Ubuntu 9.04 configuration
- Probably should check to make sure that the network connection will give address via dhcp.
- Install Ubuntu 9.04.
- Use Synaptic to get and install all upgrades
- Download driver from nvidia.com. Install video driver with instructions from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaManual.
- Download and install Adobe Flash Player 10 from www.adobe.com
- Right-click network icon and edit connection to create manual connection. For some reason can take several attempts to get it to work, but it eventually will.
- Get nxclient from www.nomachine.com, install and run connection wizard to make connections to work computers.
- Install thunderbird mail client, create mail account, and edit account local directory setting to location of saved mail directory.
- Download nxnode and nxserver from nomachine.com, and select open with package installer for automatic install. Add sshd with Synaptic. From http://www.nomachine.com/documents/admin-guide.php section 2.5 add key to nxnode. From section 5.0 add user to nxserver. Can now connect remotely to my home desktop from work.
- Download Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 6 Update 16 (JDK) from java.sun.com/javaee/downloads/index.jsp. Create sym link for browser: ln -s /usr/local/jdk1.6.0_16/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so in .mozilla/plugins directory.
- Add lines to /etc/fstab to mount backup and windows partitions on /backup and /mnt/vfat0.
- Add backup script to /etc/cron.daily: rsync -r --exclude=.* /home/jim/ /backup/home_jim
- Install printer driver according to http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/cups_ps_install.html . Get ppd file from http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/download_prn.html#HL-5250DN. This download is a little strange. Right-click on the frame and save the file which is then BR5250_2_GPL.ppd.gz. Unzip and copy ppd to /usr/share/ppd/custom. Open http://localhost:631/ and add printer. Select LPD/LPR for device, then device uri lpd://192.168.1.99/binary_p1. Select PPD file, and test printer.