• Ubuntu Productivity: Better backup, syncing, and sharing. Windows and Mac users know about the Dropbox service but Linux users have been left out in the cold. There's a Linux version currently in alpha testing, but you can request an invite. The author lets you know why that's such a big deal, and after reading his post and checking it out I've requested an invite myself.
• Asa Dotzler: consumer reports: stop using safari, get firefox. This isn't just Asa being a Mozilla evangelist (his job), this is a major consumer testing organization saying that safari shouldn't be used. At all, alt least for now.
• Steven Rose: Ultamatix - Ubuntu NL warns against. The Ubunteros in the Netherlands (and Flanders) have looked at the Automatix replacement and don't just say "Danger, Will Robinson!", they tell you why you should avoid it.
• Scott Ritchie: Wine sucks and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. The WINE maintainer (it really is supposed to be in all caps since it's a recursive acronym) for Ubuntu has some major beefs with our favorite Windows programming layer for Linux. Luckily tomorrow he'll post his plan for fixing the issues, which I'll post, but I wanted to post this link today to give you reasons to watch for tomorrow's link.

A Gmail Tip

Like many of you I have filters set up on my Gmail account to help store my email in a way that I can hopefully find it again later. But I don't save all of my email in Gmail, since I download all of it into Evolution at least once a day. So I end up having to select Unread messages, then deselect the news emails since they get deleted once I read them, and start reading my new emails. But it turns out I don't have to select then deselect. Instead, since messages are already labeled thanks to my Gmail filters, once I read them I simply click the X box beside the Inbox label.Voila! The message has been archived without dumping you to your inbox.

Do you use Google Translate to translate web pages in a foreign language? There are bookmarklets available to give you one click translations of web pages. I only wish I had found those sooner. It would have saved me a ton of time even sooner.

/me checks his email and RSS feeds one more time

Yep, that's a lid. I'll post if I find anything that just won't wait until tomorrow. Enjoy your Hump Day.;)

Abaixo veja o vídeo mostrando o funcionamento do Ultamatix.

A instalação é muito simples, bastando apenas baixa e instalar o pacote debian que serve para todas as distribuições ao qual ele dá suporte.

Pacote debain

Para os que gostam de instalar manualmente segue o link do código fonte para compilação.

Código Fonte

Fonte: Br-linux

¿Que es Ultamatix? Es un software que automatiza la instalación de programas en Ubuntu; el mismo esta basado en el archiconocido y ya discontinuado Automatix.

Leyendo en el sitio oficial del proyecto, veo que cuenta con 101 aplicaciones y juegos para instalar, entre los que podemos encontrar:

• Ubuntu Restricted Extras and Multimedia Codecs
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Skype
• Ubuntu-Tweak
• Amarok 2 Neon (alpha)
• Ultimate Edition Themes - Themes, Wallpapers, Icons & Usplashes
• Juegos

Me pareció interesante probarlo, por lo que me baje el paquete deb que hay en la pagina para Hardy, y procedí a instalarlo. Cuando lo corrí por primera vez, me modifico el source.list y me actualizo el sistema, paso seguido apareció la ventana donde puedo seleccionar las aplicaciones a instalar; la primera impresión que tuve fue que no se había dado cuenta de las aplicaciones que ya tenia instalado en mi sistema, por lo demás todo anduvo bien; instale un par de juegos y una que otra aplicación sin ningún problema.

Mi conclusión es que este software esta destinado para gente MUY novata en Linux, específicamente en Ubuntu. Hoy en día, las cosas son muy distintas a cuando fue la época de gloria de Automatix, donde, por ejemplo, instalar los drivers de nuestra placa de vídeo podía a llegar a ser toda una odisea; ahora contamos con aplicaciones muy desarrolladas como EnvyNG que lo hacen de maravilla. Me pareció interesante, pero no le veo un futuro prometedor a Ultamatix, ya que la mayoría de las aplicaciones están disponibles en paquetes debs, que con un par de clicks las podemos tener corriendo en nuestro sistema sin ninguna dificultad.

Por último, les dejo de donde descargarlo y como instalarlo desde consola:

Descarga

sudo dpkg -i ultamatix-1.8.0-3_all.deb

Sitio Oficial: http://www.ultamatix.com

It seems I may have had more possible posts from Planet Mozilla, expect people got trapped at the Mozilla Summit thanks to a rock slide on the road they were expecting to take to Vancouver. There's been good natured jokes about whether summit attendees were going to have to resort to lifeboat team building events, but there is an alternate route, even if it does take eight hours rather than two and a half hours.Luckily Neil Deakin, who didn't have that many hours to spare, found an even better route to Vancouver, so he won't have to be late for his own wedding.

Dan Glazman came up with an even funnier way to look at the problem, and in true open source fashion someone filed a bug on the problem. I can't help but laugh at some of the comments added to it. I think I'm going to have to subscribe to it, if for no other reason than to get even more humor out of today than my favorite cheezburger joint. But hey, we found the remote!

Para todos aquellos que usamos o conocimos automatix, fue triste ver que ya no estaria disponible en Ubuntu Hardy Heron, pero ahora hace su aparicion Ultamatix el cual esta basado en automatix, y hace practicamente lo mismo con la diferencia que este si funciona en ubuntu 8.04.

Ultamatix pone a nuestra disposicion alrededor de 101 de las mas utiles aplicaciones listas para descargar he instalar con un solo click,

lo puedes descargar desde aqui:

• Fabrizio Balliano: 10+2 things you'll get with Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex". We're less than three months from the next version of Ubuntu, and we even have a third beta alpha that just came out (thanks for the correction, Mackenzie), but Fabrizio gives us some things to look forward to having when the Ibex hits in October.
• Edward Lee: Firefox 3.1 Restricts, Matches, Keywords. There will be new ways to limit what comes up in the Smart Location Bar. (Kudos to Ed for using that name for the bar rather than the name that so many of us hate.)
• Christer Edwards: OpenOffice Easter Egg and Joey Stanford: OpenOffice Credits. These two posts have some info on some fun Easter eggs in the open source productivity suite OpenOffice.org.
• Justin Dugger: Backgrounds for people with no talent. Justin praises the official background for Ubuntu Hardy (which I also love), but he also has a way for anyone to make a new desktop wallpaper, even if you aren't artistically inclined.
• LinuxDevices.com: "Handheld recording studio" mixes with Linux. For all those who want to set up a demo recording studio in their place of abode, or even build a Linux-based rig for doing remote recording, Trinity Audio Group may have just the thing you've been looking for.
• Steven Rose: "Ultamatix: The New Automatix". While some people hated the Automatix software source before it was shut down back in March, some people thought it's closing was bad news. Someone's come out with a replacement, although not everyone's seeing this as good news. Personally I think there are already good ways to install just about anything in Ubuntu and if you can take the time to learn how to use them there's very little software you won't be able to use.
• Anat Narayanan: Microsoft joins Apache. You saw that right, Microsoft is now a sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation. I guess they're really putting their bankbook their positive comments about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). And someone from Mozilla got thanked for helping educate Microsoft about why FOSS is such a good idea.

The interface of FedoMATIX is totally menu-driven. But users should remember that it is a network dependant software. So having access to the internet is a MUST. Among the 60+ applications that it supports, include Burning and Ripping tools, Virtualization tools, programming compilers, Software development libraries, subversion support, Graphics and scanner utilities none the less, it comes with a copious amount of Multimedia Audio and Video Codecs, Players and Managers. File Sharing utilities, browsers, email clients, network monitors and various security tools such as antivirus and network intrusion detectors will make you networking and internet experience like never before.

FedoMATIX also has built in support for installing Google softwares like earth, gadgets, picasa. It also installs a Document reading related Plugin pack and other tweaks and tools like Flickr foto uploadrs, feed readers and many more.

Go ahead, grab the FedoMATIX Installers in .tar.gz or .zip format. You could also check out the comprehensive lising of available softwares that FedoMATIX currently supports. Please make sure you read the documentation carefully before starting FedoMATIX on your Fedora 9 Box. IDetailed documentation is also provided in the installer packages. Should you have any problems deploying FedoMATIX on your box, please do leave a comment here below this post and we will surely get back to you. You could also mail us directly regarding your querries, with 'fedomatix' as the subject line. Suggestions and Feedback are welcome.

Quicklinks: FedoMATIX Installers in .tar.gz or .zip format, documentation, comprehensive lising of available softwares on FedoMATIX

Afortundamente, muchos de los paquetes adicionales ofrecidos por Automatix son casi tan facilmente accesibles usando las instrucciones y los repositorios sugeridos en el sitio de Medibuntu.

Automatix es (era) una herramienta que automatiza la instalación de aplicaciones, códecs, fuentes y bibliotecas no incluidas por el propio sistema operativo directamente debido a razones legales o filosóficas.

[ 1 ] * Fuente: Viva Linux

Technalign Inc nos ha propuesto a Jared y a mí colaborar en el desarrollo de la nueva versión de su distribución GNU/Linux, Pioneer Warrior. Usaré lo que he aprendido como desarrollador de Automatix para hacer de Pioneer Warrior la mejor distribución GNU/Linux para el usuario medio.

Arnie y los otros miembros de Automatix Team, actualmente están demasiado inmersos en sus vidas personales.

Agradecemos a los usuarios leales que nos han dado apoyo durante estos años y les deseamos lo mejor en su viaje por el mundo del software libre.“

Me lleve una sorpresa cuando me enteré de esto en Entre tuxes y pepinos , pues aquel Automatix que alguna vez use en Debian y que estoy enterado de que mucha gente lo utiliza, ha sido suspendido, creo que aquí acabó su proceso de desarrollo por diversos compromisos de la gente que trabajaba en él...

Aqui esta el anuncio oficial

El desarrollo del polémico Automatix llegó a un abrupto final después de que anunciara en su foro que todos sus programadores se han embarcado en compromisos más acuciantes. Uno ha sido contactado por Technalign Inc. para asistirlos en el desarrollo de su propia distribución GNU/Linux, Pioneer Warrior, mientras que otros "están demasiado involucrados en sus vidas personales".

Concretamente, se acabó el desarrollo del Automatix2 para Ubuntu como lo conocimos hasta ahora; aunque sus desarrolladores todavía podrían decidir continuar con Automatix3, que eventualmente sería una aplicación totalmente distinta, y exclusiva de Pioneer Warrior.

Afortundamente, muchos de los paquetes adicionales ofrecidos por Automatix son casi tan facilmente accesibles usando las instrucciones y los repositorios sugeridos en el sitio de Medibuntu.

Automatix es (era) una herramienta que automatiza la instalación de aplicaciones, códecs, fuentes y bibliotecas no incluidas por el propio sistema operativo directamente debido a razones legales o filosóficas.

Fuente: Vivalinux.com.ar

"Well the day has finally come, development of Automatix has been discontinued. We are doing this, NOT because we think Automatix is no longer necessary on Ubuntu and Debian, but because all of the Automatix developers have become wrapped up in more pressing commitments."

Whilst Automatix has drawn a lot of flak in recent months and probably has as many people who hate it as are fans, however few can dispute it is a great time saver for people who are relatively new to the world of F/OSS and Linux in general. In a community typically seen as having a high learning curve, anything which helps break new users into the joys of Linux should be encouraged, not put down by the old guard who prefer to do things solely in the terminal.

It should be noted that although Automatix v2 is likely not to be developed further, Automatix may still be developed (as v3) for the platform the key members of the team are now working on. We shall have to see what happens in the coming months.

Well the day has finally come, development of Automatix has been discontinued. We are doing this, NOT because we think Automatix is no longer necessary on Ubuntu and Debian, but because all of the Automatix developers have become wrapped up in more pressing commitments.

Und auch wenn die Entwickler indirekt behaupten, man bräuchte Automatix unter Ubuntu und Debian noch: dies ist nicht der Fall. 90% aller nötigen Programme kann man über die Paketverwaltung nachinstallieren, proprietäre Treiber über die Verwaltung eingeschränkter Treiber, für die restlichen 10% Programme gibt es gute Anleitungen in diversen Wikis. Automatix ist tot, es lebe Ubuntu!

En mi caso como uso Debian Etch lo voy a explicar ya que hace unos dias lo instalé y lo he estado probando, que la verdad está muy bien.

NOTA: si estas realmente seguro que ocupas esto adelante te recomiendo que si eres un usuario novato primero hagas una copia del source.list antes de empezar con este proceso. Esto lo puede hacer con el siguiente comando en modo de super-usuario: "cp /etc/apt/source.list /home/usuario/" de esta manera aseguras que si al momento de modificar el sources algo sale mal ahi tienes un respaldo antes de cualquier modificación.

Entonces ahi les va:

lo primero que hay que hacer es en la consola ingresar como superusuario y lógico la contraseña

Primer Paso:

Agregamos a los repositorios la pagina de Automatix con la siguiente instrucción

Segundo Paso:

Bajamos la llave

Tercer Paso:

Importamos la llave

Cuarto Paso:

En este paso exportamos la clave pública

Quinto Paso:

Actualizamos el source.list

Sexto Paso:

Finalmente pasamos a lainstalación

esto puede tardar algunos minutos te pido que no te desesperes y todo saldrá bien.

* CNR es un gigantesco almacén de software Linux, casi 38.000 programas en este momento.Sólo necesitas instalarte la aplicación cliente. Click’N'Run está disponible para Ubuntu, Linspire y Freespire, y pronto para Debian, Fedora y OpenSUSE. Descarga para Ubuntu Gutsy

* Synaptic (Sistema -> Administración -> Gestor de paquetes Synaptic)
Programa gráfico, con su buscador y su árbol navegable de paquetes (instalados, rotos, secciones, filtro…) con información sobre cada uno de ellos.

2. Añadir y quitar aplicaciones (Aplicaciones -> Añadir y quitar…)
Programa gráfico que reproduce el árbol de categorías del sistema con varios filtros de visualización (aplicaciones instaladas, disponibles, libres…) Añade valoración según popularidad

* Automatix (Aplicaciones -> Herramientas del sistema -> Automatix)
Programa gráfico con un repertorio de aplicaciones disponibles, todas ellas recientes, propietarias o simplemente no incluidas en la distribución estándar.

* Easy Ubuntu
Lo mismo que Automatix. Ya no se desarrolla.

* apt (o aptitude)
Programa en línea de comandos, clásico entre los clásicos:
$ sudo apt-get update (actualiza la lista de repositorios fijada en /etc/apt/sources.list)
$ sudo apt-get upgrade (actualiza todo lo actualizable)
$ sudo apt-get install archivo (instala)
$ sudo apt-get removearchivo (desinstala)

* dpkg
Programa en línea de comandos para archivos .deb:
$ dpkg -i archivo.deb (instala)
$ dpkg -r archivo.deb (elimina)
Este programa tiene una interface gráfica, que se abre por defecto cuando ejecutas un archivo .deb descargado para instalarlo (aparece como primera opción en el menú desplegable: Abrir con “instalador de paquetes GDebi”)
Puede invocarse desde línea de comandos, limitado a las operaciones de instalar o reinstalar:
$ gdebi-gtk (en el caso de Gnome)

Visto en DespuesdeGoogle

See also top 11-20 Ubuntu applications here.

1. VLC media player - plays all media file types, with it's own codecs (no need of additional codecs)

Open a terminal window and type in:
sudo apt-get install vlc

2. Amarok - music player with last.fm plugin and other cool stuff.

To install, open a terminal window and type:

sudo apt-get install amarok

3. Firefox - of course, the well known web browser.

Download

And an optimized version for Linux: here.

4. Avant Window Navigator with Curves - Changes the look of your panels.

Screenshots and installation guide: here.

5. Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) - Some sort of emulator (but not an emulator :P), of Windows, for Linux. It lets you install Windows software on Ubuntu.

To install (don't get scared, it's actually quite easy, you just have to copy/paste things):

First, open a terminal window. Then add the repository's key to your system's list of trusted APT keys by copy and pasting the following:

wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Next, add the repository to your system's list of APT sources:

For Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10):
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

For Ubuntu Feisty (7.04):
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/feisty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

For Ubuntu Edgy (6.10): *64-bit packages not available*
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/edgy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

For Ubuntu Dapper (6.06): *64-bit packages not available*
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/dapper.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

For Debian Etch (4.0):
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/etch.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

Then, you can install Wine from WineHQ like it were any other package, such as by using the Synaptic Package Manager under System->Administration. Alternatively, you can install from the terminal by running 'sudo apt-get update' to update APT's package information and then 'sudo apt-get install wine'.

6. K3b - CD/DVD Kreator for Linux - optimized for KDE.

Installation: sudo apt-get install k3b

7. Gmount-iso - Well... as the name says it, it mounts iso files.

To install, open a terminal window and type:

sudo apt-get install gmountiso

8. Automatix - Installs common Ubuntu/Kubuntu applications and tweaks a few things.

Download

9. XGL/Compiz - Just watch the video below to see what it does:

Installation guide.

10. Brightside - lets you "edge flip", so you can switch to the next virtual desktop by moving your mouse to the edge of the screen. You can customize it, giving each corner of your screen a different action.

To install: sudo apt-get install brightside

Note: to be able to install, you need to make sure that you have a "universe" and "multiuniverse" mirror in your /etc/apt/sources.list (after that, to install most software you just need to type in the command).

Nessa minha nova experiência, até agora não houve nenhum problema com o Ubuntu, como é de costume no mundo Linux.

Vejam os meus primeiros passos:

1 - Baixei a ISO do Ubuntu 64: http://espelhos.edugraf.ufsc.br/ubuntu-releases/gutsy/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-amd64.iso

2 - Instalei no HD deixando 10Gb ext3 e 256mb swap.

3 - Editei a senha de administrador pelo Terminal(coisa arcaica, lembrei do ultrapassado MS-DOS):
sudo passwd root

4 - Atualizei o apt-get:
a - Gere o sources.list : http://www.ubuntu-nl.org/source-o-matic/
b - No terminal: sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
c - Cola o que foi gerado no item a, e salva.
d - No terminal: sudo apt-get update (será baixado uns 10mb de links interessantes)

5 - Atualizei o Ubuntu 64, apertando o botão no canto superior direito que tem formato de uma estrela(Gerenciador de Atualizações).
Terá de baixar 300mb de atualização. É indispensável para sua segurança. É importante ter banda larga nessa hora. Assim como o Windows, tem que reiniciar o computador.

6 - Depois instalei o Automatix2.
Deve ter sido criado por alguem da Microsoft, pois facilita (e muito) o processo de instalação de programas populares, ulilitários, drivers e multimídia no Linux. Nada de dor de cabeça como é de praxe.
a - http://www.getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installation#Ubuntu_7.10_.28Gutsy_AMD64.29 e abra o arquivo com o programa indicado pelo Firefox(instalador de pacotes).
b - Instalar pacote.
c - Aplicações -> Ferramentas do Sistema -> Automatix
d - Instale tudo que você precisa.

7 - Pronto!
Antes de tudo quero dizer que não abandonarei o Windows Vista 64. ;)

Cost was a big issue, so as I had a boot full of recycleables anyway, I dropped by the Waitaki Resource Recovery Park and chose from a large heap of old and dusty PC a small little number that still sported a motherboard and a Pentium II. From a heap of PCI cards an D-Link ethernet card and an ISA sound card was quickly chosen. Cost: 7 NZ dollars (ca 5 US dollars/ 4 Euros).

I took the little dusty thing home, de-dusted it, plugged it in: nothing. Not a beep. So I exchanged the Power Supply Unit with one of the old ones that were lying around my own pile of electro rubbish and was rewarded with an angry beep by the mobo. Fortunately the friendly proprietor of Small Bytes Computing in Oamaru had his own pile of elector junk and 2 168 pin DRams were found and these 192 megabytes stopped the motherboard from making shrieking noises. An old keyboard and an old serial mouse were found as well, and I even had a nice NVIDIA AGP card from what must have been 2000 lying around.

The motherboard is an 'Atrend' ATC-6130. I presume Atrend doesn't exist anymore, as I couldn't find any evidence of it on the web, but there was a large amount of drivers and bios updates floating around, so the old thing was updated in no time. The bios was set to 1998, so that had to be changed, and USB support is rather patchy. Nevertheless: an old 5 Gigabyte seagate HD and an even older optical drive was found in that big pile of old hardware, and surprisingly the little computer booted easily into Damn Small Linux.

The question is of course, which operating system to run. Even with 192 MB of Ram, Ubuntu is a bit heft. Geubuntu is (while certainly a technical marvel) plain ugly with its golden theme and eye candy. Damn Small Linux is too geeky to use for a user who can barely find the start button on a windows machine, and as I wanted a Debian based distro (I'm not particularly good with the other distros) I went for Xubuntu. Thanks to Envy (doesn't Alberto Milone look smouldering on that picture) and Automatix the little thing was set up in no time and is now able to play MP3s and CDs (unless you distract it with other hard disk activity) and it even attempts some frames of a flash movie on MP3. A flawed machine, no question, but able to email, play music and surf the web.

All for 17 dollars.

Se necesitan los codecs de Windows para poder reproducir DVD's con formato privativo, para ello, entramos en Automatix e instalamos en la pestada de "Codecs and Plugins" "W32-DVD codecs" de este modo ya tendremos los codecs necesarios.

Una vez tenemos los codecs, puede que el DVD este cifrado, para ello necesitaremos la librería libdvdcss2 que nos permitirá descifrarlos.

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

Y ya podremos reproducir nuestros DVD's en Ubuntu.

Fuente: guia-ubuntu.com

(Clique na imagem para ver ampliada)

Automatix é um programa para Linux mais especificamente o Ubuntu que como o nome ja diz automatiza tarefas, entre elas gravador e ripadores de cds e dvds, diversos codecs de audio e video restritos, ferramentas de texto, acrobat reader entre outras coisas com um só clique...

O Automatix é simples, ja vem compilado em .deb que é um pacote para distribuições Debian, então para Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) é só baixar em:

Automatix - Ubuntu 7.10

Caso você tenha outra versão do Ubuntu baixe a apropriada em:

Outras distribuições

Depois de baixado entre no terminal procure pasta onde esta o Automatix e digite:

sudo dpkg -i automatix2_2.0.5-7.10gutsy_i386.deb

(ou outro nome do pacote caso não seja a 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon)

Instale e pronto, ele fica no menu do Gnome em Aplicações, Ferramentas de Sistema...

Você até poderia instalar dando 2 cliques nele, mas particularmente não gosto, pois tem programas que pedem algumas confirmações durante a instalação como é o caso do Virtualbox, sendo assim no terminal é possivel passar informações caso seja necessário, a instalação do Virtualbox eu explico no proximo tutorial, vou explicar tambem como habilitar o modo Seamless, que "coloca" uma barra do Windows no Linux, permitindo a instalação de programas Win32 =] ok? abraçosssss... e até a próxima...

 

Copyleft Bruno S. Corrêa

-Se ha actualizado el codigo de python, y el codigo bash/xml.

-La plataforma por default es AMD64.

-Swiftweasel en vez de Swiftfox.

-Automatix no instalará drives ni nada que sea conserniente al propio Kernel.

-Automatix no añadira repositorios de terceros, solo su propio repositorio y activará los repositorios de Ubuntu que estén deshabilitados.

-Automatix no es compatible con las versiones anteriores.

-Mejor colaboración con la comunidad.

Como ven, Automatix2 ya no instalará tarballs ni .debs, todas las instalaciones serán "limpias", a través de repositorios.

Una última observación, Automatix sigue activando los backports, que es algo que horrorizo al buen español Festor pero que en realidad no es algo como para alarmarnos. Los "backports" solo son programas que vendrán en la siguiente versión de Ubuntu y que son compilados para nuestra versión, se dice que pueden ser algo inestables pero en todo caso no son paquetes criticos del sistema.Si quieres saber que programas son esos backports de Gutsy, la lista es esta. Ahora bien, si estas algo paranoico y no quieres recibir actualizaciones desde los backports, simplemente desactiva este repositorio inmediatamente después de usar Automatix2 y no hagas ninguna actualización hasta no haber hecho esto. Ahora bien, si ya recibiste las actualizaciones y notas algún programa inestable, pues puedes regresar a la versión anterior del programa desde Synaptic, también puedes bloquear ese programa para que no se actualice. A mi eso de los backports nunca me ha dado problemas.

Animense y usen Automatix2, no muerde, no engorda y no destuira tu sistema... hasta luego

Referencias:

http://www.getautomatix.com/ 

http://www.getautomatix.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1558 

http://www.getautomatix.com/blog/ 

http://packages.ubuntu.com/