[klug] EasyUbuntu

[Peter Dinnan]

Hi all,

I've just found out about this little app for Ubuntu users; it downloads
and installs the following...

Multimedia
      * Enhance video player: Install a better multimedia backend
        (totem-xine replace totem-gstreamer)
      * Free Codecs: Add Support for playing mp3 and other non-free
        formats
      * Binary Codecs: Add support for proprietary video and audio
        formats (w32codecs) (only x86)
      * libdvdcss: Read commercial and encrypted DVDs
      * MIDI: Add support for playing midi files
Web
      * Flash: Enable the Macromedia Flash plugin (only x86)
      * Java: Enable the Java plugin (Sun Java for x86, amd64) (IBM java
        for ppc)
      * Videos: Enable viewing videos embedded in webpages
Archives
      * RAR: extract and create RAR archives
      * ACE: extract ACE archives
      * 7-Zip: Extract 7-Zip archives
System
      * Repository list: Main, Universe, Multiverse and PLF (replace
        your previous sources.list)
      * Fonts: Install Microsoft and other nice fonts
      * DMA: Enable Direct Memory Access to improve DVD reading (breezy)
      * Nvidia: install the official driver to enable 3D on Nvidia
        graphics cards
      * ATI: install the official driver to enable 3D on ATI graphics
        cards
Voice Over IP
      * Wengo: a free Voice Over IP software (available in dapper)
      * Skype: the most popular VoIP software (only x86) 


Here's the link for anyone interested

  http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/overview.html


Regards,
Peter