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Ubuntu 10.10 - Maverick Meerkat
The update to Ubuntu 10.10 / Maverick went flawlessly today ;) I just had to reenable the ppa sources again ...
I am recording the changes here.
--Apos 16:51, 10 October 2010 (CEST)
Additional Software
Software from Ubuntu Tweak
There are no differences between 10.04 execept these:
Sources:
- SMPlayer update is not necessary / available anymore via ppa
Programs:
- Skype and VLC changed
- Webupd8 repository now cares for VLC
Software from Launchpad
No changes ;)
Ubuntu 10.04
I am using the standard gnome desktop with compiz manager (stable)
Additional software
Ubuntu is very flexible when installing new software.
Software from Ubuntu Tweak
Sources:
- Adobe Flash PPA
- Medibuntu
- PPA for AWN Windows Manager testing, see Issues
- PPA for Ubuntu Wine Team
- SMPlayer (not necessary for Ubuntu 10.10)
- Virtual Box official source
- P7zip-full
Programs:
- Ubuntu restricted extras
- Flashplugin64-installer
- Google Chrome Unstable ( version 7.x)
- Skype (not necessary for Ubuntu 10.10)
- VLC (not necessary for Ubuntu 10.10)
- Wine
Software from Launchpad
- Popper Email Notification
- TLP Powersave, also see TLP article
- Rhythmbox radio browser
- Nautilus Terminal
Other Software
- Bit Defender Antivirus for Linux with free licence for non comercial usage
- PeaZip, a tool that can work with almost all favorate pack programs!
Other Issues
Google Chrome does not open with default PDF application
1. Disable the chrome pdf plugin Write about:plugins in the Chrome address field. Disable the PDF plugin.
2. Restart the browser
3. Klick on a pdf-link at a web page Chrome now downloads the pdf file. On the buttom of the page (left side) then you can see the downloaded file. klick on the little arrow beside the filename and select "always open files ..."
Now Chrome will open the pdf with your default ubuntu pdf browser (which you have to configure in Nautilus -> right mouse key -> open with).
AWN and run apps dialog
There is a problem with using AWN and the run apps dialog (Alt+F2).
It simply doesn't work any more, when you disable gnome-panel which you have to, if you like to run an awn only desktop. Gnome-panel can simply hindert from beeing started with the following shell command:
sudo chmod -x /usr/bin/gnome-panel sudo killall gnome-panel
A good replacement for the build-in gnome-panel run-dialog is Gmrun:
sudo apt-get install gmrun
Then do the following steps:
- disable the run dialog in: Settings -> Compiz Configuration settings -> Gnome comaptibility
- disable the Alt+F2 key combination
- add a new key combination for gmrun and assign Alt+F2
And the best: now the launch entry in the awn main menu is working too.
Faster internet browsing
1. Disable IpV6:
> vim /etc/sysctl.conf net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
Reboot.
2. Install a Webproxy:
> sudo apt-get install squid
Squid runs on port 3128. I recommend to take the following entries in the configuration file (according to [1]).
> vim /etc/squid/squid.conf http_port 3128 #http_port 10.0.0.1:3128 #http_port 10.0.0.1:8080 # icp_port 3130 icp_port 0 # TAG: no_cache … #We recommend you to use the following two lines. acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? no_cache deny QUERY #Default: # forwarded_for on forwarded_for off #Allow ICP queries from local networks only icp_access allow localnet icp_access deny all # Example rule allowing access from your local networks. # Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing # should be allowed #acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network #acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network sudo /etc/init.d/squid restart
Flash buttons don't respond
According to [2] edit a line export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 in the following file:
> gksudo gedit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer [...] export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 . /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/noarch/npviewer
Restart the browser.