Comments on: Lifehacker Gets on the Bandwagon

By: sex sikiş

sex sikiş — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:34:10 +0000

Anyway the truth is that for beginners or for those who don’t wish to improve their skills, they are good options

By: porno sikiş

porno sikiş — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:51:27 +0000

As for Automatix, I ran it when I first installed Ubuntu but ran into lots of problems with the stuff it installed when I tried to upgrade to Dapper, so I don’t recommend it.

By: antalya ilaçlama

antalya ilaçlama — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:19:11 +0000

Come on guys, majority of just want to use a computer, like they use a TV, just click buttons around.

By: sikiş izle

sikiş izle — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:24:36 +0000

Seeing how Lifehacker.com states that Firefox is already installed:

By: krz

krz — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:49:03 +0000

I usually install everything myself and have already my prefered apps (Opera Vs Firefox, Mplayer Vs VLC, …).
But I think that articles like lifehacker’s one are interesting for newcomers, people who think about migrating to Ubuntu just to show them there are cool apps on linux.

And sometimes, those articles make me discover thing I totally missed like… Frozen Bubble!!!! I usually don’t install any game and remove directly any pre-installed game, but this time (thanks to lifehacker) I’ve given a try to Frozen Bubble and I love it!

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:46:09 +0000

Come on guys, majority of just want to use a computer, like they use a TV, just click buttons around.

By: Corvillus

Corvillus — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:41:50 +0000

I have to agree with you that Automatix is not always the way to go for those that truly want to learn how to use the OS, and I personally don’t use it either. However, when you get right down to it, Ubuntu’s main goal is to squash Launchpad bug #1 – Microsoft’s majority market share. Now, when you look at Microsoft Windows and its userbase, you have to think, how many people really know how to use Windows? Sure, they know how to print up text documents, surf the web, check their e-mail, watch their movies, listen to music, burn CDs/DVDs, sync to their iPods, etc. But only a relatively small percentage know how to actually use the Windows OS itself (file management beyond “Documents and Settings”, any kind of configuration, security settings, and god forbid registry editing). And for the most part, they don’t care to learn either, all they want to do is their basic computing tasks and have the OS stay out of the way. Ubuntu needs to make it easy to do same thing if it wants to gain market share. It needs to let people get things done without requiring them to learn anything about their underlying OS. And I think Automatix is a great step in doing this. It basically turns setting up a usable system that works into nothing other than 1. Boot LiveCD. 2. Answer questions. 3. Install Automatix. 4. Run Automatix and click checkboxes and apply. 5. Start using your computer. Besides, getting Ubuntu on an A-list tech how-to blog is good PR for it, if nothing else.

By: tin21

tin21 — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:48:09 +0000

So I am glad that you are so blessed of doing all the installations yourself. I have not installed ubuntu yet maybe soon. Then maybe I could have my opions about this too. Who knows.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:14:00 +0000

The thing about automatix is that it takes care of things that aren’t all that standard – ie, what you’re learning you may only use once.

My best example is the plugins for firefox like java and flash. Those are not just apt-get things, but involve some searching etc.

I like automatix.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:21:38 +0000

I also thought that article was a bit silly. But then so are 90% of the ‘top ten’ articles out there. The only thing that I found useful was no. 7, checkgmail, which it turns out isn’t in the Ubuntu repositories despite what the article implies.

As for Automatix, I ran it when I first installed Ubuntu but ran into lots of problems with the stuff it installed when I tried to upgrade to Dapper, so I don’t recommend it.