Comments on: w32codecs for ubuntu ‘hoary’ http://nozell.com/blog/2005/07/22/w32codecs-for-ubuntu-hoary/ Marc Nozell's random stuff -- mostly GNU/Linux, technology, genealogy, family Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:41:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: yusuf http://nozell.com/blog/2005/07/22/w32codecs-for-ubuntu-hoary/#comment-21388 yusuf Thu, 25 May 2006 02:56:01 +0000 http://nozell.com/blog/?p=490#comment-21388 Don't trust unofficial repos (especially packages that aren't signed). Don’t trust unofficial repos (especially packages that aren’t signed).

]]> By: Marc Nozell http://nozell.com/blog/2005/07/22/w32codecs-for-ubuntu-hoary/#comment-16000 Marc Nozell Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:01:06 +0000 http://nozell.com/blog/?p=490#comment-16000 David, Ubuntu 5.04 is no longer the current version, Ubuntu 5.10 has out since October 2005. My original posting was related writing back in July 2005 when I was using the older version. It appears that the *unofficial* repositories have changed since then. You didn't mention where you are getting your information. I recommend the official Ubuntu Wiki -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ or checking in on IRC in #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net David,

Ubuntu 5.04 is no longer the current version, Ubuntu 5.10 has out since
October 2005.

My original posting was related writing back in July 2005 when I was using
the older version. It appears that the *unofficial* repositories have changed
since then.

You didn’t mention where you are getting your information. I recommend
the official Ubuntu Wiki — https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ or checking in on IRC in
#ubuntu on irc.freenode.net

]]> By: Dave http://nozell.com/blog/2005/07/22/w32codecs-for-ubuntu-hoary/#comment-15999 Dave Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:43:23 +0000 http://nozell.com/blog/?p=490#comment-15999 Ubuntu 5.04 sources have been peeving me off for months. I like the 5.04 Unofficial faq, but unfortunately very little of it works until you spend hours searching and playing with sources. Someone setup a repo that doesn't change every three weeks for Gods sake. I support a lot of Fedora machines and I find answers to be quick and almost always accurate. With Ubuntu (I like Ubuntu) I find the answers about 95% of the time are either inaccurate or out dated. Ubuntu is a pretty cool OS once tweaked ... but the community seems filled with misinformation which is damned irritating and I can see why people don't speak favourably of it. Granted its not the OS, its defintely the community. I will keep supporting Ubuntu for laptop, and stay with Fedora on everything else . The information I found here, as typical is not working (either because its out of date I am seeing it in January 2006) or because it was just wrong to begin with. I could care less either way, I will figure it out. Yep its a rant .. but I have been lurking in the ubuntu posts a long time as well as the Fedora ones. The Fedora community just seems like a much more organized group. Ubuntu 5.04 sources have been peeving me off for months.

I like the 5.04 Unofficial faq, but unfortunately very little of it works until you spend hours searching and playing with sources. Someone setup a repo that doesn’t change every three weeks for Gods sake.

I support a lot of Fedora machines and I find answers to be quick and almost always accurate.

With Ubuntu (I like Ubuntu) I find the answers about 95% of the time are either inaccurate or out dated.

Ubuntu is a pretty cool OS once tweaked … but the community seems filled with misinformation which is damned irritating and I can see why people don’t speak favourably of it.

Granted its not the OS, its defintely the community.

I will keep supporting Ubuntu for laptop, and stay with Fedora on everything else .

The information I found here, as typical is not working (either because its out of date I am seeing it in January 2006) or because it was just wrong to begin with.

I could care less either way, I will figure it out.

Yep its a rant .. but I have been lurking in the ubuntu posts a long time as well as the Fedora ones.

The Fedora community just seems like a much more organized group.

]]> By: gsf http://nozell.com/blog/2005/07/22/w32codecs-for-ubuntu-hoary/#comment-15938 gsf Mon, 16 Jan 2006 02:23:59 +0000 http://nozell.com/blog/?p=490#comment-15938 got this working with deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main for my debian unstable box. see http://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ (scroll down) for help. got this working with

deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main

for my debian unstable box.

see http://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ (scroll down) for help.

]]> By: Marc Nozell http://nozell.com/blog/2005/07/22/w32codecs-for-ubuntu-hoary/#comment-13228 Marc Nozell Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:34:48 +0000 http://nozell.com/blog/?p=490#comment-13228 on irc.freenode.net's #ubuntu channel, the uboto chatbot says this: ...about w32codecs ([w32codecs] binary only codecs that some call evil., and they're available from http://giannaros.org/public/breezydebs/) on irc.freenode.net’s #ubuntu channel, the uboto chatbot says this:

…about w32codecs ([w32codecs] binary only codecs that some call evil., and they’re available from http://giannaros.org/public/breezydebs/)

]]> By: hjack http://nozell.com/blog/2005/07/22/w32codecs-for-ubuntu-hoary/#comment-12885 hjack Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:40:55 +0000 http://nozell.com/blog/?p=490#comment-12885 Just wanted to say THANK GOD for finding this. I have been working for liek 3 hours and came across this and got it working in like 15 min. Good job guys. Ry Just wanted to say THANK GOD for finding this. I have been working for liek 3 hours and came across this and got it working in like 15 min.

Good job guys.

Ry

]]> By: Marc Nozell http://nozell.com/blog/2005/07/22/w32codecs-for-ubuntu-hoary/#comment-12851 Marc Nozell Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:11:20 +0000 http://nozell.com/blog/?p=490#comment-12851 M, of course you are trusting the owners of cipherfunk.org & ftp.nerim.net are doing the right thing. Anytime you download and install binaries or source, there is an element of trust involved. -marc M, of course you are trusting the owners of cipherfunk.org & http://ftp.nerim.net
are doing the right thing.

Anytime you download and install binaries or source, there is an element
of trust involved.

-marc

]]> By: M http://nozell.com/blog/2005/07/22/w32codecs-for-ubuntu-hoary/#comment-12850 M Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:41:54 +0000 http://nozell.com/blog/?p=490#comment-12850 What about authentication? There's no indication that these w32codecs are coming from an official source, because they aren't signed by anyone. Doesn't this introduce the risk of a trojan? What about authentication? There’s no indication that these w32codecs are coming from an official source, because they aren’t signed by anyone. Doesn’t this introduce the risk of a trojan?

]]> By: doug http://nozell.com/blog/2005/07/22/w32codecs-for-ubuntu-hoary/#comment-12809 doug Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:32:54 +0000 http://nozell.com/blog/?p=490#comment-12809 Awesome. Thanks Marc (and Mike), CNN video works now. :) Awesome. Thanks Marc (and Mike), CNN video works now. :)

]]> By: russ@isitaboat http://nozell.com/blog/2005/07/22/w32codecs-for-ubuntu-hoary/#comment-12334 russ@isitaboat Mon, 07 Nov 2005 18:40:23 +0000 http://nozell.com/blog/?p=490#comment-12334 <strong>Working Ubuntu w32codecs</strong> The details in the article didn’t work for me either - some nice dude near the bottom of the comments has got it working (marC). I added this to the /etc/apt/sources.list: deb ftp://cipherfunk.org/pub/packages/ubuntu breezy main then did the: su... Working Ubuntu w32codecs

The details in the article didn’t work for me either - some nice dude near the bottom of the comments has got it working (marC). I added this to the /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb ftp://cipherfunk.org/pub/packages/ubuntu breezy main

then did the:
su…

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