I'm a RETARD

Well, turns out that I don't have to do shit to get Kubuntu to have MPlayer as there is a convenient little installer program that will install it for me already waiting.  GUI MPlayer at that.  I'm a tard.  BUT!  It doesn't have codecs and when I try to put the codecs where they should go at /usr/local/lib/codecs/ the native unpacker program won't let me create the directory.  Something about permissions or something.

Also, the people who make MPlayer are incredibly smart retards for having all the controls in command line while the people who put together Kubuntu are full humans for making it so that even a tard like me can get most things to work.  Cheers to them.

I'm gonna see if VLC is in there somewhere because maybe it is useable by people who don't understand linux speak.

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You're obviously a noob or you'd already know this: comparing computers to cars DOES NOT WORK.  EVER.

You're also obviously not a programmer or you'd know this too:  when you write a program, you keep the actual program and it's GUI separate.  The GUI should only be a frontend.  There are a number of reasons for this, including stability, security, and modularity (such as being able to call a program from another in a predictable fashion).  All good programs are written this way, including the better Windows programs.

Unfortunately, many Windows programmers have never had any formal introduction to software architecture and end up with... well, shitty code.  This is furthered by the ridiculous fear of the command line.  Windows users tend to think it's difficult to use (getting support in this idea from the spectacular failure that is command.com and cmd.exe) and this results in professionals integrating their GUIs into their programs, making them prone to instability, security problems, and difficult to integrate.  It's a vicious cycle.

Looking at pure noob usability, yes, a CLI is more daunting than pretty icons and pictures, but if you've been using computers all your life and are competent enough to install (noob) GNU/Linux, there is no reason to be afraid of it, for all it's benefits.  If you're so stubborn that you can't be bothered to take full advantage of your computer, go the fuck back to Windows.  Linux isn't ready for you yet, and I personally hope it never will be.

Oh, and FYI, VLC is also just a GUI frontend.  The only difference is that it defaults to (on Linux) wxWidgets instead of the console.  If you want a GUI for MPlayer, there are at least three that I know of available, the most common of which being GMPlayer.