Easy Ubuntu: Graphical tool to setup Multimedia, WEB plugins and more!

[keyes]

Admin: can you stick and lock this topic?

Easy Ubuntu is an easy way to make Ubuntu usable in few minutes. This a graphical tool for begginers.
With Easy Ubuntu you can use Ubuntu as your main system without any knowledge about Linux!

(This is a French outdated screenshot but Easy Ubuntu is translated in English and many other languages)


Easy Ubuntu allow you to:
* Add extra repositories for installing a lot of additional software.
* Install multimedia codecs for reading all videos, musics and DVDs.
* Activate the "audio preview" feature in Nautilus.
* Active DMA if possible
* Install the most needed Firefox plugins: Flash, Java, Real, videos. Adds Microsoft fonts, GNOME's Firefox buttons, officials Firefox icons.
* Install archiving support for RAR, ACE and 7ZIP.
* Install aMule,a clone of eMule.
* Install the Skype voice-over-IP software.
* Install AMSN cvs with webcam support.
* Active the num lock at system startup.
* Install the NVIDIA or ATI driver for 3D support.

A "Remover" is provided.

Get Easy Ubuntu 2.4 beta3

To run Easy Ubuntu
* Double click on EayUbuntu-2.4beta3.tar.bz2
* Click on the "Extract" button in file-roller
* Go to the created "EasyUbuntu" directory
* Double click on EasyUbuntu
* Nautilus ask you what do you want, click "Run"
* EasyUbuntu ask your password
* Fill the form and follow the instructions

Note:
* Kubuntu users can use the exellent Easy Kubuntu (translated in French and English) by Olwin
* Experimented users would take a look at Automatix a powerful script who allow to install lot of softwares not included in Easy Ubuntu !

Please go to the official Easy Ubuntu forum for help and support

[imagine]

Hmm what exactly is the difference between Easy Ubuntu and Automatix?

[keyes]

Easy Ubuntu is designed for beginners. It just install needed packages and repositories to a Multimedia and WEB usage according to the Ubuntu developers choices (i.e: don't replace Totem by Mplayer).
It also touch configurations files only if highly needed (just sources.list and /etc/X11/gdm/Init if "Num Lock" is checked).
The goal of this script is to be easy and safe (no prelink, no Debian Menu, no programming tools and other stuff who afraid beginners).
Easy Ubuntu is also translated in few languages (French, Spanish, Finnish, German, Deutsch, Japanese, Russian, Italian, Brazilian).

Automatix is derived from Easy Ubuntu (Easy Ubuntu was the first and Autmatix include a lot of code coming from Easy Ubuntu) to help middle and advanced users. This is not the same goal.

[imagine]

Ok, thanks for both the answer and the tool.

Btw "Deutsch" == "German" : )

[keyes]

Dutch not Deutsh i'm sorry

[fut21]

Why is this thread not in the sticky ones like "Automatix".

[gitfiddler]

Truly Excellent! I recommend this to everyone, even those who like to "roll your own" config after a fresh install. It takes care of (almost) all of those things we were going to do anyway! Many thanks.

[Dracontopes]

This will come in handy when I'm reinstalling Ubuntu sometimes.

Offtopic: what theme is that on your screenshot?

[fut21]

It`s nearly "to easy", a really nice tool witch setup your newly installed ubuntubox i 20 minutes.

[Poul]

Offtopic: what theme is that on your screenshot?

Same question here