Updating made easy with EasyUbuntu (Linux.com) [LWN.net]

Linux.com examines EasyUbuntu, a script which simplifies the installation of utilities for non-free media formats. "Ubuntu uses only open/free formats, so it doesn't include playback support for formats such as MP3, Windows Media Audio (WMA), and Audio Video Interleave (AVI) that may have some restrictions. If your country has no such restrictions or legal issues with these formats, the Restricted Formats article on the Ubuntu wiki can help you install software that plays such files. Or you can do it they easy way, with EasyUbuntu, a Python script that gives Ubuntu users access to commonly used applications and codecs through a neat graphical user interface (GUI)."

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Updating made easy with EasyUbuntu (Linux.com)

Posted Apr 1, 2006 16:14 UTC (Sat) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054) [Link]

Beware Kubuntu users: At this point EasyUbuntu requires python-glade2,
synaptic, gnome-terminal, and their dependencies.

Updating made easy with EasyUbuntu (Linux.com)

Posted Apr 3, 2006 6:51 UTC (Mon) by rqosa (guest, #24136) [Link]

> it doesn't include playback support for formats such as MP3

I'm using Hoary, and I can play MP3s from amaroK and Kaffeine (using libxine as the player engine). Is this not possible anymore with later releases of Ubuntu?