Talk:Automatix (tool)

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[edit] Merge

This could be merged with Ubuntu article. Expanding the line in Ubuntu 'Unofficial utilities such as EasyUbuntu and Automatix aim to automate the installation and configuration of software which is not officially packaged for Ubuntu.' to specify what automatix installs (add a second line) would be just as good. Rovaals 18:13, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't think that's a good idea. There's nothing that ties Automatix to Ubuntu (like being user-friendly, or developed by a non-sociopath, or using any established Ubuntu mechanisms like apt, or advocating free software use), and the Ubuntu article already contains most of the relevant information anyway. Chris Cunningham 19:08, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Oppose merge. Automatix is not part of Ubuntu. — Omegatron 15:22, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Oppose merge aswell, Automatix work with Mepis distro aswell --AndersL 00:15, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the tag. Canonical staff have been increasingly vocal about distancing themselves from Automatix. This is likely to result in Automatix drifting from Ubuntu as time passes. Chris Cunningham 09:28, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

The packages to enable MP3 support are in the repos - they are just not installed by default. Flash is also provided by the flash-nonfree package. What they don't provide is a single click option as the package may be illegal in your country. I think the fact that the non-free gstreamer packages etc may be illegal in your country is the reason why there isn't a nonfreeformats meta-package installing it all. I may list all the non free formats packages to show how pointless this is - it's not the non free formats stuff that causes automatix to break stuff. The major problem is that people who install it have no idea what they've installed... Secretlondon 04:41, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

This isn't true. What causes things to break is that automatix frequently brute-forces packages onto systems. It's specifically designed not to play nice for the sake of expediency. Chris Cunningham 09:30, 3 November 2006 (UTC)