Linux - User friendly
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The hints in this article mainly contain informations for the GNOME desktop, Debian and SuSE based systems.
Contents
Mozilla - Firefox
- Right klick on your icon toolbox and add the following icons via drag and drop:
- add new tab
- ...
- Change the default opening for pictures to your favorate application (e.g. /usr/gnome/bin/eog)
Nautilus
- Search for doc, sxw, png, tif, gif, ... files and assign your favorite application (e.g. /usr/gnome/bin/eog). You can do this by right klicking on them and choose the propertiers dialog to open. In the tab open with you'll find a list with the applications to assign.
- In the program gconf-editor you can alter the behaviour of your desktop (apps->nautilus) or your favorite applications. But be careful what you change.
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 file version
We will build our own debian package.
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_${ACRO_VERSION}.tgz
The last step could take a few minutes. so be patient and get you a cup of coffee.
Taken from Japanese Acrobat Reader .
Cleanup
rm -rf usr rm AdobeReader_LOCAL-7.0.0.tgz rm -rf AdobeReader
Install the debian package
dpkg -i adobereader-deu-7.0.8_1.i386-2_all.deb
RPM packages
Are avaiable at Adobe Website
Multimedia, dvd and restricted codecs
General multimedia support
Ubuntu
A good introduction about related questions you'll find here:
Debian based
For Debian based distributions there are two answers:
This solves all problems releated to Windows audiocodecs, DVD playing, Flashplayer and others under debian.
Be aware and read carefully the legal rights notices about multimedia codecs and dvd protections - especially, if you are living in the USA.
SuSE
Please see here: SuSE 10 Multimedia files
Special Problems
Mplayer - DivX support
1. Purge totem (not toem xine) and totem-mozilla (plugins) from your PC. Locate all config files and delete them
locate totem | grep home/$USER | grep -v .desktop
The files should be in the .gconf directory.
2. Install totem-xine.
3. Go to the firefox plugins directory and make symlinks for divx to the mozilla plugins directory:
cd /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/ ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/mplayerplug-in-dvx.xpt ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/mplayerplug-in-dvx.so
4. Switch on divx support in mplayers configuration dialog. Therefore just open a webpage with a quicktime or wmv movie and rightclick it for configuration.