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Automatix (software)

Automatix2
DeveloperAutomatix Team
Stable release
1.2
Operating systemDebian, MEPIS, ubuntu
PlatformLinux
Websitewww.getautomatix.com Edit this on Wikidata

Automatix is a tool designed to automate the addition of applications, codecs, fonts and libraries not provided directly by the software repositories of Debian-based distributions (specifically Debian, MEPIS and Ubuntu).

These distributions do not include certain packages or configuration settings that allow the playing of DVDs or MP3 files or the viewing of Adobe Flash content, for example. Packages that allow the playing of MP3s are available to download from official sources but cannot be included on the CD. Packages to enable the playing of DVDs include the libdvdcss algorithm. Although adding these manually is possible, it can be time consuming. This is a particular problem for distributions aimed at simplifying the desktop Linux experience.

Design

Automatix allows the menu-driven installation of 56 different "capabilities", including commercial closed source programs such as the Flash plugin, Acrobat Reader, multimedia codecs (DivX, MP3, Windows Media Audio) and fonts, and programming compilers.

Automatix was not recommended by the Ubuntu development team, which has criticised its content.[2] Some individual Ubuntu developers blamed Automatix 1 for breaking updates from Dapper to Edgy.[3][4] On 2 November 2006 Ubuntu CTO Matt Zimmerman said "I cannot recommend the use of this program, and systems where it has been used cannot be supported with a clean and official upgrade path."[5]

On August 4, 2007, Automatix was reviewed by Matthew Garrett, a member of the core Ubuntu development team. In his words, “Automatix is, in itself, a poor quality package which fails to conform to Debian or Ubuntu policy.” These comments were made in a technical analysis posted on his blog explaining why Automatix is currently not supported by Canonical Ltd. or the Ubuntu community.[6]

Successors

Automatix was discontinued in early 2008.[7]

A new project called Ultamatix, compatible with Ubuntu 9.04, is based on Automatix.

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2008-06-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "CommonCustomizations - Ubuntu Wiki". wiki.ubuntu.com. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  3. ^ Scott James Remnant » Blog Archive » Automatix and Upgrading Archived December 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ jonathan carter » Blog Archive » How not to break Ubuntu upgrades Archived November 28, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Edgy in the news
  6. ^ mjg59: Anyway, back to pure Linux stuff. A whil Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Home". www.getautomatix.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2008.

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