Found this good little guide for converting FLACS, including what software to use in Ubuntu: http://maketecheasier.com/convert-flac-to-mp3-easily-with-soundconverter/2008/10/22
It’s an app called Soundconverter, to install run:
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse soundconverter
I haven’t run it up myself, but a mate did, and apparently it even converts all of the ID tags as well, which is pretty cool.
Trying again. This looks a bit more like it, a small apt-get to stick the essentials on. From here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1155961
Looks a bit like this:
#!/bin/bash######################################################################## Ubuntu-Desktop-Minimal: Post-install script to install only the bare# essentials of an Ubuntu Desktop.#######################################################################echo "[*] Installing Gnome Essentials"sudo apt-get -y install gnome-core gdm network-manager-gnome fast-user-switch-applet \human-theme x11-xserver-utils tangerine-icon-theme gnome-themes-ubuntu ubuntu-artwork \jockey-gtk gnome-screensaver gnome-utilsecho "[*] Installing Application Essentials"sudo apt-get install -y gcalctool tsclient
I’ll give this a go and see what I end up with!
(Update) - Looks pretty good so far. This is a pretty minimal task I need this box for, so I’ll add stuff to it as I need it.
From what I can see, people have been asking for a "minimal" install of Ubuntu desktop, without all the standard stuff that gets installed (Open Office etc), but with the GUI (I likes my GUI!).
This guy has got a script that you run after install of the server version: http://tomfichtner.de/linux/wiki/Installation
I’m about to give it a whirl, and we’ll see how we go!
(Update) - upon reading the readme in the script (yes, I do RTFM sometimes!), it looks like it changes a bunch of other stuff as well. I don’t think I’m going to bother with it.
