Alias wrote:
> GreyCloud wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>> GreyCloud wrote:
>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:00:43 -0700, GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ctrl¤/Alt¤/Del wrote:
>>>>>>> Ubuntu 9.10 has been judged and found to be lacking.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I ran the live-cd and checked it out a bit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can't use Forte Agent, can't use my favorite file manager
>>>>>>> "XYplorer",
>>>>>>> can't use Foobar, can't use Irfanview without downloading
>>>>>>> something else
>>>>>>> and going through another 20 steps, can't, can't, can't, can't,
>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>> and on and on and on.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Replacements for this, replacements for that, I have to have
>>>>>>> replacements for all the applications that I cherish and have
>>>>>>> come to
>>>>>>> appreciate. I don't want replacements, or something just about
>>>>>>> like this
>>>>>>> app or that app, etc...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That is about as far as I got with the Live CD. After I found out I
>>>>>>> couldn't use any applications that I normally use, I just ejected
>>>>>>> the CD
>>>>>>> and tossed it in the trash.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for nothing Ubuntu. I sure am glad I didn't actually
>>>>>>> install you.
>>>>>> Plus you can't play commercial DVDs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wow. No wonder this piece of crap has never persuaded more people
>>>>> to use
>>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> And when you go to the support groups you are told to add packman to
>>>> the repository so that you can download the win32 codecs and
>>>> libdvdcss and install them. Unfortunately, this leads to other
>>>> dependency nightmares.
>>>> Even then, it still won't work because there is yet another codec
>>>> needed... like H.264 or H.263. And yet it still won't work.
>>>> All it does is put you on a scavenger hunt for days.
>>>
>>> Not any more. See my other post to you about Ubuntu Restricted Extras.
>>>
>>
>> Which repository are those in?
>> Bear in mind that I'm in the US, not another country where it is legal
>> to do these things on Linux.
>
> Then you have a decision to make.
>
I did. I checked out another posted url and found that I was missing a
required library. So I checked around on various mirrors and downloaded
it from a german site. Now it finally works. Totem tried to run, but
crashed for whatever reasons... so I started up MPlayer and it worked
pretty good. But it took me a bit too long to find a solution and I
just about gave it up.