Okay, I switched to Ubuntu.

[The General]

Easy Ubuntu? No thanks. (I installed it to see what it even was, and it didn't even work. Kept complaining about some missing file, whatever.

Thanks for the link, but I already have all this stuff down, as Debian is pretty the same as Ubuntu.

 

[TheRecluse]

Easy Ubuntu? No thanks. (I installed it to see what it even was, and it didn't even work. Kept complaining about some missing file, whatever.

Thanks for the link, but I already have all this stuff down, as Debian is pretty the same as Ubuntu.

did you apt-get it?

i knew that you had plenty of linux experience. i originally posted it for people who were having trouble doing the things that it takes care of.

 

[The General]

did you apt-get it?

i knew that you had plenty of linux experience. i originally posted it for people who were having trouble doing the things that it takes care of.

Yeah, I apt-got it but when I run it nothing happens, and if I run it in the terminal it complains about a missing file, but I can't remember which one. I'm still at work but I'll edit this post in a while with the name of the missing file.

 

[Jayce]

Oh no, the ubuntu army is growing, threating to consume us all, DEAR GOD NOOOO!!!!

How'd I know you'd be posting something like that in this thread?

 

[The General]

How do I change the default video player from Totem to VLC? I can't remember how to do it.

 

[The General]

Oh, right click on any video and go to the Open With... tab and select VLC.

VLC is so much better than Totem.

 

[TheRecluse]

i love vlc.. it works with every video i throw at it, out of the box as they say

 

[StillwaterIT]

You could do something like 'sudo bash' if you really want. It's two more keystrokes... or .05 seconds.

I think 'su' is like giving a linux novice a crayon and a blank piece of paper, where 'sudo' is more like giving them a piece of paper with lines to color within. Sure you can still screw something up, but it's one step harder.

 

[macdude425]

True. But once you learn 1PP and 2PP and you want to color the houses you've drawn, it's easier to use su. Pity there's not an install option for that.

 

[Jayce]

Yeah, VLC is amazing for videos. I use VLC for videos and BEEP media player for music files. I used to use Amarok 1.3, but I recently got the update for 1.4, and for some reason it runs my CPU at 100% whenever I run it. I couldn't figure out how to revert back to 1.3, so I just used BEEP and turns out it's just as good.