I am posting this for myself, in case I may need it again. Use at your own risk, I am not to be held responsible. (I did not experience any problem on my Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon x86_64.)

Note that this is for Kubuntu and not Ubuntu.

Install Java, Microsoft fonts, MP3s, etc.

1. Open Add/Remove Programs
2. In the search box, type restricted and the Kubuntu restricted extras package should appear.

Note: The Kubuntu Restricted Extras can also be installed with Automatix2.

Install Automatix2.

Automatix? Through Automatix can additional software be installed.

Note: Before installing, please note that certain codecs it provides may be prohibited in certain countries. You are responsible for ensuring those laws are not broken.

1. Add Sources:

• Get the privilage to edit the sources.list file with the following command:

sudo chown lola /etc/apt/sources.list

Replace lola with your username.

• Open the sources list with the following command:

gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

// If – start

If gedit is not installed do this first:

sudo aptitude install gedit

If when running this installation you encounter a missing file for some package you need to install it manually first. I got the error that the sun-java6-jre package could not be located so I ran the following command: sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jre. When all missing packages are installed proceed with installing gedit.

// If – end

• Add the following lines to the bottom of the list and save:

## Automatix repo
deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt gutsy main

2. Run the following commands in the Terminal one by one:

wget http://www.getautomatix.com/keys/automatix2.key

gpg –import automatix2.key

gpg –export –armor E23C5FC3 | sudo apt-key add -

gpg –keyserver subkeys.pgp.net –recv CC919A31E23C5FC3

gpg –export –armor CC919A31E23C5FC3 | sudo apt-key add -

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude install automatix2

Automatix2 can now be started from the Menu
Menu -> System -> Automatix.

Extra:

Root account:

If you haven’t managed a root password yet do this in System Settings in the menu. Select User Management, enter the Administration Mode and check the box next to Show system accounts. Scroll down to root and select that line. Click Modify and change the pw on the Password & Security tab.

Medibuntu, a popular third-party repository:

• Add to the Sources.list file:

deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ gutsy free non-free

• Run this key in Terminal to verify the repository:

wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

• Update:

sudo aptitude update

A notification (in the notification area) should now appear.

Automatix2 para los usuarios de Ubuntu nos viene ideal para los codecs de audio y video, nos ahorra tiempo y dolores de cabeza.
Todo esto atraves de un FrontEnd muy amigable y con una facilidad de uso increible, Nos facilita la instalación de bastantes utilidades tales como DVD Ripper (Un Ripper de DVD basado en GTK) o xDVDShrink, así como Utilidades de programación Codecs y plugins, etc.

Los usuarios de Ubuntu lo tenemos facil para instalar Automatix2 en nuestro PC, un breve How-To de como instalar Automatix2.

Descargar el archivo *.deb desde su site oficial
Una vez lo tengamos, tan solo debemos ir a Aplicaciones -> Utilidades del Sistema -> GDebi Package Installer (Applications -> System Tools -> GDebi Package Installer) o también podemos llamar a la utilidad gráfica GDebi atraves de consola o Presionando ALT + F2 y escribir:

gdebi-gtk

Se nos abrirá el GUI y no habrá problemas nos vamos al menu y clickeamos en Abrir, Selecionamos el paquete y Instalar (Install).

Con esto ya tendremos Automatix2 en Utilidades del Sistema bajo el menú de Aplicaciones -> Utilidades del Sistema -> Automatix2.
Espero haber quitado dudas a los usuarios y que podais disfrutar al máximo de Ubuntu.

Os dejo una screen de mi Automatix2 en mi pc

Web Oficial del projecto Automatix2

Instalando Automatix2 no (K,X)Ubuntu 7.10 AMD64, i386 (Gutsy) e breve passos.

1. Passo
   echo "deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt gutsy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
2. Passo
   wget http://www.getautomatix.com/keys/automatix2.key
3. Passo
   gpg --import automatix2.key
4. Passo
   gpg --export --armor E23C5FC3 | sudo apt-key add -
5. Passo
   sudo apt-get update
6. Passo
   sudo apt-get install automatix2

Fonte: http://www.getautomatix.com/

This is mostly just a quick guide for me so that next time I do it, I don’t spend hours setting it up.

First things first, get your bookmarks:

Then get automatix2 and get your graphics card drivers:

That was their website

This is what you see after you install it:

(The driver is not listed because I already installed it)

This is restart time (so that the driver kicks in).

Should be able to get to here now:

Go through the menus and find where you set your resolution (you can play with the other stuff too if you want)

When you are done go to System -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution

Then open a terminal and enter sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the lines where you see:

Modes “1024×768″ “800×600″ “640×480″

to:

Modes “1680×1050″ “1024×768″ “800×600″

(where the first one is the resolution that you have in the default settings listing in your Screen Resolution Preferences window:)

Restart to make sure it worked: and voila, like magic you have just set your resolution to the one that you want! I am sure that this will help anyone out there who is new to Ubuntu (or any Debian based linux system)

Bueno, estos programas estan hechos con la finalidad de facilitarnos la vida,

Codecs de mp3
Ripeadores de DVD’s
Programas para quemar CD/DVD
Programas de Diseño
Drivers
entre otros, a tan solo un click, y atravez de un entorno grafico muy amigable, para que nadie tenga excusa de que ubuntu para mi es dificil, dejemos de invertir dinero en sistemas caros, me refiero directamente a windows vista.

Saludos cordiales.

Aguante el software libre.

A raíz de un comentario de Itaxi en mi anterior post sobre Automatix para Ubuntu Feisty y la escasez de aplicaciones para lo que no sea Gnome, me he fijado que en la actualización de Automatix de hoy, para Ubuntu Edgy, ya aparecían aplicaciones para el entorno de escritorio de KDE.

Aplicaciones cómo:

· K9copy
· Korn
· Superkaramba
· KDE Extras (iconos, addons, temas,..)
· Gimp para KDE
· Kmymoney2
· Knode
· Krusader
· Kweather
· Kile
· KDE Security Suite
· KFTPGrabber

Ya creo que no tenéis más excusas

Lanzado Automatix2 para Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 (i386)

Aplicaciones instaladas por Automatix (Internet)

Fuente: ModFree