Question #77535 on Ubuntu changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77535
Tom posted a new comment: Lol, thanks & congrats :)) I would definitely avoid running any Windows stuff in linux. Why bother with it when native linux apps tend to be so much better anyway? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows To get almost all your multimedia working in one go it's worth running through the Medibuntu worksheet https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu I tend to go with non-free components and haven't had to pay anything so far. Depending on which country you're in perhaps you should pay someone for the rights to use certain codecs and things. I'm still waiting to be asked and will then look into the validity of the claim made - perhaps while simultaneously switching over to completely OpenSource to really free myself. I find the best way to add any extra functionality i require is to go up to the top taskbar and click on System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager and then use the search button to do some vague search. If i do know the name of a particular package then i still tend to use the search button even though it's main advantage is that it searches in package descriptions as well as in package titles. There are other package managers (for example, Applications - Add/Remove Applications) and they all read the same lists, databases, repos and everything but i prefer the way synaptic gives me more detail. Sometimes it just adds a library or codec to make an application i use all the time just gain the extra functionality, sometimes it suggests installing a whole new app :) The idea of continuing to think in Windows terms and then trying to translate that into linux terms doesn't appeal. Each is good in their own world. I agree that Xp is an excellent OS now - in the linux world we would say the beta testing stage has finally produced something that's just about secure enough and Xp seems ready for full release. It's just a shame that microsquish has made so much money from selling people something that wasn't really ready and is beginning to withdraw support for it now that Xp is at last ready! lol Oh here's one good reason for going with linux https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus I see no reason to wipe my Xp side or my linux sides. They both work so i'm keeping both <shrugs> Not a big issue for me :) Good luck and welcome to linux-land, especially the Ubuntu corner of it :) Regards from Tom :)) -- You received this question notification because you are a member of UF Unanswered Posts Team, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
