UPDATE (11/05/2005 11:25 PM ET): Automatix updated to version 3.0.2 Please redownload and reinstall
Latest version (3.0.2) has the following bugfix:
a) a bugfix in the firestarter and gdesklets function.
b) removed totem firefox plugin (mplayer is a better option)

Please note: Automatix makes u set your ROOT password the first time u install version 3.0.2 (I had to do this cuz some things just refuse to work with sudo and hence have to be forced to work with su). Wherever, u need your ROOT password while running automatix, terminal will say so. Where it doesnt ask, just enter your USER password.

AUTOMATIX 3.0.2 RELEASED FOR UBUNTU BREEZY

If someone could make a deb package out of this, it would be awesome!

Introduction:
This is a graphical interface for installation of a lot of apps on UBUNTU BREEZY (DOES NOT WORK ON Hoary) and for tweaking a few things to get your Ubuntu box up and working in full throttle in the quickest possible timespan.

Features:
a) Shoots up gnome-terminal for almost all downloads (giving u a good idea about the status of your download ,etc)
b) deletes all downloaded files (except those downloaded by apt-get) automatically after installation.

Where to find it:
Attached (look at the bottom right corner of this post) is a zipped file.

Capabilities:
1) Installs multimedia codecs
2) Installs all Firefox plugins (java, flash, etc) (except Adobe reader and mplayer)
3) Adds midi capability to your Ubuntu box (needs a restart) (test by playing a midi file with timidity from terminal)
4) Installs RAR, ACE and UNRAR archive support
5) Installs skype
6) Installs Acrobat reader 7 and firefox plugin for the same.
7) Installs Gnomebaker (CD/DVD burning s/w for GNOME)
Installs gftp (FTP client for GNOME with ssh capability)
9) Installs DC++ , amule (NEW)and Limewire (file sharing progs)
10) Installs multimedia editors (Audacity (audio), Kino (video), EasyTag (ID3))
11) Installs DVD (dvdrip) ripper
12) Installs Mplayer and mplayerplug-in version 3.05 for Firefox
13) Installs totem-xine, VLC and Beep Media Player (with docklet)
14) Installs Opera Browser
15) Installs Debian Menu (shows all installed applications)
16) Installs Bittornado and Azureus (Bittorrent clients)
17) Installs Avidemux (Video editing tool)
18) Enables Numlock on (turns numlock on Gnome startup)
19) Installs Programming Tools (Anjuta (C/C++ IDE), Bluefish (HTML editor) and Screem (Web Development Env.))
20) Gamepads (Makes USB gamepads work)
21) GnomePPP (Graphical Dial up connection tool)
22) NVIDIA cards (Detects Nvidia cards and installs drivers) (Needs a restart)
23) Installs MS true type fonts
24) Turns DMA ON on Intel and AMD machines (needs a restart)
25) Installs wine (u need to run winecfg manually after installation) (NEW)
26) Installs firestarter (GNOME firewall frontend) and adds firestarter to GNOME startup
27) installs gdesklets (GNOME eyecandy) and adds gdesklets to GNOME startup
28) Configures ctrl-alt-del to start gnome-system-monitor (aka windows)
29) Installs Streamripper and Streamtuner
30) Installs NON-FREE audio and dvd codecs
31) Installs ndisgtk (WiFI configurator Graphical user interface) (NEW)

PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL (30) IF YOU ARE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. IT IS ILLEGAL TO DO SO.

To install Automatix, download the tar file and do the following:

tar xzf automatix-ubuntu_v3.0.tar.gzcd Automatix./install

To uninstall Automatix, do the following (NEW):

cd Automatix./uninstall

Howto remember which options In Automatix u have already checked in the past :

cat $HOME/automatix.log

Please NOTE:
Automatix does not support ppc (powerpc) and AMD64 packages. If it works for u, well and good but if it doesnt, I am sorry but since Ubuntu itself does not fully support these architectures, I cannot do anything about it.

Kubuntu: Users can test this script on Kubuntu (some users have reported problems on Kubuntu) but they need to install a few deps (which DO NOT come preinstalled with kubuntu) to make this script work. To install these deps do the following from terminal:

sudo apt-get install zenity gksu gnome-terminal

I have not tested Automatix on Kubuntu, and as it appears, I will have to rewrite a large fraction of Automatix if I want to port it to Kubuntu. As u must have noticed, most of the packages on Automatix are Gnome (Ubuntu) based and will take 100 MB downloads on Kubuntu to make them work fully. I dont use KDE myself but I do plan to port Automatix to Kubuntu (KDE) sometime in the future. Again, if it works for u on Kubuntu, well and good. if it doesnt, I am sorry but I cant help u right now.

Credits:
1) keyes (for showing the way)
2) edm00se (for creating the Automatix icon)
3) All bug testers

Please suggest more apps and tweaks that u want to see included in this script. But please exclude the following:

A) Anything and everything that includes compiling from source code. I WILL NOT add any such capability to Automatix.
B) Anything and everything that includes editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Please bear in mind that xorg.conf was created keeping the human user in mind (and manual editing), and NOT shell scripting. Hence, editing it with a bash script is quite dangerous in certain cases. I will not undertake any such venture.

Please report all bugs to me directly (send me private messages) or post here in this thread.
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