Multimedia components and proprietary programs
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The New Java
To use Java applications, you need a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Ubuntu does not provide Oracle's proprietary Java version anymore – only the free OpenJDK.
Because some Java programs had problems in the past with OpenJDK, many users often resorted to the proprietary Java (sun-java ). However, you won't be able to find it anymore because Oracle put it under a nonfree license. Because the proprietary Java is compatible with OpenJDK 7 – the official Java reference – most Java programs should be able to work just fine with the free Java.
You can install all the software from the openjdk-7-jdk and icedtea-7-plugin packages, and the older version from openjdk-6-jdk and icedtea-6-plugin using the following command:
$ sudo update-alternatives --config java
This step activates one of the parallel installed Java versions. If an app refuses to run, it's best to submit a bug report at the Ubuntu wiki [7].
Seek and You Shall Find
You can install many proprietary apps and multimedia codecs from the existing repositories. Numerous proprietary Windows programs also run in the Wine Windows-compatible environment [8]. But always take a look in the Ubuntu package manager, because almost every application has a free alternative. l
Infos
- RipperX: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ripperx/
- Nero for Linux: http://www.nero.com/deu/downloads-linux4-update.php
- libdvdcss at VideoLan: http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html
- LinDVD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinDVD
- Commercial GStreamer plugins: http://www.fluendo.com
- Google Earth: http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
- Reporting bugs: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/report-problem
- Wine: http://www.winehq.org/
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