Ultamatix may be a worthy successor to Automatix
Aug 3rd, 2008 | By David Harper | Category: LinuxLinux.com: Some Ubuntu fans out there may remember Automatix, a tool for Ubuntu that allowed easy access to many popular non-free applications and commonly-used audio and video codecs.
It debuted a few years ago, and got negative reviews from Ubuntu developers and experienced users due to the risk of breaking dependencies, but it offered an easy solution for beginners who weren’t familiar with the way deb packages worked.