick
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi skunks,
Ave just installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my system but am kind of dissapointed at its support for different media formats. . . Thought ad be able to play most if not all of the movies and music types that I have. . .had to download them. . . .anyone have an alternative linux based OS that I can try out. . . . Am trying to go opensource . .lakini needing to download all the codecs is a hustle. . . any help?
-- Regards,
Mark Mwangi
http://mwangy.wordpress.com sent Using Windows 7 Beta
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