Ubuntu 8.10 on Acer TravelMate 661LCi
Here we go with a brand new and shiny Ubuntu Ibex.
The goal of this page is mainly to be some kind of 'backup reference guide' for my `customized´ system.
BACKUP
If you make a backup of your
entire home-directory, you keep almost all your settings.
If you want it more minimalistic, backup your:
- .amsn (for all the logs, displaypictures,...)
- .pidgin (see above :p )
- .homebank
- .irssi
- .mozilla (for your bookmarks, extensions, passwords,...)
- .mozilla-thunderbird and/or .thunderbird (for your accountinformation and saved e-mails)
- .xchat-2
- amsn_received and all other files you still need.
- Take a look in /var/cache/apt/archives , there may be some usefull .deb's you installed.
Even better: Create a list of installed packages
Post-installation
After installation, the system needs to reboot (without the live CD). The booting is a graphical bar... Very annoying: is it booting? is it hanging? is it sending private information? I liked it better when there was at least some text...
I hope they wil include gFXboot sometime..
Theme
Gutsy comes with Compiz-Fusion enabled. Open Synaptic and search for 'compiz'. Install the settings-manager and Emerald.
Emerald-theme: blubuntu
Compiz-Fusion
Usefull eyecandy, updated to 7.4.
My Settings.profile
Synaptic
Things I need to remove:
f-spot, tomboy, Evolution (via synaptic: all), ekiga, nautilus-sendto, ...
Things I need to install
make, autoconf, gcc, irssi, camorama, qcad, bluefish, inkscape, mail-notification, straw, build-essential, aria2c, homebank, xchat, ...
Firefox - Thunderbird
A few months ago, there was SwiftWeasel and Swiftdove: optimized builds of Firefox and Thunderbird
for your processor.
Since then, Firefox3 has become much faster and better; so there is no need for Swiftweasel.
The same thing goes for
Thunderbird.
I backed up my entire .mozilla (for firefox) and .mozilla-thunderbird. I put thes folders back right after the clean install, and I got back all my bookmarks, extensions, themes,...
PyTelemeter (I haven't tested this yet)
Only usefull for Belgian cable users (
) !!PyTelemeter werkt volledig in Ubuntu Dapper.
Surfen naar http://pytelemeter.sourceforge.net/
Uitleg en installatieprocedure staan er ook.
Gewoon den tar.gz downloaden, uitpakken, via console naar de (uitgepakte) map gaan en dan typen:
gedit ~/.pytelemeterrc
Now run pytelemeter-gtk, pytelemeter-tray or pytelemeter-cli (add -h to view cli options).
Nog een handigheidje: PyTelemeter-tray direct inladen tijdens het opstarten:
Systeem --> Voorkeuren --> Sessies --> Tab Programma's starten
daar voegt ge toe "pytelemeter-tray"
Pidgin
A few changes have been made, nothing spectacular.
Still no video/voice.
I thought it was gonna be replaced with Empathy for Ubuntu 8.10...?
aMSN, CVS version
Okay, why would you want to use a "beta"-version?
Because it has new things in it :) At the moment of writing, aMSN 0.98b has playback for webcam and 'personal messages' and voice clips.
Voice chat (with farsight) is also included !
Do you want to run beta-version? Then the following is for you. Else download and install the .deb file
from their webpage.
I absolutely LOVE aMSN. They have a forum (unlike gaim), the admins/programmers are friendly (friendlier than gaim) as long
as you use the SEARCHfunction on their forum.
aMSN is quite cutting edge: they are the first (?) who actually implemented webcam (with playback !) and personal messages and so...
Okay, lets' first install tcl8.6 and tk8.6 (for anti-aliased fonts).
Go here and
download latest tcl and tk package. (8.6a3 at moment of writing).
Extract them both and remember where.
In the following, I will give some brief commands. For better explaination, see the full code below.
Do not copy/paste the commands below, it will not work. It is just to give you an idea of what to do.
Look at the full code (just above the screenshot of aMSN).
Since this is a clean install, we will need some libraries and their dependencies for aMSN to compile properly.
The easiest way is to open Synaptic and install:
- search for 'xft' and install the dev
- imagemagic
- esound-clients
- libpng (12-dev?)
- libjpeg62-dev
- libltdl3-dev
- autoconf
- snack (searck Synaptic for it)
- ...
Open a console and go to that directory
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
Same thing for tk:
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-xft
make
sudo make install
Next, we download http://amsn.sourceforge.net/amsn_dev.tar.gz
unpack it into your home-folder so you have ~/msn
Go into that folder
./configure --with-tcl=.../tcl8.6a3/unix/ --with-tk=.../tk8.6a3/unix/
make
sudo make install
gedit ~/msn/amsn
Edit the second line from "wish $0" to "wish8.6 $0"
Now you can run aMSN with: "~/msn/./amsn"
Let's config aMSN a bit.
- Press Ctrl+P to open the aMSN-preferences.
Second tab: Appearance --> change font button
I use "Bitstream Versa Sans" at size 9 - First tab: Personal --> My message text, I use "Bitsream Vera Sans Mono"
- Others tab: sound server
set it to 'esdplay $sound' (this is why you installed esound-client)
screenshot of aMSN 0.98:
Sunbird Version 1.0pre at moment of writing.
Nightly builds are just fine ;-)
Just extract it somewhere and ./sunbird
Elisa
This a small media center. It is not a full media center like MythTV, but it is nice to play around with.
At the moment of writing: version 0.5.xx.
No .deb's for Ibex. There was a PPA package for Hardy, but I always got a "segmentation fault: core dumped".
More info @ http://elisa.fluendo.com