Linux - User friendly

Mozilla - Firefox

• Add the following icons to you icon toolbox
  • add new tab
  • print
• Change the default opening for pictures to your favorate application (e.g. /usr/gnome/bin/eog)

Nautilus

• Search for png, tif, gif, ... files and assign your favorite application (e.g. /usr/gnome/bin/eog) to them.

... to be continued

Acrobat Reader 7 - localized versions

Debian based systems

In the next few lines we do a little bit of terminal miracle. So be ready, open a terminal (konsole in KDE or gnome-terminal in Gnome desktop). Change to the directory where your browser downloads a file.

cd ~/WhereYour/Browser/Downloads

First download a zipped files version

If you are klicking on the little adobe reader sign at Adobe Website, you will be asked to

Select your version of Linux:

Most people don't realize the little link in the next line

!!! Choose a different version !!!

When you klick on this you can ask for a localized version. Choose your language. Then choose to download your localized linux acrobat reader as a (.tar.gz) file.

E.g. the german version of acrobat reader 7.0 with the subversion 8.1 for an i386 pc, is

AdobeReader_deu-7.0.8-1.i386.tar.gz

Install Ldap2

apt-get install libldap2

Unzip the file

tar xzvf AdobeReader_LOCAL-7.0.0.i386.tar.gz

Do the miracle

Put the next in a terminal:

VER=7.0; SUB_VERSION=8-1.i386; LOCAL=deu

ACRO_VERSION=${LOCAL}-${VER}.${SUB_VERSION} 
tar zxvf AdobeReader_${ACRO_VERSION}.tar.gz
fakeroot mkdir -p usr/bin usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat${VER}
fakeroot tar -C usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat${VER} -xvf AdobeReader/COMMON.TAR
fakeroot tar -C usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat${VER} -xvf AdobeReader/ILINXR.TAR
fakeroot ln -s /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin/acroread usr/bin/acroread
fakeroot ln -s /usr/lib/libldap.so.2 usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Reader/intellinux/lib/libldap.so
fakeroot ln -s /usr/lib/liblber.so.2 usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Reader/intellinux/lib/liblber.so
fakeroot tar zcvf AdobeReader_${ACRO_VERSION}.tgz ./usr
fakeroot alien AdobeReader_${ACRO_VERSION}.tgz 

The last step could take a few minutes. so be patient and get you a cup of coffee.

Taken from Japanese Acrobat Reader .

Cleanup

rm -rf usr rm AdobeReader_LOCAL-7.0.0.tgz rm -rf AdobeReader

Install the debian package

dpkg -i 

RPM packages

Are avaiable at Adobe Website

Multimedia, dvd and restricted codecs

A good introduction about related questions you'll find here:

• Restricted Formats

For Debian based distributions there are two answers:

• Automatix
• Easy Ubuntu

This solves all problems releated to Windows audiocodecs, DVD playing, Flashplayer and others under debian.

Be aware and read carefully the legal rights notices about multimedia codecs and dvd protections - especially, if you are living in the USA.