Installing Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx (on the Desktop)
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Last week Ubuntu 10.04, codename Lucid Lynx, was released.This is a Long Time Support (LTS) release and will be supported until 2013.
After installing Lucid in my desktop my motherboard died, so I had to do a fresh install in a new computer.
I will be the using the 64 bit desktop cd (ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64.iso).
Before you start⌗
- Backup your data
- Make a list of software you want to recover after the clean install and all the preferences/options you use. This will make you post install easier and you can start working faster.
- Make a list of the extra Software Sources you use
- Check the Release Notes
- Download Ubuntu
- Check the file hash (example: md5sum ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64.iso) and compare it to UbuntuHashes
- Burn a cd (you can use Brasero, for example, if you already use Ubuntu).
Running the live cd⌗
Boot from the cd.
After booting it’s important to check the integrity of the cd. Burning cds also fails.
Hardware to check (during the live cd session)⌗
- Graphics (check)
- Sound (check)
- Cable network (check)
- Wireless network (not tested)
Hard Drive Partition Layout⌗
I changed my layout in order to have my home folder in another physical hard drive.
/dev/sda
/dev/sda1 ext4 / 15 GB -- primary
/dev/sda5 swap 2 GB -- extended
/dev/sda6 ext4 /storage/pool 60 GB -- extended
/dev/sdb
/dev/sdb5 ext4 /home 250 GB -- extended
Post-install: Wired Network⌗
I had to manually configure my IP because I don’t have DHCP activated in my router.
Post-install: Graphics Card⌗
I had a warning about an available proprietary driver. Just had to activate it. Ubuntu downloaded and installed the driver. Pretty simple.
Post-install: Multimedia⌗
References:Complete Streaming, Multimedia & Video How-to and Medibuntu
- Adding Medibuntu Repositories
sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update
- Install Multimedia packages
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras w64codecs libdvdcss2
Post-install: Preferences and Look and Feel⌗
Here’s some things I changed right away:
- Background
- NTP Time Server (System > Administration > Time and Date)
- ntp02.oal.ul.pt
- ntp04.oal.ul.pt
- Weather on Clock Preferences
Post-install: SAMBA Server⌗
Click here.
Post-install: LAMP Server⌗
To install Apache, MySQL and PHP, check here.
Post-install: Software Sources⌗
- deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian karmic non-free
- deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/medibuntu-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
- deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free
- deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu lucid main
- deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu lucid main
- deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
- deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
- deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gcstar/gcstar-dev/ubuntu lucid main
- deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pcf/miro-releases/ubuntu lucid main
- deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/docky-core/ppa/ubuntu lucid main
Post-install: extra software⌗
List of extra installation software installed:
- Xmarks add-on (can’t live without it)
- Firefox IMDB search-engine
- GnomeDo (after adding the software source just go to Ubuntu Software Source and look for gnome do)
- Docky
- VLC
- Dropbox
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5044912E
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox
- Synergy
- GVim
- Gaupol Subtitle Editor
- More Firefox add-ons (Portuguese Dictionary, GMail Manager)
- Powertop (sudo apt-get install powertop)
- Gnucash
- Aspell pt-pt (sudo apt-get install aspell-pt-pt)
- Gnome Partition Editor
- Virtualbox 3.1
- Miro
- GCStar
- RAR Support (sudo apt-get install rar unrar)
- Graphical Uncomplicated Firewall (click here to install)
- KeepassX
- Banshee
- Banshee extensions (Indicator Applet, Lyrics, Ubuntu One Music Store)
sudo apt-get install libappindicator0.0-cil banshee-extension-appindicator banshee-extension-lyrics banshee-extension-ubuntuonemusicstore
- aMule
- screenlets
- Java
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts