Archive for February 16th, 2008

Ubuntu Install & Configure

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

How I installed ubuntu on my ASUS A6000 laptop ( dual boot with XP ).

  1. Put in the live CD, boot with it and double click the install icon on the Desktop.
  2. Create a swap & / partition
  3. Install ubuntu ( and browse the internet at the same time .
    YES…you can browse the internet using the live-cd and install ubuntu at the same time…that’s better than reading those boring microsoft messages when installing windows….)
  4. After the install I installed Automatix and ran the program ( applications -> system tools )
  5. Install the video card drivers ( system -> administration -> restricted drivers manager -> enable driver )
  6. Install XGL ( because otherwise the visual effects won’t work on this system )
    sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl
  7. Reboot the laptop
  8. Enable visual effects ( system -> preferences -> appearance -> visual effects )
  9. Install the compiz manager with synaptic package manager
  10. Install Gnome-Art with synaptic package manager
  11. Install gdesklets with synaptic package manager

thats about it

Tina Turner & David Bowie - “Tonight”

Saturday, February 16th, 2008