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Jenno:
The first thing I do on a new Ubuntu install is run Automatix, which basically sets you up with all the things you need that they don't distribute with the release.

decklin:
Sound Juicer will default to Vorbis... probably everything in main will come that way as LAME is in the other repositories. Try this:

apt-cache search cd ripper
apt-cache search cd encode

I personally use abcde but that's because i am a command line FREAK. If you haven't added universe to your repositories, do that, there are lots more apps that those searches will turn up in there.

I must say if you do want to go with MP3, the quality of LAME is very good... almost indistinguishable to me, until you go into lower bitrates. However, I still use Vorbis as software patents are a personally important issue to me.

iKitten:
He's talking about Ogg Vorbis, an audio codec, and yes, you'll most certainly find an encoder capable of handling it.  You may have to compile it, as I don't know if Ubuntu has any sort of a packaging system, though this Automatix sounds like it might be one.

decklin:
Heh. Yes, Ubuntu does have a packaging system. It's Debian's dpkg, but they have their own repository.  A bunch of my Debian packages are in universe, along with pretty much every other worthwhile free-software program out there. All precompiled.

I am admittedly somewhat biased. :P

iKitten:
Eh, we all have our own biases.  Mine tends towards Gentoo's Portage (similar and definiatively copied from BSD's ports, but hey, that's the name of the open source game).  You can get precompiled builds through Portage, but the default is source and automatic compilation.  Making ebuilds is the easiest thing, and even if the creator/distributor of a peice of software doesn't want to, the community will get it done before you know which way is up.  And unless I'm in a rush, I always compile from source.  Great functionality and the ability to get as close to the bleeding edge as you want.

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