This howto tells you how to install a hard drive with existing data on it into a new computer. You could use a UI if you wanted, alternatively.
Find existing mount points
See what we already have mounted.
reubenf@fridge:~$ df -k | grep /dev
/dev/sda1 [...]
Ubuntu Hardy has made wireless a little easier for laptop owners w/ the broadcom 1390 chipset. No more fucking around with ndiswrapper; just install a package, run a script, and you’re done. Installing the package should do the trick, but for some reason it failed for me (the firmware didn’t download), so you’ll probably need [...]
Here’s how to install libdvdcss2 and a couple other useful media libraries on your Gutsy box. Note that these may be “illegal”. Paste the following in your terminal.
sudo su -c ‘echo deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ gutsy free non-free >> /etc/apt/sources.list’
sudo su -c ‘echo deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ gutsy free non-free >> /etc/apt/sources.list’
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add [...]
Part of the problem that I’m concerned about is that the vast majority of Ubuntu users are less experienced that say Debian users. That’s not a slight against Ubuntu users, but merely a statement of fact; Ubuntu has done a lot of good work to allow less experienced users to be able to install and [...]
None of the eclipse plugins I tried worked well with our postgres DB, so I dug around the Ubuntu repositories and found Tora, which is a simple & useful SQL Editor. Run queries, see results in tables.
To install on Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install tora
Here’s how to install libdvdcss2 and a couple other useful media libraries on your Feisty box. Note that these may be “illegal”. Paste the following in your terminal.
sudo su -c ‘echo deb http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free >> /etc/apt/sources.list’
sudo su -c ‘echo deb-src http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free >> /etc/apt/sources.list’
wget -q http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add [...]
Journal of setting up Kubuntu on my laptop (HP dv9210us)
Connect network via wired eth0 for install
Install (workaround, because APIC breaks my laptop)
Boot alternate installer with noapic boot option
Reboot w/ livecd w/ noapic boot option
vim /boot/grub/menu.lst, add noapic boot option to kernel
Reboot
Login
Open konsole
sudo apt-get install synaptic
kcontrol
[...]
I bought a new laptop for work (an HP dv9210us). It came with Windows Vista, which I thought was pretty nasty, so I decided to install Linux on it. (I run Kubuntu on my desktop, which is a great operating system after a minimal amount of post-install setup.)
Kubuntu – I put my Kubuntu livecd [...]
There are two main components to this partnership: 1) Linspire will immediately transition from Debian to Ubuntu as the base for their Linspire and Freespire operating systems, and 2) Canonical will utilize Linspire’s CNR technology for aspects of Ubuntu’s software delivery system…
Beginning with Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu users will be able to use CNR to access [...]
wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer9_update/FP9_plugin_beta_112006.tar.gz
tar xvzf FP9_plugin_beta_112006.tar.gz
sudo cp flash-player-plugin-9.0.21.78/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/
I recently bought an LCD monitor, but wanted to keep using my CRT as an auxiliary display. The LCD is central on my desk, and the CRT off to the left. I have a single graphics card, an Nvidia 6600, which has VGA and DVI outputs (the DVI to my LCD monitor, the VGA to [...]
This is the second in my series comparing MainActor to Cinelerra. If you’d like to play along at home, here are instructions for installing on your Linux desktop. These instructions are tailored to Ubuntu Dapper, but I’ll give references for users of other distros.
Cinelerra
Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list, and add the following repository:
deb http://www.kiberpipa.org/~gandalf/ubuntu/dapper/mjpegtools ./
deb http://www.kiberpipa.org/~gandalf/ubuntu/dapper/cinelerra/i686/ ./
On [...]
I’m going to write a series of posts comparing MainActor to Cinelerra. Along the way I’ll provide howtos on various common tasks. I’ve used Premiere and IMovie on and off, so where applicable I’ll draw parallels to those systems. By the end of the series you’ll be set to edit video on your Linux desktop.
This [...]
So, Plastic is dead. I don’t blame Carl; after all, it seemed to be largely a labor of love for him, and he seemed to get a largely sycophantic response from the community.
Plastic was unique; as Slashdot is to Digg, so Plastic was to Slashdot. A smaller community of readers, but a community, and smart [...]
There are a million other howtos, but maybe this will help somebody with the same setup as I have (Kubuntu Dapper / NVidia graphics card.)
Before you start, if you are going to do this, realize that you’ll have to live with the gnome window decorations; also, it seems to work better if you use gdm [...]