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This topic is great thanks to everyone for the advice  Had fun googling all your tips
I ran the command "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras" and that seemed to get the codecs I was missing.....is that the right thing to do? |
Correct.
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What are ppa's and which ones should be on my system?
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Personal Package Archive.
Look here for more info:
https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA
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I managed to update firefox to the daily updates so it seems to be better for me
Now all I need is a good cd-ripper, version alternative to winrar and a decent iTunes alternative (just for my iPod) and I will be happy to swicth |
Try Ripper-X for CDs, it's excellent.