Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Music
Opened Rhythm Box radio player, said yes to the codecs and played some stuff. Great! Second most important thing is music!
Install Google Earth
Perhaps my favorite application, it has to install otherwise, Linux cannot compete with Microsoft.
I followed directions in Software install. Had to look for where google earth installer was made.
Run:
/usr/bin/make-googleearth-package
ttf was missing so I had to install it. The install software would not do it unless I unchecked all the extra repositories.
sudo dpkg -i googleearth_5.1.3535.3218+0.5.7-1_i386.deb
Package: googleearth
Version: 5.1.3535.3218+0.5.7-1
Section: non-free/science
Architecture: i386
Depends: ttf-dejavu | ttf-bitstream-vera | msttcorefonts, libc6 (>= 2.1.3), libc6 (>= 2.2), libc6 (>= 2.3), libc6 (>= 2.3.2), libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~), libc6 (>= 2.4), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libsm6, libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libx11-6, libx11-6 (>= 0), libxext6, libxext6 (>= 0), libxrender1, nvidia-current, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
It WORKS!
I followed directions in Software install. Had to look for where google earth installer was made.
Run:
/usr/bin/make-googleearth-package
ttf was missing so I had to install it. The install software would not do it unless I unchecked all the extra repositories.
sudo dpkg -i googleearth_5.1.3535.3218+0.5.7-1_i386.deb
Package: googleearth
Version: 5.1.3535.3218+0.5.7-1
Section: non-free/science
Architecture: i386
Depends: ttf-dejavu | ttf-bitstream-vera | msttcorefonts, libc6 (>= 2.1.3), libc6 (>= 2.2), libc6 (>= 2.3), libc6 (>= 2.3.2), libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~), libc6 (>= 2.4), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libsm6, libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libx11-6, libx11-6 (>= 0), libxext6, libxext6 (>= 0), libxrender1, nvidia-current, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
It WORKS!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Ubuntu 10.04
I love the look of Ubuntu. Someone with influence over these things has a great sense of color. Previous to this version were brownish, warm colors. This one has the color theme of an aubergine (eggplant in the US. Aubergine sounds nicer.)
That said, I have been frequently frustrated with Ubuntu as well. It did not do well on my Pentium II.
I wanted to import windows documents for new users but I could not find how to do it. I did find some code called ubuntu-10.04-start-0.4.9.7.tar.gz. I installed it, hoping that it would fix a few odd items. One is having the window button on the left, which was driving me crazy and would surely repel the rest of my family from linux. It works nicely but did not help with importing Windows.
I also want to label the WIndows partitions the same way they are labelled on Windows.i.e. C, E, F. Stay tuned.
Unfortunately, the fonts are not the ones I like. Also, somehow, the buttons got shifted to the left corner of the window again.
Try Applications-> System Tools-> Ubuntu Tweak
That said, I have been frequently frustrated with Ubuntu as well. It did not do well on my Pentium II.
I wanted to import windows documents for new users but I could not find how to do it. I did find some code called ubuntu-10.04-start-0.4.9.7.tar.gz. I installed it, hoping that it would fix a few odd items. One is having the window button on the left, which was driving me crazy and would surely repel the rest of my family from linux. It works nicely but did not help with importing Windows.
I also want to label the WIndows partitions the same way they are labelled on Windows.i.e. C, E, F. Stay tuned.
Unfortunately, the fonts are not the ones I like. Also, somehow, the buttons got shifted to the left corner of the window again.
Try Applications-> System Tools-> Ubuntu Tweak
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