[www-doc] [Git][VideoLAN.org/websites][master] Updated "Download for Ubuntu" page.

[Konstantin Pavlov]

Konstantin Pavlov pushed to branch master at VideoLAN organization / websites


Commits:
090cbce6 by Konstantin Pavlov at 2018-09-17T19:05:41Z
Updated "Download for Ubuntu" page.

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- + www.videolan.org/images/ubuntu-sc.png
- www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ubuntu.php


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@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 			    <div class="inner center-xs">
 			        <div class="btn-group">
-                            <a href="apt://vlc"><img src="https://apps.ubuntu.com/assets/images/scbutton-free-200px.png" title="Download for Ubuntu" alt="Download for Ubuntu button" /></a>
+                            <a href="snap://vlc"><img src=://images.videolan.org/images/ubuntu-sc.png" title="Download for Ubuntu" alt="Download for Ubuntu button" /></a>
 			        </div>
 			        <div id="downloadDetails">
 			            <span id='downloadOS'><?php echo $defaultDetail["name"]; ?></span>
@@ -50,46 +50,41 @@
     </section>
 
 <h2>Supported releases</h2>
-<p class="projectDescription">Ubuntu 13.10 <span style='font-size: smaller'>“Saucy Salamander”</span><br />
-Ubuntu 13.04 <span style='font-size: smaller'>“Raring Ringtail”</span><br />
-Ubuntu 12.10 <span style='font-size: smaller'>“Quantal Quetzal”</span><br />
-Ubuntu 12.04 LTS <span style='font-size: smaller'>“Precise Pangolin”</span><br />
+<p class="projectDescription">Ubuntu 18.04 <span style='font-size: smaller'>“Bionic Beaver”</span><br />
+Ubuntu 16.04 <span style='font-size: smaller'>“Xenial Xerus”</span><br />
+Ubuntu 14.04 LTS <span style='font-size: smaller'>“Trusty Tahr”</span><br />
 </p>
 
 <h2>Installation the Graphical way</h2>
-<p class="projectDescription"><p>Open <b>Synaptic</b> application (click on System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager).
+<p class="projectDescription"><p>Open <b>Ubuntu Software</b> application.
 </p>
 
 <p class="projectDescription">Search for <kbd>vlc</kbd> and install it.
-You may also want to install <kbd>browser-plugin-vlc</kbd>.</p>
-<p class="projectDescription">If you are interested in streaming or transcoding,
-you should additionally install <kbd>libavcodec-extra-53</kbd>.</p>
 
 <h2>Installation the Command line way</h2>
 <p><blockquote>
 <pre>
-% sudo apt-get update
-% sudo apt-get install vlc browser-plugin-vlc
+% sudo snap install vlc
 </pre>
 </blockquote>
 </p>
 
 <h3>Nota Bene</h3>
-<p class="projectDescription">Ubuntu includes whichever VLC version was the latest
-at the time the Ubuntu release was <em>frozen</em>
-(typically about two months before the official Ubuntu upgrade).<br />
-Afterward, you can still get security and critical bug fixes,
-but no further major VLC version updates until the next Ubuntu release.
-<br />
-If you need a more recent version, please consider upgrading Ubuntu.
-</p>
+<p class="projectDescription">VLC for Ubuntu and many other Linux distributions is packaged using <a href="https://snapcraft.io/">snapcraft</a>.
+This allows us to distribute latest and greatest VLC versions directly to end
+users, with security and critical bug fixes, full codec and optical media
+support.  <br />
+If you wish to install the traditional deb package, it is available as usual
+via <a href="apt://vlc">APT</a>, with all security and critical bug fixes.
+However, there will be no major VLC version updates until the next Ubuntu
+release.  </p>
 
 <div id="right">
 <?php panel_start( "orange" ); ?>
 <h1>Playing DVD (libdvdcss)</h1>
 <p>In order to be able to play region-locked DVD, you need install libdvdcss2.
 You should follow this <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs">procedure</a>
-to install libdvdcss2.</p>
+to install libdvdcss2.  This applies to deb packages only.</p>
 <?php panel_end(); ?>
 </div>
 



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