Linux - User friendly
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Mozilla - Firefox
- Add the following icons to you icon toolbox
- add new tab
- 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.
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
E.g. the german version AdobeReader_deu-7.0.8-1.i386.tar.gz of acrobat reader has the major version 7.0, the the subversion 8-1, and was build to use with an i386 pc.
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 adobereader-deu-7.0.8_1.i386-2_all.deb
RPM packages
Are avaiable at Adobe Website
Multimedia, dvd and restricted codecs
A good introduction about related questions you'll find here:
For Debian based distributions there are two answers:
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.