User:Bourke/Linux Desktop Setup

Setup on Both Machines[edit]

Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Lucid x86_64 --Bourke 17:29, 7 July 2011 (CEST)

Sun-Java6 Setup[edit]

(Most MPDL Solutions don't work with ubuntu standard OpenJDK)

 sudo add-apt-repository “deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner”
 sudo apt-get update 
 sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-jdk

And remove OpenJdk in case of clashes

  sudo apt-get remove openjdk-6-jre icedtea6-plugin openjdk-6-jre-headless icedtea-6-jre-cacao

OpenSSHServer Setup[edit]

 sudo apt-get install openssh-server

mailclient[edit]

 sudo apt-get install thunderbird

rsync Command for Syncing Desktop / Laptop[edit]

 rsync --verbose  --progress --stats --recursive --times --perms --links --delete \ --exclude "*.vdi"   /home/myuser/  outofdatehostname:/home/myuser/

. Get this wrong, and the files may be lost (the --delete parameter).

other packages[edit]

keepassx

 sudo apt-get install keepassx

virtualbox

 sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose

printer[edit]

p3005 (p091)

Setup on Desktop[edit]

Setup on Laptop[edit]

Latop is on 11_04 natty narwhal

unity[edit]

yuk. system/login/unlock/ubuntu classic/reboot to get back to gnome 2 desktop.

=== ssd performance tweaks

references: howto geek

add discard, noatime options in /etc/fstab
/tmp in RAM - not implemented - shouldn't be that useful ?
changed default I/O algorithm to deadline from cfg

     echo deadline > /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
     echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/fifo_batch