[ale] Ubuntu configuration issues

[Sean]

Preston, thanks for the tip. On my connection that is going to take a little less
than 2 hours to download. :(  It is an .img file.
It would help to know what it will do.  Will it do a complete reinstall
(including formatting) -- which means I need to backup /home before starting, or
will it only overwrite the system files?

I wonder how closely the netbook remix resembles Xubuntu with XFCE? I ask because
I have a DVD with the 9.04 version of that remix in house.
At this point I am willing to try anything to get audio (and Skype) running
properly.  One of the links on the Ubuntu page led to "known issues" (bugs) and
the listed workaround for the problem was to uninstall pulseaudio.  While waiting
for the download to complete on my main box I will try that on the netbook and
see what happens.  Will report back later after the download completes.

Sean

Preston Boyington wrote:
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.