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    Ubuntu 9.04
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    27-07-2009
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.How to install RealPlayer in Ubuntu 9.04

    Please follow this procedure to install and launch RealPlayer:

    Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
    Terminal"

    Step 2: Enter the following command into the terminal:

    sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

    # Add the following line to the end of the /etc/apt/sources.list file and then save the change:

    deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free

    Step 3: Enter the following 2 commands into the terminal:

    sudo aptitude update
    sudo aptitude install realplayer

    Step 4: You can then run the command realplayer to launch it.

    Bijlagen:
    https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/69767   

    27-07-2009 om 14:47 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    26-07-2009
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.9 Things You Need To Do/Install After Installing Ubuntu 9.04

    After you have downloaded and installed Ubuntu 9.04, what is next thing you should do?

    Getting Ubuntu onto your hard disk is only the first step. It is still in the raw and unpolished state. To get the best out of it, you really need to configure and customize it to suit your needs. In part 3 of the series, I am going to go through the important things that you need to do after you have got Jaunty up and running.

     

    1) Enable the repositories

    Every time I do a fresh install of Ubuntu, the first thing that I do is to enable the universe, multiverse, backport and Canonical’s ‘partner’ repositories. These repositories open up new application choices and allows you to install popular third party software easily and quickly.

    Go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager.

    Click on Settings -> Repositories.

    Checked all the boxes.

    Go to the Third-Party Software tab. Check all the boxes too.

    Close the window and press the Reload button at the top left corner to update the repositories.

    2) Modifying GRUB menu

    The GRUB menu is the black screen that you see when you boot up your computer. You can easily modify the setting, including whether it is hidden or how many seconds before it boots up. One of the useful application that allows you to modify your GRUB menu easily is Startup Manager

    sudo apt-get install startupmanager

    Before you modify your GRUB menu, it is best to  back it up.

    sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu-backup.lst

    Open your Startup Manager, here is where you can change the timeout, how many kernel entries to keep and show/hide the grub screen.

    3) Configure Firewall

    If you are concern about your security, then it is pertinent that you activate the firewall and prevent any unauthorized access to your computer.

    UFW is installed by default, but if you need a graphical interface, install GUFW.

    sudo apt-get install gufw



    Alternative to GUFW is Firestarter which is a simple but powerful app that allows you to monitor your traffic

    sudo apt-get install firestarter

    4) Wine

    Wine is a must-have application for those who can’t live without their Windows applications, It allows you to install your Windows application in your Ubuntu machine and run them like native Windows apps.

    sudo apt-get install wine

    Once you have installed Wine, remember to run the configuration (Applications -> Wine -> Configure Wine) before attempting to install your favorite Windows app.

    5) Ubuntu-Restricted-extras

    Can’t listen to MP3? Can’t watch Youtube video? Can’t run Java? Don’t worry, all you need to do is to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package and it will install all the necessary files/codecs for you. Some common applications in the package include MP3 codec, Adobe Flash player, Java runtime and Microsoft core fonts.

    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

    6) Ubuntu Tweak

    Ubuntu Tweak allows you to tweak your system settings, all in one place. You can install new applications, customize your desktop settings, configure your startup applications, changing the system filetype association and many more tweaks in this single application.

    To install Ubuntu Tweak, first open your sources.list files

    gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

    insert the following lines to the end of the file. Save and close.

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu jaunty main


    deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu jaunty main

    In the terminal, update the repository and install Ubuntu Tweak

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak


    7) VLC

    After trying out several media players, including Totem and MPlayer, I still prefer VLC for its great support for almost any kind of multimedia format out there.

    sudo apt-get install vlc

    8) Gnome Do

    Gnome Do is a small application that allows you to search and do things faster and more efficiently in your Ubuntu machine. It is similar to QuickSilver in Mac and Launchy in Windows. For those who have not tried Gnome Do before, it might take some time for you to get used to it. But once you’re hooked to it, there will be no turning back for you.

    Gnome Do also comes with a dock interface that you can use it like any other docks.

    sudo apt-get install gnome-do

    9) Eye candy

    Some people like to have nice beautiful effects on their desktop while others may just want a minimal desktop. If you belong to the former, here are some applications that you can install to beautify your desktop.

    • CompizConfigSettingsManager: The  configuration manager for Compiz. Inside you can find lots of interesting (and useless) desktop effects.
    • Avant Windows Navigator, Cairo dock – Mac OSX style dock for your desktop
    • conky, GKrellM – display system setting on your desktop.

    Conclusion

    This is not a list about the popular applications out there that you should have, but a list of basic stuffs that you need to have for better performance. Initially, I wanted to include more of my favorite apps such as Songbird, Thunderbird, Adobe Air, VirtualBox, Filezilla, Checkgmail etc, but I find that they are more of a personal perferences rather than a must-have for everyone. If you favorite application is not in the list, do tell me about it in the comments.

    
    
    
    
    
    

    Bijlagen:
    http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#2NQWGN/maketecheasier.com/9-things-you-need-to-doinstall-after-installing-ubuntu-904/2009/04/22/   

    26-07-2009 om 17:24 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.How To Install Dreamweaver CS3 In Ubuntu Hardy

    It would be great if there is a Linux build of the popular Dreamweaver CS3, or that it could be easily installed via WINE. The truth is, none of the above work. There is no Linux version, nor will it work via WINE direct installation. The only way to get it to work is to port it over from a Windows installation.

    If you are new to Dreamweaver CS3, it is one of the best, if not, the best web editor software in the market. While there are many open source and free web editors out there, none of them come close to it in term of quality and capability. Although it comes with a hefty price tag of $399, it is well worth the money if you are into serious web developing. As such, if you wish to follow this guide and install Dreamweaver CS3 in your Ubuntu machine, please make sure you have the licensed copy, or proceed to Adobe to make your purchase. Do not attempt to use illegal software.

    Initial Installation – WINE

    We will need WINE to create a Windows environment for Dreamweaver. If you have already installed WINE, you can skip to the next section.

    sudo apt-get install wine
    winecfg

    The WINE configuration window will pop up. Click OK to close the window. You can now find a .wine folder in your Home directory (if you can’t see it, go to View and check “Show Hidden Files“).

    Porting Dreamweaver CS 3 From Windows

    Install your Dreamweaver CS 3 in Windows. (For this step, I would advise you to install it on a Windows virtual machine so that you can transfer files between the two OS easily later on.)

    Now there are 5 main folders that you need to copy to your Ubuntu machine.

    1) Open up File Manager and navigate to C:Program Files. Copy the whole ‘Adobe‘ folder to Ubuntu /home/username/.wine/drive_c/Program Files folder.

    2) Still in the Windows File manager, navigate to C:Documents and Settingsyour-windows-user-nameApplication Data (if you can’t find the Application Data folder, go to Tools->Folder Option->View and select ‘show hidden files and folders‘) and copy the whole ‘Adobe‘ folder to Ubuntu /home/username/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/All Users/Application Data/

    3) In the Windows File manager, go to C:Program FilesCommon Files and copy the whole ‘Adobe‘ folder to Ubuntu /home/username/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Common Files

    4) In the Windows file manager, go to C:WINDOWSsystem32 and copy the whole ‘marcomed‘ folder to Ubuntu /home/username/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32

    5) In the Windows file manager, go to C:WINDOWS and copy the whole ‘WinSxS‘ folder to Ubuntu /home/username/.wine/drive_c/windows

    Next, we need to import the Dreamweaver registry to WINE.

    In  your Windows, go to Start->Run. Type in ‘regedit‘ and press Enter.

    In the window that pop up, on the left pane, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-> SOFTWARE->Adobe->Dreamweaver. Right click on the ‘Dreamweaver‘ folder and select ‘Export’. Save the file as dreamweaver.reg

    Copy this dreamweaver.reg to your Ubuntu home folder.

    Now you need to convert the registry file to ASCII format.

    sudo apt-get install recode
    recode ucs-2..ascii dreamweaver.reg
    wine regedit dreamweaver.reg

    At this time, you have successfully ported all the necessary files from Windows to Ubuntu. To test your installation:

    cd .wine/drive_c/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Dreamweaver CS3/
    wine Dreamweaver.exe

    Dreamweaver CS3 should now launch.

    Creating entry in Applications menu

    To create an entry in your Applications menu, right click on the Applications menu and select ‘Edit Menus’.

    Scroll down to the Wine->Programs entry and select New Item. Enter the following

    Type: Application
    Name: Dreamweaver CS3
    Command: wine /home/username/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Dreamweaver CS3/Dreamweaver.exe

    Click Close. You should now see an entry in your Application menu. You can drag the entry to your desktop or to the panel to create a shortcut.

    Bijlagen:
    http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#2NQWGN/maketecheasier.com/9-things-you-need-to-doinstall-after-installing-ubuntu-904/2009/04/22/   

    26-07-2009 om 17:08 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Installing Adobe AIR 1.5.1

    Author: Falko Timme

    Adobe AIR is a technology that lets you run Internet applications on the desktop. With AIR you do not need a browser to run such desktop applications. This tutorial explains how you can install Adobe AIR 1.5.1 for Linux on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop and how you can install AIR applications.

    I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

    1 Preliminary Note

    I'm using the user name falko with the home directory /home/falko here - please adjust this appropriately.

     

    2 Installing Adobe AIR

    Open Firefox and go to http://get.adobe.com/air/.

    Click on the Download now link...

    ... and save the file to your hard disk (e.g. on the desktop):

    Next, open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal)...

    ... and go to the directory where you've saved the Adobe AIR installer (/home/falko/Desktop in my case):

    cd /home/falko/Desktop

    You can run

    ls -l

    to find out how the Adobe AIR installer is named (AdobeAIRInstaller.bin):

    falko@falko-desktop:~/Desktop$ ls -l
    total 13336
    -rw-r--r-- 1 falko falko 13633748 2009-06-29 15:59 AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
    falko@falko-desktop:~/Desktop$

    Before we can start the installer, we must make it executable:

    chmod 755 AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

    Then we start the Adobe AIR installation:

    ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

    The Adobe AIR installation wizard starts. Accept the Adobe AIR license:

    Next type in your password:

    Adobe AIR is now being installed:

    Click on Finish to leave the installation wizard:

    Adobe AIR is now installed, so we can clean up the desktop by deleting the installer:

    rm -f AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

    3 Installing An AIR Application

    Before you install an AIR application, you should make sure that you have Adobe Flash installed as lots of AIR applications (not all) require Flash.

    If Flash is not installed, you can install it like this:

    sudo aptitude install flashplugin-installer

    You can find a few sample AIR applications on http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/ajax/samples.html, http://www.adobe.com/products/air/showcase/, and http://www.adobe.com/go/airmarketplace.

    I will now install Spaz, an open-source Twitter client. Go to http://funkatron.com/spaz and go to Desktop > Download. Click on the Install Now link below Automated "One-step" Install:

    The AIR application installer is starting up:

    Click on Open...

    ... and then on Install to start the Spaz installation:

    If necessary you can change a few settings. Click on Continue:

    Spaz is now being installed. After the installation has finished, the AIR application installer will close automatically:

    Spaz should now start automatically, but there should as well be a Spaz launcher under Applications > Spaz:

    When Spaz starts for the first time, it doesn't know your Twitter username, therefore it shows the following message. Click on Enter user/pass to go to the Spaz preferences:

    Fill in your Twitter username and password:

    Afterwards you can start using Twitter, e.g. send a new message to Twitter:

    BTW, if you'd like to follow me on Twitter, I'd be more than happy . This is my Twitter profile: http://twitter.com/falko

     

    4 Uninstalling An AIR Application

    If you want to uninstall an AIR application, open a terminal again (Applications > Accessories > Terminal).

    In this example I will show how to uninstall Spaz.

    To find out the correct name of the Spaz package, run

    dpkg --list | grep -i spaz

    The output should look as follows...

    falko@falko-desktop:~/Desktop$ dpkg --list | grep -i spaz
    ii  spaz.air.16cb261d461b1ca2027f7c39946115fa2dc8cd7f.1 0.8.2                             A Twitter client
    falko@falko-desktop:~/Desktop$

    ... which means the full name of the Spaz package is spaz.air.16cb261d461b1ca2027f7c39946115fa2dc8cd7f.1. To uninstall it, we run

    sudo dpkg -r 'spaz.air.16cb261d461b1ca2027f7c39946115fa2dc8cd7f.1'

    That's it, Spaz has been removed from your system.

     

    5 Links

     

     

     

     

     

    Bijlagen:
    http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-adobe-air-1.5.1-for-linux-on-ubuntu-9.04-i386   

    26-07-2009 om 16:55 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    24-07-2009
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Join FLV Files Together
    Code:
    mencoder -forceidx -of lavf -oac copy -ovc copy -o output.flv clip1.flv clip2.flv clip3.flv

    Bijlagen:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=956769   

    24-07-2009 om 13:41 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    22-07-2009
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process

    Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process


    if you're sure that no apt/adept/dpkg processes are running:
    Code:
    sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
    Should take care of your little problem...

    Bijlagen:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=519612   

    22-07-2009 om 15:11 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    20-07-2009
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Install Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu 9.04

    Firefox 3.5 (formerly known as 3.1) adds support for new web standards including audio and video tags and downloadable fonts, a private browsing mode, significantly improved JavaScript performance, and more.

    Ubuntu will not be upgrading the default Firefox package to 3.5 until Ubuntu 9.10. However, the universe repository in Ubuntu 9.04 includes a special firefox-3.5 package. At the time of writing this package contains an old beta release. It should be updated soon, but here’s a workaround if you can’t wait any longer.

    Update: I’m now recommending installing Firefox 3.5 using Ubuntuzilla rather than the methods described in this post.

    Before you update, consider backing up your Firefox profile if you may want to go back to Firefox 3 after trying 3.5. Running the command below will backup your Firefox profile to firefox_profile_backup in your home directory. To restore from the backup, replace your .mozilla/firefox folder with the backup.
    cp -r ~/.mozilla/firefox/ ~/firefox_profile_backup

    Update: The firefox-3.5 package in Ubuntu 9.04 has now been updated, so it’s no longer necessary to use the Mozilla Security Team PPA.

    Open the Synaptic package manager and select Settings->Repositories. Select the Third-Party Software tab and add the APT line for the Mozilla Security Team PPA, which has Firefox packages which are undergoing testing prior to wider release:
    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

    Return to the main Synaptic window and click the Reload button to download the repository listings. Find the firefox-3.5 package and mark it for installation. Click Apply to install.

    After Synaptic is done working, you can remove or disable the Mozilla Security Team PPA if you don’t want to get any more untested updates.

    Unfortunately, this package is still branded as Shiretoko (the codename for this Firefox release). Start Firefox 3.5 from Applications->Internet->Shiretoko Web Browser.

    Bijlagen:
    http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2009/07/03/install-firefox-35-in-ubuntu-904/   

    20-07-2009 om 16:24 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.To Do List After installing Ubuntu 9.04

    This post is a follow up of this. In Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope , as you would expect from any upgrade, the packages are a bit different, so i decided to write the Jaunty’s To Do List on its own. So here you go :

    1 – Expand the Software Repository List

    First of all, lets make Ubuntu “see” more packages. Go to the terminal and edit your sources.list with :

    sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

    Here is the content of my sources.list which I think is quite complete to have all the necessary applications you could ever need. So delete the whole content of your sources list and replace it with the content of mine

    Save it. Go to the Terminal and type:

    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

    Now all your programs will run on the last version.

    2 – Anti-Virus

    Windows equivalent : AVG AntiVirus, NAV, TrendMicro, F-Prot, Kaspersky, …

    Ubuntu equivalent : Avast

    Avast

    wget http://files.avast.com/files/linux/avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb && sudo dpkg -i  avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb

    Access it through Accessories → avast! Antivirus .

    3 – Essential tools for compiling from sources

    sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall cdbs devscripts dh-make fakeroot libxml-parser-perl check avahi-daemon

    4 – Java runtime environment

    Java is a very important thing to install, now that many programs like Azureus need it to run. So type:

    sudo apt-get install sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin equivs ttf-sazanami-gothic ttf-sazanami-mincho

    5 – More Fonts

    Here you will find a bunch of fonts you can install on your system, but remember that you don’t need to install all of them

    sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 && sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts 
    && sudo apt-get install ttf-larabie-straight ttf-larabie-deco mplayer-fonts xfonts-terminus-dos xfonts-terminus xfonts-terminus-oblique
     xfonts-mona tv-fonts ttf-tuffy ttf-sjfonts ttf-sil-padauk ttf-sil-ezra ttf-paktype ttf-georgewilliams ttf-fifthhorseman-dkg-handwriting
     ttf-farsiweb ttf-essays1743 ttf-opensymbol ttf-nafees ttf-mgopen ttf-gentium ttf-freefont ttf-dustin ttf-devanagari-fonts ttf-dejavu-extra
     ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu ttf-bpg-georgian-fonts ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-alee

    6 – Ubuntu Control Panel

    Ubuntu Tweak

    Ubuntu Tweak allows you to tweak your system settings, all in one place. You can install new applications, customize your desktop settings, configure your startup applications, changing the system filetype association and many more tweaks in this single application.

    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

    Then access it through Applications → System Tools → Ubuntu Tweak

    7 – Nice Right Click Sub-Menus

    For some useful right click menus in nautilus

    sudo apt-get install nautilus-actions nautilus-gksu nautilus-image-converter nautilus-open-terminal
     nautilus-script-audio-convert nautilus-script-collection-svn nautilus-script-manager nautilus-sendto nautilus-share nautilus-wallpaper

    App Runner

    App Runner is a small open source utility that makes it very easy to run any type of program/executable/script on any distro/OS that uses the nautilus file manager: Debian/Ubuntu/Super OS/Fedora/etc

    wget http://hacktolive.org/files/app_runner/App_Runner_0.2.deb && sudo dpkg -i App_Runner_0.2.deb 

    Then right-click the file -> Scripts -> Run This App or Run This App (root)

    8 – Multimedia

    Windows equivalent : windows media player, real player, vlc, mplayer

    Ubuntu equivalent : vlc, mplayer, helix player

    To have Ubuntu playing all kinds of stuff, you need to install many codecs. So on the Terminal, type:

    * Installing vlc and mplayer (plays almost everything):

    sudo apt-get install vlc mplayer

    * Common packs

    sudo apt-get install non-free-codecs libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencoder mpeg2dec vorbis-tools id3v2 mpg321 mpg123
     libflac++6 ffmpeg toolame libmp4v2-0 totem-mozilla icedax tagtool easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert
     mozilla-helix-player helix-player libmad0 libjpeg-progs libmpcdec3 libquicktime1 flac faac faad sox toolame
    ffmpeg2theora libmpeg2-4 uudeview flac libmpeg3-1 mpeg3-utils mpegdemux liba52-dev

    * Gstreammer 0.10

    sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mpegdemux 
    gstreamer0.10-gnonlin gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-sdl gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse
    gstreamer0.10-schroedinger gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse totem-gstreamer

    * More programs

    sudo apt-get install gstreamer-dbus-media-service gstreamer-tools ubuntu-restricted-extras

    * Enable dvd support

    sudo aptitude install libdvdcss2 && sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/./install-css.sh

    * Flash

    sudo apt-get install gsfonts gsfonts-x11 flashplugin-nonfree

    9. Tweak your eyecandy

    Ubuntu 9.04 comes with compiz fusion effects OOTB but doesn’t offer a way to customize them.

    In a terminal copy/paste this:

    sudo apt-get install simple-ccsm

    Now navigate to System → Preferences → Simple CompizConfig Settings Manager .

    10 – Missing Windows software?? Run Windows softwares in Linux!!!

    Wine

    Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows programs in Linux.

    sudo apt-get install wine

    Then just double click .exe file.

    Note: Not all windows software can run.A list is available in the website.

    11 – Play Windows Games in Linux

    Install PlayonLinux.Games like world of warcraft ,counterstrike and many other can be played.Playonlinux is based on wine.

    Click here for list of games available

    sudo apt-get install playonlinux

    12 – Clipboard Management

    By Default in ubuntu when u copy something from an application and closes the application u will not be able to access it from the clipboard. And also when u copy severals text in serial u only have the last on available to you in the clipboard. To solve that install either of the following but Glipper is better because it supports plugins.

    Glipper

    sudo apt-get install glipper

    Then right click ur panel → Add to Panel then drag Clipboard Manager to ur panel

    Parcellite

    sudo apt-get install parcellite

    13 – Archiver/ Packing software

    Windows equivalent : winrar, zip, 7zip

    Ubuntu equivalent : tar, unrar, p7zip, arj, unace

    It’s bad when you don’t have Internet on your computer/notebook, but you have to pack/unpack something but the file format isn’t recognized by the system. To prevent from this bad situation, you can install a bunch of packing software by typing this on the terminal:

    sudo apt-get install unace rar unrar zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar sharutils aish uudeview mpack lha arj cabextract file-roller

    14 – Graphical web browser

    Windows equivalent : Internet explorer, firefox, opera

    Ubuntu equivalent : Firefox, opera

    Opera

    sudo apt-get install opera

    Firefox (installed by default intrepid)

    sudo apt-get install firefox

    15 – Download Manager

    Windows equivalent : Free download manager

    Ubuntu equivalent : Multiget

    MultiGet is a http/ftp downloader with a nice GUI for linux desktop users. It can run on almost all desktops without any configuration. It has many powerful functions comparing to others.

    sudo apt-get install multiget

    Access it through Applications → Internet → MultiGet .

    16 – Graphical Email client

    Windows equivalent : Outlook

    Ubuntu equivalent : Evolution, Thunderbird

    Evolution (installed by default in intrepid)

    sudo apt-get install evolution

    Access it through Applications → Internet → Evolution Mail .

    Thunderbird

    sudo apt-get install thunderbird

    Access it through Applications → Internet → Mozilla Thunderbird Mail/News .

    17 – Instant Messanging protocal clients

    Windows equivalent : MSN messenger, Yahoo messenger, QQ, AIM, Gtalk, ICQ,IRC

    Ubuntu equivalent : Pidgin, emesene

    Pidgin (installed by default in intrepid)

    Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once. Supported chat networks: AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo!, Zephyr

    sudo apt-get install pidgin pidgin-data pidgin-lastfm pidgin-guifications msn-pecan pidgin-musictracker pidgin-plugin-pack pidgin-themes

    Access it through Applications → Internet → Pidgin Internet Messenger .

    Emesene only for MSN Messenger.

    sudo apt-get install emesene

    Access it through Applications → Internet → Emesene .

    18 – VOIP

    Windows equivalent : skype

    Ubuntu equivalent : skype, ekiga

    Skype

    sudo apt-get install skype

    Access it through Applications → Internet → Skype.

    Ekiga (installed by default in intrepid)

    sudo apt-get install ekiga

    Access it through Applications → Internet → Ekiga SoftPhone.

    19 – Viewing PDF files

    Windows equivalent : Adobe Reader

    Ubuntu equivalent : Adobe Reader

    Adobe Reader

    sudo apt-get install acroread acroread-fonts

    Access it through Applications → Office → Adobe Reader.

    20– Adobe Air

    wget http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/latest/AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
    chmod +x
    . /AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
     ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

    Access it through Applications → Accessories → Adobe Air Application Installer.

    21 – Music / MP3 / OGG Players

    Windows equivalent : iTunes, Winamp

    Ubuntu equivalent : Rhythmbox, Amarok

    Rhythmbox

    sudo apt-get install rhythmbox

    Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → Rhythmbox Music Player.

    Amarok

    sudo apt-get install amarok  amarok-common

    Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → Amarok.

    22 – Hard Disk Partitions Manager

    Windows equivalent : Symanted Partition Magic

    Ubuntu equivalent : GParted, Disk-Manager

    GParted

    sudo apt-get install gparted ntfsprogs

    Access it through System → Administration → Partition Editor.

    23 – Vector Graphics Editor

    Windows equivalent : Adobe Illustrator

    Ubuntu equivalent : Inkscape

    Inkscape

    sudo apt-get install inkscape

    Access it through Applications → Graphics → Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor.

    24 – Image Editor

    Windows equivalent : Adobe Photoshop

    Ubuntu equivalent : GIMP

    GIMP

    sudo apt-get install gimp gimp-data gimp-plugin-registry

    Access it through Applications → Graphics → GIMP Image Editor.

    25 – 3D Graphics Applications

    Windows equivalent : 3D Studio MAX

    Ubuntu equivalent : Blender

    Blender

    sudo apt-get install blender

    Access it through Applications → Graphics → Blender (windowed).

    26 – Simple Yet Advanced Text Editor

    Windows equivalent : Notepad ++

    Ubuntu equivalent : GEdit

    GEdit

    sudo apt-get install gedit gedit-plugins

    Access it through Applications → Accessories → Text Editor.

    27 – Office Applications

    Windows equivalent : Microsoft Office

    Ubuntu equivalent : OpenOffice

    OpenOffice

    sudo apt-get install  openoffice.org

    Access it through Applications → Office

    28 – Microsoft Visio

    Windows equivalent : Microsoft Visio

    Ubuntu equivalent : Dia

    Dia

    sudo apt-get install dia

    Access it through Applications → Graphics → Dia Diagram Editor

    29 – Microsoft Project

    Windows equivalent : Microsoft Project

    Ubuntu equivalent : OpenProj

    OpenProj

    wget http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/openproj/openproj_1.4-2.deb && sudo dpkg -i openproj_1.4-2.deb

    Access it through Applications → Office → OpenProj

    30 – Development IDE

    Windows equivalent : Dreamweaver

    Ubuntu equivalent : Quanta, Kompozer, NetBeans

    Quanta

    sudo apt-get install quanta

    Access it through Applications → Programming → Quanta Plus

    Komposer

    sudo apt-get install kompozer nvu

    Access it through Applications → Internet → Kompozer

    NetBeans

    sudo apt-get install netbeans

    Access it through Applications → Programming → NetBeans IDE

    31 – Graphical FTP clients

    Windows equivalent : CuteFTP, SmartFTP

    Ubuntu equivalent : FileZilla

    FileZilla

    This is great FTP program, very complete, in my opinion, the best one for linux.

    On the terminal type:

    sudo apt-get install filezilla filezilla-common

    Access it through Applications → Internet → FileZilla FTP Client.

    32 – P2P Clients / Servers, File Sharing

    Windows equivalent : utorrent, azureus, emule

    Ubuntu equivalent : Deluge, azureus, amule

    Bittorent clients

    Deluge (written in python)

    sudo apt-get install deluge-torrent

    Access it through Applications → Internet → Deluge Torrent.

    Azureus: Uses Java to run, very complete but a bit heavy

    sudo apt-get install azureus

    Access it through Applications → Internet → Azureus.

    Emule Donkey Clients

    Amule

    sudo apt-get install amule

    Access it through Applications → Internet → aMule.

    33 – Programs for CD burning with GUI

    Windows equivalent : Nero, Roxio Easy CD Creator

    Ubuntu equivalent : K3b, Brasero

    K3b

    Nero is available for linux,but its not free.A trial is available for 1 month usage and later it asks or activation code.But K3B is as good as Nero.Have a good feature set as Nero.

    sudo apt-get install k3b k3b-data k3b-i18n libk3b3

    Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → K3B.

    Brasero (installed by default in Intrepid)

    sudo apt-get install brasero

    Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → Brasero Disc Burning .

    34 – Mountings ISO files

    Windows equivalent : Alcohol

    Ubuntu equivalent : acetoneiso

    Acetoneiso

    The best one for linux ACETONEISO,which is similar to ALCOHOL in windows

    its supports almost all formats. AcetoneISO is CD/DVD image manipulator for Linux.Using this tool it is very easy to Mount and Unmount ISO,MDF,NRG Images . I dont think its available in ubuntu repository.

    sudo apt-get install libksba8 libenca0 libtwolame0 fuseiso kommander p7zip-full gnupg-agent gnupg2 pinentry-qt mencoder
    cdrdao libqt4-webkit libphonon4 phonon phonon-backend-gstreamer
    wget http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/getdeb/ubuntu/jaunty/ac/acetoneiso_2.0.3.1-1~getdeb1_i386.deb && sudo dpkg -i
    acetoneiso_2.0.3.1-1~getdeb1_i386.deb

    Access it via Sound & Videos -> AcetoneISO

    35 – Install Vista like gadgets.

    Windows equivalent : Vista Sidebar

    Ubuntu equivalent : google-gadgets

    Google gadgets

    wget http://neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/getdeb/ubuntu/intrepid/go/google-gadgets_0.10.5-1~getdeb2_i386.deb
     && sudo dpkg -i google-gadgets_0.10.5-1~getdeb2_i386.deb

    This will complete the installation.

    Now press Alt+F2, and type “ggl-gtk” to start them. You should see a small icon show up in your system tray, and a sidebar. Right click on any of them and select ‘Add Gadgets’ to show a menu. If you’d like to have Google Gadgets start automatically, go to System – Preferences – Session, click ‘Add’, paste ‘Google Gadgets’ for the name and ‘ggl-gtk’ for the command. Click OK and Close, and you’re good to go.

    36 – Google Desktop

    Google Desktop allows one to full text search of a user’s e-mail, computer files, music, photos, chat, and Web pages viewed,OpenOffice documents , PDF files and more .

    Now similar tools already existed on Linux like beagle (supported by novell ) , meta tracker etc . However Google Desktop search is not based on any of these tools and uses its proprietary algorithms to search for files on the computer ,also being 1.0 release and more stable then these products it could be preferred over tools like beagle .

    To install Google Desktop Search type the following command in the terminal window : -

    sudo apt-get install google-desktop-linux

    Access it through Applications → Google Desktop → Google Desktop

    Now after choosing appropriate option through Applications → Google Desktop → Google Desktop Preferences, you would find Google Desktop icon in the bar at the top of the screen , now it would automatically scan and index files on computer and store it in local database which could be searched using web browser .

    37 – Photo Management

    Google Picasa

    Google Picasa is an extremely professional good looking photo management application available on Windows ,Linux and Mac OS (??) . Now Google Picasa has a number of features that many photo management software on Linux dont have further Google Picasa looks very user friendly as compared to similar open source application available on linux . Now Google Picasa for Linux is not a native linux application but runs on Linux thru application layer called wine which allows many windows application to run flawlessly on Linux.

    Now to install Google – Picasa type the following command in the terminal window

    sudo apt-get install picasa

    Access it through Applications → Graphics → Picasa → Picasa

    38 – Map Viewing and Management

    Google Earth

    To install Google Earth type the following command in the Terminal Window.

    sudo aptitude install googleearth

    After downloading is over you will get a screen like this press ¨Yes¨ to accept the license agreement and complete software installation.

    Now you can launch Google Earth from Application → Internet → Google Earth

    39 – Gmail Notification

    Checkgmail

    If you would like to get notified when you have a new mail in your google mail account, checkgmail is for you. To install Checkgmail type the following command in the Terminal Window.

    sudo apt-get install checkgmail

    Now you can launch it from Application → Internet → CheckGmail

    40 – Configure Firewall

    If you are concern about your security, then it is pertinent that you activate the firewall and prevent any unauthorized access to your computer.

    UFW is installed by default, but if you need a graphical interface, install GUFW.

     sudo apt-get install gufw
    41 – Gnome Do
    Gnome Do is a small application that allows you to search and do things faster and more efficiently in your Ubuntu machine. It is similar to QuickSilver in Mac and Launchy in Windows. For those who have not tried Gnome Do before, it might take some time for you to get used to it. But once you’re hooked to it, there will be no turning back for you.Gnome Do also comes with a dock interface that you can use it like any other docks.
    sudo apt-get install gnome-do

    Now you can launch it from Application → Accessories → Gnome Do

    Bijlagen:
    http://theindexer.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/to-do-list-after-installing-ubuntu-904-aka-jaunty-jackalope/   

    20-07-2009 om 16:07 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Adobe Reader 9.1 on Ubuntu 9.04

    To get official Adobe Reader 9.1 on Ubuntu 9.04, you can follow one of the 2 methods listed below;

    I.
    1) sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
    2) Add the below line in sources.list,
    deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner
    3) sudo apt-get update
    4) sudo apt-get install acroread

    or

    II. 1) wget http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.1/enu/AdbeRdr9.1.0-1_i486linux_enu.bin
    2.) chmod +x ./AdbeRdr9.1.0-1_i486linux_enu.bin
    3.)./AdbeRdr9.1.0-1_i486linux_enu.bin

     

    20-07-2009 om 15:51 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Belgische EID (ACR38U) onder ubuntu

    I removed every packages and was about to give up when I finally found the answer that made things work out of the box at
    http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/acr38

    Packages to install :

    sudo apt-get install libacr38u libacr38ucontrol0 beid-tools pcscd libpcsclite-dev beidgui libbeid2 libbeidlibopensc2

    After installing these, I was able to read my card under beid.

    Firefox :

    In order to access websites working with the eID, you need to load the PKCS#11 module.

    Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Encryption > Security Devices > Load

    Module name : “Belgium Identity Card PKCS#11″
    Module filename : “/usr/lib/libbeidpkcs11.so.2″

    Restart Firefox when done.

    The card reader MUST be plugged before starting Firefox if you intend to access a website requiring access to your eID.

    Bijlagen:
    http://forum.ubuntu-nl.org/documentatie/belgische-eid-(acr38u)-onder-ubuntu/   

    20-07-2009 om 15:25 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.How to install LimeWire ?

    0. Make sure you have "multiverse" repository enabled in your /etc/apt/sources.list by clicking on System -> Administration -> Software Sources. The checkbox "Software restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse)" has to be enabled.

    1. Download the latest LimeWire from http://www9.limewire.com/download/LimeWireLinux.deb or if you prefer the beta is here: http://www9.limewire.com/beta/LimeWireLinux.deb

    2. If you are using Gnome or KDE you should be able to double-click on the file. If not, you may have to manually install with dpkg.

    There should be an entry in the programs menu if you are using KDE or Gnome. You will also be able to start limewire by typing "limewire" in the terminal.

    Enjoy!

    20-07-2009 om 15:20 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.How do i add public keys?
    # If you get errors about missing keys, lookup the key in this file
    # and run these commands (replace KEY with the key number):
    #
    # gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv KEY
    # gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -
    #
    # If you have a gpg key URL use (replace URL with the key address):
    #
    # wget URL --quiet -O - | sudo apt-key add -
    #
    # If you have a gpg key file use (replace FILE with the key file):
    #
    # sudo apt-key add FILE

    Bijlagen:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=475739   

    20-07-2009 om 15:15 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.ING HomeBank op Ubuntu 9.04

    Voor Ubuntu 8.04 en 8.10 bleef de installatie van ING HomeBank gelijk. De nieuwste Ubuntu telg 9.04 vraagt één extra commando.

    Om te beginnen, volg de volledige handleiding voor 8.04 en 8.10 64-bit.

     

    Like promised a blog post about how to instal ING HomeBank on a Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit system. En nu verder in het Nederlands om te voorkomen dat de Engelstaligen het volgende uur niet meer zouden bijkomen van het lachen en deze blog onder het mapje “grappig” van hun favorieten klasseren. Voor de installatie van de 32-bit versie op Ubuntu 8.04 kan je nog steeds hier terecht.

    Deze methode is hetzelfde voor Ubuntu versie 8.10.

    1. Nog steeds is het installatie bestand (een *.deb) te downloaden op deze pagina van ING.Be. Sla het bestand op in je persoonlijke map (home folder).

    2. Open een terminal venster en voer volgend commando uit (op moment van schrijven is de versie 3.33):
    sudo dpkg -i HomeBank333.deb

    3. Ga nu naar /opt/HomeBank:
    cd /opt/HomeBank

    4. Als je te vlug op de zaken voorloopt en je start HomeBank krijg je deze fout: “error while loading shared libraries: libtiff.so.3 : cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory“. HomeBank heeft libtiff.so.3 nodig, maar Ubuntu bezit enkel libtiff.so.4. We verhelpen dit probleempje door een symbolische link van versie 3 naar versie 4 aan te leggen.
    sudo ln -s /usr/lib32/libtiff.so.4 /usr/lib32/libtiff.so.3

    5. Een volgende fout die je zou krijgen is “Error while loading shared libraries: libexpat.so.0 : cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory“. Om dit te voorkomen dienen we nog een symbolische link te leggen (met dank aan Peter!):
    sudo ln -s /usr/lib32/libexpat.so.1 /usr/lib32/libexpat.so.0

    6. Als je HomeBank nu zou starten krijg je helaas nog één foutmelding: “error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 : cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory“. Dit komt door het ontbreken van “libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2″. Ubuntu zelf levert dit helaas niet meer mee. We gaan het pakket handmatig downloaden en installeren. (Met dank aan Peter voor de tip!)
    cd
    wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-27_i386.deb
    sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-27_i386.deb

    7. Als alles goed is zou het nu moeten werken. Start de module met:
    cd /opt/HomeBank
    ./HBSecurity

    Tip 1
    Ik voeg aan het menu “Toepassingen – Internet” steeds ook een snelkoppeling toe naar de veiligheidsmodule. Dit is niet noodzakelijk, maar eens zo handig:
    - klik rechts op het menu (Toepassingen),
    - klik op “Menu’s bewerken”,
    - ga naar “Internet” en klik op “Nieuw item”,
    – Type: Applicatie
    – Naam: HomeBank
    – Commando: /opt/HomeBank/HBSecurity
    – Als je wil kan je nog een icoontje meegeven door op het plaatje met de veer te klikken
    - klaar!

    Tip 2
    Wil je niet naar het bankkantoor lopen achter nieuwe opstartcodes als je een nieuwe Ubuntu versie geïnstalleerd hebt kan je de bestanden “**********.bbl en .hbrc” van je oude installatie kopiëren en plakken in je nieuw systeem. Beide bestanden zijn te vinden in je persoonlijke map. Let op: om .hbrc te zien moet je eerst “Verborgen bestanden tonen” aanvinken in het menu “Beeld”.

     

    Helaas krijg je de fout “HBSecGUI: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory“.
    Om dit op te lossen installeren we het pakket “ia32-libs”:

    sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

    Vervolgens zou ING HomeBank probleemloos moeten opstarten!

    Aandacht!

    In de repo’s van Ubuntu zit standaard reeds een pakket met de naam “HomeBank”. Dit is echter niét de HomeBank van ING en zal dus niet werken!
    Om te voorkomen dat Ubuntu dit pakket zal upgraden, dien je dit te “locken” via Synaptic package manager:

    Zoek naar “HomeBank”. Selecteer het pakket en in het menu “Package” vink je “Lock Version” aan. Dit zal voorkomen dat ING HomeBank overschreven wordt.

     

     

     

    Bijlagen:
    http://www.linuxontdekt.be/2009/04/27/ing-homebank-op-ubuntu-904-64-bit/   

    20-07-2009 om 15:11 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    18-07-2009
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Ubuntu 9.04 Alternate (Jaunty Jackalope) Alpha 2 - Installation

    Ubuntu 9.04 Alternate (Jaunty Jackalope) Alpha 2 - Installation

    18-07-2009 om 09:13 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Installing a Creative Zen USB on Linux

    Even though most of the people don't know about it, there is a project on Linux which allows you to connect your Zen mp3 player on Linux. Developers are working quite hard at the moment to get a new release out and which also supports my Zen 2.0. I am not using usb-ohci (the USB module for USB 2.0) as it makes my system unstable after a while so I only upload songs using USB 1.1 (even if it is slower, at least it works all the time which is the most important to me). Make sure that you have a system which is properly supporting USB (recompile your kernel if necessary to allow more modules).

    Regarding software, make sure you have installed : libusb and hotplug. For distributions using packages, you will also need the 'devel' versions (dev for Debian) if you want to be able to properly compile your source and the application. Make also sure you installed CVS as you will need it to download the lastest up to date version of libnjb. This is indeed the project name which deals with your player. Concerning the software with a nice GUI, I chose Gnomad2 (screenshot below). You could also use GnomeDap which does nearly the same job but I found it much less stable.

    Begin by installing libnjb. You will have to get the latest sources from CVS. You can create a little script cvs_libnjb by example, in which you can copy the following content (you could also just use the command line but as I tend to get the sources every 2 days for testing, I preferred using a script):

      export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linjb.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/libnjb
      cvs login
      cvs -z3 co libnjb


        Run this and press return when it prompts for the password. It will then create a local directory called : libnjb. As root go in this directory and do:

      ./configure ; make ; make install ; ldconfig


    If you get a compilation error, you might have forgotten to install the developement libraries from libusb, install them, delete that directory then grab the sources from CVS once more (this is my recommended method). Once compiled, it will install the brand new libraries in /usr/local/lib/libnjb.*.

    You will then have to set up the hotplug and devfs part (if using it). The best way is to proceed as follows (still being in the libnjb directory) :

      cat nomad.usermap >> /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap ; cp nomadjukebox /etc/hotplug/usb/ ; chmod a+x /etc/hotplug/usb/nomadjukebox


    If you have a hotplug service, now might be a good idea to restart it. The commands that we just typed will allow your system to properly recognise when your Zen is connected to Linux and will run the nomadjukebox script with the correct permissions to allow any user on your system to use it. If you get an error at this stage, you could either not have hotplug installed, or missing the usb directory under the hotplug tree which can be easily solved by doing mkdir /etc/hotplug/usb. Make then sure that you type again those commands.

    The next step is to install gnomad2, I have used the most recent one while I was writing this article which was 2.0.1. Download the latest and then do :

      cd gnomad-2.x.x/ ; ./configure ; make ; make install ; ldconfig


    Congratulations! You just got your Zen properly configured under Linux. You can now connect it. Make you you always connect it before running Gnomad2 (it might sound logical but it's worth mentioning). Leave the Zen connected while Gnomad2 is launched. If anything crashes (either the player or the application), make sure you close Gnomad2 first then disconnect your Zen from the USB port, shutdown your player and you can then reconnect it and run Gnomad2 again.

    The rest is quite simple, use an mp3 encoder (grip for example) which supports id3v2 tags (as mp3 tags get written to the mp3 file), failing that you might get incomplete names in your songs when you transfer them to your Zen. Transferring files from the Zen to my harddrive doesn't work properly for me (and I didn't have time to really investigate the matter).

    I will update this article quite soon with more information. You must use the CVS version from libnjg as the current tarball is dated back from 2002 and so is too old to support the latest players. CVS activity is quite intense, with an update at least every 2 days. You can subscribe to the mailing list or read the archives at the following url : libnjb-users.

    Bijlagen:
    http://www.linux.ie/articles/tutorials/zen.php   

    18-07-2009 om 09:07 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Managing a Creative Zen mp3 jukebox with Gnomad2

    1 Installation

    Install the "gnomad2" package.

    2 Transferring files with Gnomad2

    Plug the jukebox into a USB port. Wait a few seconds for the jukebox to recognise the connection. If you wish to make sure that the jukebox is recognised, open a terminal window and enter the "lsusb" command to list USB devices. You should see something like this.

    $ lsusb

    Bus 005 Device 009: ID 041e:411b Creative Technology, Ltd Zen Touch

    Run Gnomad2. If you are using the Gnome desktop, you can find it in the menu:

    Applications -> Sound & Video -> Gnomad2

    You may see some information popup windows while Gnomad2 scans for music files: "track metadata" on your computer and "jukebox library" on your jukebox.

    Gnomad2 opens with the "Music transfer" tab active. There are two list boxes - one for your computer and one for your jukebox. The computer list contains hyperlinks that enable you to navigate between directories by double-clicking. Select a directory for storing mp3 files. Transferring files is easy. Just highlight the files you wish to transfer, and click on one of the arrow buttons between the two lists. The upper arrow button transfers files from computer to jukebox, and the lower arrow button transfers files from jukebox to computer.

     

    3 Troubleshooting

    3.1 Gnomad2 does not communicate with jukebox

    3.1.1 Make sure that you belong to the "audio" group

    Enter the command "groups" in a terminal window. You should see something like this.

    $ groups
    chris dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev

    You must switch user ("su") to root if you need to add yourself to the audio group. Use the "adduser" command. For instance, you would add user "chris" to the "audio" group like this.

    $ su
    (password for user root)
    # adduser chris audio
    ...
    # exit

    3.1.2 Try running Gnomad2 from a terminal window

    Look for error messages in the terminal window.

    $ gnomad2

    You may get these messages like these in the terminal window.

       This is a PDE device
    Device was not connected.

    You may also get error message in popup windows.

       Could not open jukebox:
    usb_set_configuration: Operation not permitted

    3.1.3 Try running Gnomad2 as user root

    Run Gnomad2 from a terminal window.

    $ su
    (password for user root)
    # gnomad2

    If Gnomad2 runs OK as user root, the problem may be in the file /etc/udev/rules.d/libnjb.rules (from the package libnjb5). These rules control the degree of access to the USB port. Open the file in a text editor (eg Nano) as user root.

    # nano /etc/udev/rules.d/libnjb.rules

    Look for the "MODE" entries which set access permissions for the USB port. A typical entry looks like this.

    # Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Touch
    SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="411b", MODE="660", GROUP="audio"

    If the MODE is set to "066", edit the file and change it to MODE="770".

    # Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Touch
    SYSFS{idVendor}=="041e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="411b", MODE="770", GROUP="audio"

    Save the file and exit the text editor. (In Nano, the commands are ctrl-O and ctrl-X.) Restart udev with the new permissions.

    # /etc/init.d/udev restart

    Exit from user root and test the system as a normal user.

    # exit
    $ gnomad2

    18-07-2009 om 09:03 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    15-07-2009
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Ubuntu Satanic Edition

    Installation

    Here we try to make installing Ubuntu Satanic Edition as easy as possible. If you're an advanced user, see the Quick Install guide.

    Live CD

    The good news is that you no longer need to install SE over the top of Ubuntu Christian Edition; we now have our own Live CD, which contains the operating system, our dark themes, plus some heavy music (which you can play backwards and do whatever you hear it tell you to do). See the following page for details:

    Installing onto an Existing Ubuntu PC

    You can also install Ubuntu Satanic Edition on your existing Ubuntu computer. It is available for Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04, Intrepid 8.10, Hardy 8.04, Gutsy 7.10, Feisty 7.04 and Edgy 6.10 including both Gnome (Ubuntu) and KDE (Kubuntu) variants.

    The recommended way to install Ubuntu SE is from our secure APT repository. This makes installation, upgrading and removal very simple. If you don't want to use this then you can get the packages and themes from the download page or the individual wallpapers from the screenshots page.

    Download the Secure Key

    Ubuntu SE is stored in a secure APT repository, so you'll need to download the key before installation. This is standard practice and if you haven't done it before it's very simple; just do the following:

    Run a terminal window (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) and cut and paste the following command into it (note that you cut the text by highlighting it with the left mouse button and paste it into the terminal with the middle mouse button):

    wget -q http://ubuntusatanic.org/ubuntu-se-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

    Adding the Repository

    Now we'll add the software repository to your system.

    Go to System->Administration->Software Sources->Third Party Software->Add and enter the following APT line:

    deb http://ubuntusatanic.org/hell jaunty main

    Note: If you using an older version of Ubuntu or you're not sure what version you have, click here.

    Installing the packages

    To install Ubuntu SE with one click, just select the version you require for your monitor:

    Install Ubuntu Satanic Edition [4:3] [widescreen]
    Install Kubuntu Satanic Edition [4:3] [widescreen]

    For the Ubuntu screensaver plugin, install: eternal-ubuntu

    Bijlagen:
    http://ubuntusatanic.org/installation.php   

    15-07-2009 om 15:32 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.How to Configure Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)

    Set Up Repositories

    Add Canonical Commercial Repository

    Enable the Commercial Partners repo:

    System -> Administration -> Software Sources -> Third Party -> select the partner repo

    Update after modifying sources.list:

    Click Reload

    Medibuntu Repository (Multimedia, Acrobat Reader, RealPlayer)

    sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list 
    --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

    Uninstall

    sudo apt-get remove vim-tiny

    Install

    sudo apt-get install vim-full thunderbird keepassx xtightvncviewer ubuntu-restricted-extras acroread w32codecs ntp 
    ntfs-config alsa-oss faac faad flashplugin-nonfree non-free-codecs sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
    unrar openoffice.org-java-common gnomebaker

    Install Options

    • xinetd (super daemon - used for VMware Server and TFTP server)
    • build-essential (compilers and tools)
    • linux-headers-`uname -r` (kernel headers)
    • lightning-extension (calendar add-on for Thunderbird)
    • k3b (CD/DVD burning tool) (adds KDE libs)
    • k9copy (CD/DVD copy tool) (adds KDE libs)
    • lshw (hardware inventory)
    • wireshark (network diagnostic tool)
    • nessusd, nessus (network diagnostics and scanning)
    • kompozer (HTML editor)
    • libdvdcss2 (DVD playback)
    • grip, lame, easytag, audacity (rip CDs, process music files, encode .mp3's)

    RealPlayer

    wget -c http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/r/realplay/realplayer_11.0.0-0.2_i386.deb
    sudo dpkg -i realplayer_11.0.0-0.2_i386.deb

    Firefox Addons

    • Foxmarks
    • FireFTP
    • FlashBlock
    • Firebug

    Configuration

    Printers

    Most directly connected printers are plug n' play and just work automatically.

    Our Linksys 3-port print server supports the LPR/LPD protocol, as do most print servers. Use LPR/LPD instead of SMB protocol as there have been 'issues' using SMB in the past. You need to know the LPD queue names used by your print server. Linksys often uses 'L1', 'L2' and 'L3' (case sensitive).

    System -> Administration -> Printing -> New

    For LPD print servers, if you don't see an option for LPD printers, select "Other" under Devices and enter the URI in the form of:

    lpd://ps/L1

    Internal note: The Lexmark C510 is on print server 'ps' on queue (port) 'L1' using the PPD (printer description) file from the Support folder. The Pan KX-2023 is on 'L2'. The Oki 520 is on 'L3'.

    The PDF printer is via SMB using a generic postscript driver.

    PDF Printer

    The default configuration in 8.10 is simpler than in the past. Just select Print -> To File -> PDF.

    You can also install cups-pdf and do it the previous way if you wish. If you do, there will be a PDF Printer detected. Select the Generic -> PDF Printer driver. The output files will be in your home folder, under the PDF folder. If you have any trouble with this, try creating the ~/PDF folder manually.

    NVidia Graphics Drivers

    First, try System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers.

    Try both nVidia driver versions if the newest one doesn't work properly.

    Otherwise, and only as a last resort, you may need to download and install the drivers from nVidia. You probably shouldn't use this procedure unless you really have to:

    Download the latest driver from the NVidia web site then switch to a text-mode virtual console by hitting ctrl-alt-F1. Then enter the following commands:

    sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
    sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-xxxx.run

    Edit the /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common file and add nv:

    DISABLED_MODULES="nv"

    Reboot.

    Desktop

    System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Fonts (Sub-Pixel Smoothing) -> Details (96dpi, Light Hinting)(try actual dpi of your monitor)

    Gnome Terminal window placement

    gnome-terminal --geometry=120x50+450+150

    Panels (right-click, Properties) - 28 pixels

    Startup Applications - Add Tomboy, Pidgin and Firefox to start up automatically

    Preferred Applications - Thunderbird, F-Spot

    Screensaver - Lock screen

    Nautilus Options

    Launch nautilus - Select Edit -> Preferences.

    Media - Set your preferences for what happens when you plug in external media, cameras, etc. here.

    f-spot-import %h
    ln -s /home/extra/Photos /home/gcooper/Photos # optionally link your existing photos library

    Delete Context Option - Click on the behavior tab. Under the "Trash" section, select the option that reads "Include a Delete command that bypasses Trash"

    Floppy Drive

    If you still have a floppy drive, you may want to format floppies once in a while. You can add the gfloppy tool to the menu to make it easier to use:

    System -> Preferences -> Main Menu -> Accessories

    Then select the Floppy Formatter option and close.

    Faxing

    Viewer

    If you have any trouble viewing fax files in the .tif format, try using the Evince viewer.

    Network Faxing

    See this page.

    F-Spot Photo Manager

    If you want to move your F-Spot photo database to a new computer or user home directory, you will normally only have to move the Photos folder plus the ~/.gnome2/f-spot folder to the same locations in the new home directory.

    VMware

    Installing VMwareTools
    sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools                                             
    Installing VMware Server

    If you are upgrading from VMware Server 1.x, uninstall it first with:

    sudo vmware-uninstall.pl

    Download the free VMware Server software from here as a binary (.tar.gz) file.

    sudo apt-get install build-essential xinetd linux-headers-`uname -r`
    tar -xzvf VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz
    cd vmware-server-distrib/
    sudo ./vmware-install.pl

    Then after a successful installation:

    cd ..
    sudo rm -rf vmware-server-distrib/

    You will want to add a valid (your) username as the VMware Administrator.

    I don't enable NAT, and I sometimes keep my VMs in my Home Directory, but otherwise I use the defaults presented.

    Patching

    You may find that you get an error when configuring VMware:

    Unable to make a vsock module...

    Create a text file named vmware-config.pl.patch with these contents:

    --- /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.orig	2008-11-28 12:06:35.641054086 +0100
    +++ /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl 2008-11-28 12:30:38.593304082 +0100
    @@ -4121,6 +4121,11 @@
    return 'no';
    }

    + if ($name eq 'vsock') {
    + print wrap("VMWare config patch VSOCK!n");
    + system(shell_string($gHelper{'mv'}) . ' -vi ' . shell_string($build_dir . '/../Module.symvers') . ' ' . shell_string($build_dir . '/vsock-only/' ));
    + }
    +
    print wrap('Building the ' . $name . ' module.' . "nn", 0);
    if (system(shell_string($gHelper{'make'}) . ' -C '
    . shell_string($build_dir . '/' . $name . '-only')
    @@ -4143,6 +4148,10 @@
    if (try_module($name, $build_dir . '/' . $name . '.o', 0, 1)) {
    print wrap('The ' . $name . ' module loads perfectly into the running kernel.'
    . "nn", 0);
    + if ($name eq 'vmci') {
    + print wrap("VMWare config patch VMCI!n");
    + system(shell_string($gHelper{'cp'}) . ' -vi ' . shell_string($build_dir.'/vmci-only/Module.symvers') . ' ' . shell_string($build_dir . '/../'));
    + }
    remove_tmp_dir($build_dir);
    return 'yes';
    }

    Apply the patch to the vmware-config.pl file like this:

    sudo patch /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl /path/to/vmware-config.pl.patch

    Then run vmware-config.pl as you would after any kernel upgrade.

    Using

    VMware Server 2.0 no longer includes the VMware Console...it uses web browser management instead.

    http://localhost:8222 or https://localhost:8333

    If you have keyboard problems installating a VM, you need to create ~/.vmware/config and add xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = TRUE to the file. Save it, restart your browser and it should work fine.

    Text Terminal

    Here is a sample configuration file for BASH:

    # .bashrc
    # Source global definitions
    [ -f /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc

    alias ll='ls -l'
    alias la='ls -A'
    alias l='ls -CF'
    alias ls="BLOCK_SIZE='1 ls --color=auto"
    export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=auto'
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}[�33[00;36m]u[�33[00m]@h:[�33[05;33m]w[�33[00m] $ '
    export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups

    Remote Access

    SSH

    sudo apt-get install openssh-server

    RFB (VNC)

    System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop (enable and enter password)

    Accessing Network (SMB) Shares

    If the 'smbfs' package is not already installed, install it like this:

    sudo apt-get install smbfs

    Create a script that mounts your SMB shares at the mount point you specify in the script. I named mine 'mymounts' and I keep it in a ~/bin folder with the rest of my scripts. You could also just keep it on your desktop and forego the automatic execution below.

    #!/bin/bash
    # ~/bin/mymounts
    # Store this file in your home directory with 700 perms as it contains SMB password
    # Set variables here:
    SMBSERVER=mysmbserver
    SHARENAME1=myshare1
    SHARENAME2=myshare2
    SMBUSER=mysmbusername
    SMBPASS=mysmbpassword
    # End of variables
    mkdir -p ~/mnt/$SHARENAME1
    mkdir -p ~/mnt/$SHARENAME2
    smbumount ~/mnt/$SHARENAME1
    > /dev/null 2>&1
    smbmount //$SMBSERVER/$SHARENAME1 ~/mnt/$SHARENAME1 -o username=$SMBUSER,password=$SMBPASS
    smbumount ~/mnt/$SHARENAME2
    > /dev/null 2>&1
    smbmount //$SMBSERVER/$SHARENAME2 ~/mnt/$SHARENAME2 -o username=$SMBUSER,password=$SMBPASS

    Make it executeable:

    chmod +x ~/bin/mymounts

    To make it run automatically when you log in:

    System->Preferences->Sessions->Startup->Add

    ~/bin/mymounts

    Bijlagen:
    http://www.sonoracomm.com/support/18-support/214-how-to-get-up-and-productive-quickly-with-ubuntu-804   

    15-07-2009 om 15:21 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Playing Encrypted DVDs
    To play encrypted DVDs, the libdvdcss2 package is essential. libdvdcss is a simple library designed for accessing DVDs like a block device without having to bother about the decryption. Some more information about this package can be found at http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html. Below are the instructions for installing the packages using the command line. For other methods, please refer to Installing Software. With the entire Medibuntu repository If you have added the entire Medibuntu repository, you just need to install the package using APT:

     sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

    With individual packages If you wish to install just libdvdcss2, you can first download the individual package and then install the package.

    * i386:

    wget -c http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_i386.deb sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_i386.deb

     * amd64:

     wget -c http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_amd64.deb

     * powerpc:

     wget -c http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu2_powerpc.deb sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu2_powerpc.deb




    Bijlagen:
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu   

    15-07-2009 om 14:14 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  


    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.How to add Medibuntu

    Medibuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) is a repository of packages that cannot be included into the Ubuntu distribution for legal reasons (copyright, license, patent, etc).


    Add Medibuntu to your sources.list, as well as its GPG key to your keyring. Make sure to use the correct sources.list that corresponds to your current distribution.

    sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list


    Then, add the GPG Key:

     sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update


    Some people don't want to install non-free software on their computer as explained in the "Free and Non-Free components" section. We will explain how to exclude getting packages from the non-free component of the Medibuntu repository. You should understand that if you remove the non-free component, you will NOT have access to these packages: * acroread (Acrobat Reader -- not really needed because you can use free software, such as Evince, to read pdfs) * alsa-firmware -- needed for some audio cards * AMR and FAAC support in MPlayer and FFmpeg * googleearth * restricted video codecs (ppc-codecs, w32codecs, w64codecs) * Skype To exclude getting packages from the non-free component of the Medibuntu repository, type the following command:

     sudo sed -e 's/ non-free//' -i /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

    Bijlagen:
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu   

    15-07-2009 om 13:50 geschreven door Glenn Vermoortel  




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