[ale] Ubuntu configuration issues

[Preston Boyington]

Brian Pitts wrote:
> Sean wrote:
>> I'm still in need of some help.  
>> Bought a netbook to read email when traveling and to allow me to look at other
>> distros without mucking with my primary box.
>> Running Ubuntu 9.04 and tried to install Skype.  That crashed against the
>> dependency rock -- apparently I'm missing libqt4-core.
>> Tried to install and learned no such file in the repo.
> 
> There is definitely such a file, it's in the main repo. Are you on a
> weird architecture like lpia or using a sketchy mirror? Something is
> broken if you can't find libqt4-core
> 
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/libqt4-core
> 

I'm surprised that Skype hit a dependency issue.  were you using a
source or had you just picked up a 'deb' file someplace?

Here's a couple more things for Netbook use.

Seriously consider using Ubuntu Netbook Remix if you are not already.
The interface took me a little to get used to, but my 7 year old
daughter loves it.  She's able to have all "her stuff" in the Favorites
section.  She loves going from Tuxpaint to Pingus to Smplayer (now my
preferred movie player).

Install 'nullmailer' since you most likely won't need an email server
working.

Install 'wicd' instead of the Gnome-Network-Manager.  It works much
better and doesn't keep asking for your key when you tell it to
'automatically connect to this network'.

Install 'ubuntu-tweak'.  this is available from
http://ubuntu-tweak.com/.  it will help you easily configure several things.

I use Aptitude instead of Synaptic.  I also remove the 'Software Update'
notifier since it annoys me.

Another thing is to look at the Archlinux & Debian wikis about their
netbook settings.

Oh, I also use XFS now on all my laptops and netbooks.  EXT2 is
preferred by many, but I'm alright with a few more disk writes if I can
avoid the 'checking file system' at boot time.


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