You Should Know: Codecs in linux trick
When you install any new distro, most of the time it does not come with the video and audio codecs to play videos online and offline.
The best way in my opinion to use codecs without spending hours installing is:
Install needed apps as flatpak.
The most common apps that need codecs is browsers and video players like vlc and mpv.
Just install them(Make sure you enable flathub repo) as flatpak (installed by default in most distros) and you will not need to spend time installing codecs from untrusted third party repos ever again.
The best way in my opinion to use codecs without spending hours installing is:
Install needed apps as flatpak.
The most common apps that need codecs is browsers and video players like vlc and mpv.
Just install them(Make sure you enable flathub repo) as flatpak (installed by default in most distros) and you will not need to spend time installing codecs from untrusted third party repos ever again.
Flathub—An app store and build service for Linux
Find and install hundreds of apps and games for Linux. Enjoy GIMP, GNU Octave, Spotify, Steam and many more!flathub.org
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Best Of Lemmy
•Opensuse, stock debian, fedora, clear linux.
I suffered through this enough number of times till I learned to install browsers this way.
By the way the reason you did not notice any issue in codecs is that ubuntu and arch come with codecs.
Stoned_Ape
•The regular user should never have to deal with this with pretty much any distro I know of. Where did you have problems?
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•I suffered through this enough number of times till I learned to install browsers this way.
Best Of Lemmy
•I am just posting a tip for linux users.
I hope it will make the people who want to use linux daily, do not think of the codecs as reason to not switch.
Anders Rytter Hansen
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