I guess it depends on what you're upgrading from. I personally would never "upgrade" to a newer version of any operating system.
Since Dapper hasn't been released yet, I'm sure they're going to claim "testing use only" On 3/21/06, Bob Therina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does upgrading to Dapper break anything that's already installed? > > Bob > > > On 3/16/06, Eric Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Also, Automatix does NOT work with the lastest testing releases of > > Dapper. It is for Breezy only. > > > > > > On 3/16/06, Eric Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Automatix is wonderful, they should make something similar for all > > distros. > > > > > > To install it for regular Ubuntu: > > > $wget http://beerorkid.com/automatix/automatix_5.6-2_i386.deb > > > $sudo dpkg -i automatix_5.6-2_i386.deb > > > > > > For (K,ED)ubuntu: > > > $sudo apt-get install xterm libglade2-0 libgnomecanvas2-0 > > > $wget > > http://kambing.vlsm.org/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zenity/zenity_2.12.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb > > > $sudo dpkg -i zenity_2.12.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb > > > $wget http://www.beerorkid.com/automatix/automatix_5.6-2_i386.deb > > > $sudo dpkg -i automatix_5.6-2_i386.deb > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's a feature list (copied from ubuntuforums.org): > > > > > > Capabilities: > > > 1) Installs multimedia codecs > > > 2) Installs all Firefox plugins (java, flash, etc) (except Adobe > > > reader and mplayer) > > > 3) Installs RAR, ACE and UNRAR archive support > > > 4) Installs skype > > > 5) Installs Acrobat reader 7 and firefox plugin for the same. > > > 6) Installs Gnomebaker (CD/DVD burning s/w for GNOME) > > > 7) Installs gftp (FTP client for GNOME with ssh capability) > > > 8) Installs Amule (File sharing program) > > > 9) Installs Frostwire (GPL clone of Limewire) > > > 10) Installs multimedia editors (Audacity (audio), Kino (video), EasyTag > > (ID3)) > > > 11) Installs DVD (dvdrip) ripper > > > 12) Installs Mplayer and mplayerplug-in version 3.05 for Firefox > > > 13) Installs totem-xine, Realplayer, VLC and Beep Media Player (with > > docklet) > > > 14) Installs Opera Browser > > > 15) Installs Debian Menu (shows all installed applications) (this > > > kills and restarts your gnome-panel without warning u but its a > > > completely harmless operation!) > > > 16) Installs Bittornado and Azureus (Bittorrent clients) > > > 17) Installs Avidemux (Video editing tool) (New version 2.1.0) > > > 18) Enables Numlock on (turns numlock on Gnome startup) > > > 19) Installs Programming Tools (Anjuta (C/C++ IDE), Bluefish (HTML > > > editor) and Screem (Web Development Env.)) > > > 20) Install GnomePPP (Graphical Dial up connection tool) > > > 21) Installs MS true type fonts > > > 22) Configures ctrl-alt-del to start gnome-system-monitor (aka windows) > > > 23) Installs Streamripper and Streamtuner > > > 24) Installs NON-FREE audio and dvd codecs > > > 25) Installs ndisgtk (WiFi configurator Graphical user interface) > > > 26) Upgrades Open Office to 2.0 (final version), installs openoffice > > > clipart and installs OO2 thumbnailer. > > > 27) Adds 3 nautilus scripts (open any file with gedit as root; open a > > > nautilus window as root in any folder; open gnome search tool in any > > > folder (Right click in a nautilus window and look under "scripts") > > > 28) Installs SUN'S JAVA JRE version 1.5 > > > 29) Installs SUN'S JAVA JDK version 1.5 > > > 30) Installs wine (u need to run winecfg manually after installation) > > > 31) Enables ejection of CD when CDROM drive button is pressed. > > > 32) Installs AMSN 0.95 (MSN client with webcam support) > > > 33) Installs Mercury Messenger (Java based MSN client with webcam > > support) > > > 34*) Installs firestarter (GNOME firewall frontend) and adds > > > firestarter to GNOME startup > > > 35*) installs gdesklets (GNOME eyecandy) and adds gdesklets to GNOME > > startup > > > 36*) Gamepads (Makes USB gamepads work) > > > 37*) Turns DMA ON on Intel and AMD machines (needs a restart) > > > 38*) NVIDIA cards (Detects Nvidia cards and installs drivers) (Needs a > > restart) > > > 39*) Adds midi capability to your Ubuntu box (test by playing a midi > > > file with timidity or pmidi from terminal) > > > 40*) Installs Firefox 1.5.0.1 and its plugins(themes and extensions > > > are not retained, bookmarks need to be copied from backup folder) > > > 41*) Installs Mozilla-Thunderbird 1.5 (US-only version) (no support > > > for non-US-english language packs and enigmail) > > > 42*) Fixes Gnome sound related issues (ALSA and ESD config) (needs a > > > restart) (ONLY FOR GNOME! NOT TO BE USED ON KDE/XFCE) > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/16/06, Robert Citek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Has anyone tried Automatix? > > > > > > > > Scott wrote a blog about Automatix: > > > > > > > > http://opensource.weblogsinc.com/2005/11/04/pimp-out-your-k-ubuntu/ > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, the link to Automatix is broken. I found this > > > > alternate link: > > > > > > > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=138405 > > > > > > > > From what I have read on other sites it works on {K,Ed}ubuntu 5.10. > > > > I also recall hearing about a similar package but don't recall it's > > > > name nor have I been able to locate it via google. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > - Robert > > > > http://www.cwelug.org/downloads > > > > Help others get OpenSource software. 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