ubuntu_demon
August 14th, 2006, 06:27 PM
This is an unoffical personal project. I'm posting this as a forum user and not as a staff member. Everything is all on your own risk.
Legal Notice : Patent and copyright laws operate differently depending on which country you are in. Please obtain legal advice if you are unsure whether a particular patent or restriction applies to a media format you wish to use in your country.
There is a good reason why Ubuntu doesn't include better multimedia support on default.
Some file formats are proprietary, which means that they are owned by a company or other organisation. Sometimes, the owners of such formats charge licensing fees or impose legal restrictions on the use of their formats. This means that people may be unable to use or distribute these formats without first paying a fee or applying for a license.
A Free or open format is one which can be used by anyone, free of legal restrictions on how they use the format. Free formats are very popular - the World Wide Web is based on the open HTML standard. Ubuntu supports many free formats and the open-source community as a whole encorages their wider use.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats
I hereby announce this new forum section :-D
What and why?
* This is a work in progress.
* If my guides have more exposure I can help more people and I get more relevant feedback.
* This resembles Automatix, Easy Ubuntu and Ubuntu Guide. But it has another focus.
* When compared to Automatix and Easy Ubuntu : I have a personal preference to do things with HOWTO's.
-the user can (still) easily choose not to do some parts
-the user reads,sees and learns what is happening
-I want to provide links to relevant documentation for further reading
* When compared to Ubuntu Guide :
- Ubuntu Customization Guide aims to be a quick start place for new forum/Ubuntu users while encouraging users to try to understand what they are doing.
- Ubuntu Guide recommends a different sources.list than I do.I include commented cipherfunk,wine and skype repositories. I try to integrate a conservative but useful selection of repositories. AFAIK a lot of people are using my sources.list. I try to keep it up to date it and I read the feedback in the discussion thread.
- I'm focusing on providing a useful (conservative) selection of Common Customizations.
* This is the most important guide for Ubuntu Customization Guide. This HOWTO focuses on the most common customizations suitable for average users.
Ubuntu Customization Guide - Quick Start
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=186792
FIRST STAGE : MAKING YOUR SOURCES.LIST READY
SECOND STAGE : MULTIMEDIA AND PROPRIETARY/RESTRICTED FORMATS
THIRD STAGE : OPTIONAL OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
FOURTH STAGE : OPTIONAL PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE
FIFTH STAGE : PERFORMANCE TWEAKS
SIXTH STAGE : PROPRIETARY BINARY VIDEODRIVERS
SEVENTH STAGE : REBOOT
* I'm going to improve my performance guide https://ubuntudemon.wordpress.com/2006/07/14/desktop-performance-tweaks/
* I have some other ideas for guides.
* In the future some of this customizing will be more easy. See :
CommonCustomizations - feedback request
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=206535
I attended most of the BOF's. I hope this speficiation will make Ubuntu Customization Guide useless.
about / announcements (discussion)
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=236450
Legal Notice : Patent and copyright laws operate differently depending on which country you are in. Please obtain legal advice if you are unsure whether a particular patent or restriction applies to a media format you wish to use in your country.
There is a good reason why Ubuntu doesn't include better multimedia support on default.
Some file formats are proprietary, which means that they are owned by a company or other organisation. Sometimes, the owners of such formats charge licensing fees or impose legal restrictions on the use of their formats. This means that people may be unable to use or distribute these formats without first paying a fee or applying for a license.
A Free or open format is one which can be used by anyone, free of legal restrictions on how they use the format. Free formats are very popular - the World Wide Web is based on the open HTML standard. Ubuntu supports many free formats and the open-source community as a whole encorages their wider use.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats
I hereby announce this new forum section :-D
What and why?
* This is a work in progress.
* If my guides have more exposure I can help more people and I get more relevant feedback.
* This resembles Automatix, Easy Ubuntu and Ubuntu Guide. But it has another focus.
* When compared to Automatix and Easy Ubuntu : I have a personal preference to do things with HOWTO's.
-the user can (still) easily choose not to do some parts
-the user reads,sees and learns what is happening
-I want to provide links to relevant documentation for further reading
* When compared to Ubuntu Guide :
- Ubuntu Customization Guide aims to be a quick start place for new forum/Ubuntu users while encouraging users to try to understand what they are doing.
- Ubuntu Guide recommends a different sources.list than I do.I include commented cipherfunk,wine and skype repositories. I try to integrate a conservative but useful selection of repositories. AFAIK a lot of people are using my sources.list. I try to keep it up to date it and I read the feedback in the discussion thread.
- I'm focusing on providing a useful (conservative) selection of Common Customizations.
* This is the most important guide for Ubuntu Customization Guide. This HOWTO focuses on the most common customizations suitable for average users.
Ubuntu Customization Guide - Quick Start
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=186792
FIRST STAGE : MAKING YOUR SOURCES.LIST READY
SECOND STAGE : MULTIMEDIA AND PROPRIETARY/RESTRICTED FORMATS
THIRD STAGE : OPTIONAL OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
FOURTH STAGE : OPTIONAL PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE
FIFTH STAGE : PERFORMANCE TWEAKS
SIXTH STAGE : PROPRIETARY BINARY VIDEODRIVERS
SEVENTH STAGE : REBOOT
* I'm going to improve my performance guide https://ubuntudemon.wordpress.com/2006/07/14/desktop-performance-tweaks/
* I have some other ideas for guides.
* In the future some of this customizing will be more easy. See :
CommonCustomizations - feedback request
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=206535
I attended most of the BOF's. I hope this speficiation will make Ubuntu Customization Guide useless.
about / announcements (discussion)
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=236450