<s>
Automatix	B-Application
is	O
a	O
tool	O
designed	O
to	O
automate	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
applications	B-Application
,	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
,	O
fonts	O
and	O
libraries	O
not	O
provided	O
directly	O
by	O
the	O
software	O
repositories	O
of	O
Debian-based	O
distributions	O
(	O
specifically	O
Debian	O
,	O
MEPIS	O
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
distributions	O
do	O
not	O
include	O
certain	O
packages	O
or	O
configuration	O
settings	O
that	O
allow	O
the	O
playing	O
of	O
DVDs	O
or	O
MP3	B-Application
files	I-Application
or	O
the	O
viewing	O
of	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
content	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Packages	O
that	O
allow	O
the	O
playing	O
of	O
MP3s	B-Application
are	O
available	O
to	O
download	O
from	O
official	O
sources	O
but	O
cannot	O
be	O
included	O
on	O
the	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Packages	O
to	O
enable	O
the	O
playing	O
of	O
DVDs	O
include	O
the	O
libdvdcss	B-Language
algorithm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
particular	O
problem	O
for	O
distributions	O
aimed	O
at	O
simplifying	O
the	O
desktop	O
Linux	B-Application
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automatix	B-Application
allows	O
the	O
menu-driven	O
installation	O
of	O
56	O
different	O
"	O
capabilities	O
"	O
,	O
including	O
commercial	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
programs	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Flash	O
plugin	O
,	O
Acrobat	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
,	O
multimedia	B-General_Concept
codecs	I-General_Concept
(	O
DivX	B-Application
,	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Audio	I-Application
)	O
and	O
fonts	O
,	O
and	O
programming	O
compilers	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automatix	B-Application
was	O
not	O
recommended	O
by	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
development	O
team	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
criticised	O
its	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
individual	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
developers	O
blamed	O
Automatix	B-Application
1	O
for	O
breaking	O
updates	O
from	O
Dapper	O
to	O
Edgy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
November	O
2006	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
CTO	O
Matt	O
Zimmerman	O
said	O
"	O
I	O
cannot	O
recommend	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
this	O
program	O
,	O
and	O
systems	O
where	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
cannot	O
be	O
supported	O
with	O
a	O
clean	O
and	O
official	O
upgrade	O
path.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
4	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Automatix	B-Application
was	O
reviewed	O
by	O
Matthew	O
Garrett	O
,	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
words	O
,	O
“	O
Automatix	B-Application
is	O
,	O
in	O
itself	O
,	O
a	O
poor	O
quality	O
package	O
which	O
fails	O
to	O
conform	O
to	O
Debian	O
or	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
policy.	O
”	O
These	O
comments	O
were	O
made	O
in	O
a	O
technical	O
analysis	O
posted	O
on	O
his	O
blog	O
explaining	O
why	O
Automatix	B-Application
is	O
currently	O
not	O
supported	O
by	O
Canonical	O
Ltd	O
.	O
or	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automatix	B-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
early	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
project	O
called	O
Ultamatix	B-Application
,	O
compatible	O
with	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
9.04	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Automatix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
