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From: BillW50 on 9 Feb 2010 09:33 In news:h5avm51rir2tfehum7bfc7i5km0j176p2o(a)4ax.com, AJL typed on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:31:11 -0700: > "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >> AJL typed on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:18:12 -0700: > >> The Ubuntu manual states that it only does MP3. WMA, and AAC formats. > > If you need a format that's not included then more formats can be > added, but then I repeat myself. WMA support is included with Ubuntu. But it still doesn't work. Then what? Btw, it works under Xandros though. >> but I have nothing in AAC format to test. >> Maybe that one is dead too for all I know. > > Complaining about a format you haven't even tried?? No, I am complaining that there are only two formats left. Since WMA format doesn't work. >>>> I am getting a lot of >>>> screen flashes with it under Ubuntu. >>> >>> Screen flashes? Hey, I'll bet you have a defective 'flash' drive. >>> Boy that spoils your perfect record huh... ;) >> >> Then I install it on a hard drive and the same dang thing happens, >> then what? Just more broken promises? > > That was a joke Bill. *Flashes* on the screen, *flash drive*...get it? > No I suppose not. It's become apparent to me that you really don't > want to get Linux working, but seem to just want to complain about it. > Perhaps a shrink could help but I obviously can't. So you have the > last word on the subject... Look, maybe you don't understand. I would LOVE to use Linux. How many times do I have to say this? But Linux will only do browsing, email, and newsgroups for me. Oh and play some multimedia formats. That is all! Damn, that isn't so good. Many PDAs does this and far more. Why would anybody in their right mind want to down grade their computers for? -- Bill Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Windows XP SP2
From: the wharf rat on 9 Feb 2010 10:17 In article <hkrrl4$49p$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >WMA support is included with Ubuntu. But it still doesn't work. Then >what? Btw, it works under Xandros though. > Have you RTFM? This is from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=413624 -------- Enabling Multimedia in Feisty (HOW-TO) Video/audio codec, flash, mp3, dvd playback, and win32 Codec install for Feisty Fawn for beginners. If your a new user, copy and paste commands into the terminal, should be relatively easy from that point forward. For mp3, etc. Open up Add/Remove programs from your Application bar. Go to Sound&Video and Find and Check all of the packages below (easily done by searching for gstreamer) * "GStreamer ffmpeg video plugin" * "GStreamer extra plugins" * "GStreamer plugins for aac, xvid, mpeg2, faad" * "GStreamer plugins for mms, wavpack, quicktime, musepack" Then go to Other subsection of Add/Remove and find * "Ubuntu restricted extras" For Flash support While under the "Other" section enable * "Macromedia Flash plugin" For DVD Playback and Win32 Codecs Edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list using either of the following commands in a terminal: $gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list to open it in the GUI text editor or $sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list to open it in the Vim command line text editor Add the following lines to add the Medibuntu repository to the file: ## Medibuntu - Ubuntu 7.04 "feisty fawn" Please report any bug on ## https://launchpad.net/products/medibuntu/+bugs deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ feisty free non-free Import the gpg key for the Medibuntu repository to ensure that the packages are installed without warnings/errors regarding trust: To do this, run the following command from the terminal: wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - Now update the local list of packages to get the list of packages from the newly added Medibuntu repository: In a terminal execute the following command: sudo apt-get update Now you can install libdvdcss2 and w32codecs using the following command: sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 w32codecs >No, I am complaining that there are only two formats left. Since WMA >format doesn't work. You mean since you haven't bothered to get it to work.
From: S. Fishpaste on 11 Feb 2010 13:14 On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:58:42 -0700, AJL in comp.sys.laptops wrote: > "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: [ ...] >>I call Linux as a glorified PDA OS. Although it seems like the iPhone can >>actually do more than Linux can nowadays. > > A troll baiting statement and beneath you Bill. If you really want to > learn how to do something you can't figure out ask a specific > question. Preferably in an Ubuntu group. If you just religiously hate > Linux why are you torturing yourself? > >>I mean that Ubuntu tab desktop that has that Favorites tab. Xandros in >>Easy Mode has the same thing. And an utility to add or remove >>applications from this tab. And I must have deleted the utility since I >>don't see it anymore. > > Again, you may want to try the *full* Ubuntu install. There are no > tabs on my (Gnome) desktop. The built in package manager on my version > is called the Ubuntu Software Center and is accessed from the > Applications menu. I've told him that a number of time -- It appears that he doesn't want his experience in Linux to work, so he avoids the instructions from people that are considerably experienced in the Unices. I use all 4 operating systems daily, so it's not a religous experience for me. They all have their best points. One just has to spend some time learning each.
From: the wharf rat on 11 Feb 2010 15:12 In article <slrnhn8j2c.f70.SDA(a)laptop.sweetpig.dyndns.org>, S. Fishpaste <marathon.durandal(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >No they haven't. Most UNIX administrators know how to lock down a box. >Most exploits come from enabled web services. > Rootkits are rare in a Unix environment as an entry point. You do seem them sometimes as a followup to another exploit. A typical scenario is that a poorly coded web application allows a command line to be executed as the web user, and that's exploited to yield root permissions which are in turn used to install other applications which may include "rootkits". Root exploits in general are pretty rare in Unix. Most programs run as a non root user so exploiting them doesn't get you root. There are a few that pop up now and then... It's a fundamentally more secure environment because of its simplicity. >The issue is between the chair and the keyboard Bill. Yup. I use Xine on an old AMD box to play movies while I do other stuff. Works fine.
From: BillW50 on 11 Feb 2010 15:26
In news:slrnhn8i81.f70.SDA(a)laptop.sweetpig.dyndns.org, S. Fishpaste typed on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:14:25 -0500: > On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:58:42 -0700, AJL in comp.sys.laptops wrote: >> "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > > [ ...] > >>> I call Linux as a glorified PDA OS. Although it seems like the >>> iPhone can actually do more than Linux can nowadays. >> >> A troll baiting statement and beneath you Bill. If you really want to >> learn how to do something you can't figure out ask a specific >> question. Preferably in an Ubuntu group. If you just religiously hate >> Linux why are you torturing yourself? >> >>> I mean that Ubuntu tab desktop that has that Favorites tab. Xandros >>> in Easy Mode has the same thing. And an utility to add or remove >>> applications from this tab. And I must have deleted the utility >>> since I don't see it anymore. >> >> Again, you may want to try the *full* Ubuntu install. There are no >> tabs on my (Gnome) desktop. The built in package manager on my >> version is called the Ubuntu Software Center and is accessed from the >> Applications menu. > > I've told him that a number of time -- It appears that he doesn't want > his experience in Linux to work, so he avoids the instructions from > people that are considerably experienced in the Unices. Nope, that isn't it Fishpaste. It is that I am a very busy guy and Linux isn't a priority. So it has to wait until I have some more time. > I use all 4 operating systems daily, so it's not a religous experience > for me. They all have their best points. One just has to spend some > time learning each. Learning them isn't a big deal for me. The big deal is the bottom line after spending all of the time getting them working. So what can you do with it after all is said and done? As far as I can tell, anybody using Linux instead of Windows is losing abilities and not gaining any. Thus it would be a downgrade for most computer users. So what is the point? Why would you want to take a machine that runs Windows well and put Linux on it and end up with something that any smart phone can do? I mean seriously? -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3 |