My Little Ubuntu Guide

So I wanted to show you how to get some extra stuff working, since these have been problematic and now fixed for me. You are all no-doubt familiar with Google Earth and Wine, but AWN just so you know is “Avant Window Navigator”. It’s a really cool “dock” type app that lets you run a doc similar to Apple’s.

Below are scripts you can download and run for AWN and Wine or follow the steps.

Scripts for AWN and Wine:
AWN
1. Download Script HERE
2. Run With The Following Command:
sudo sh awn

Wine
1. Download Script HERE
2. Run With The Following Command:
sudo sh wine

How To Get Google Earth To Work With ATI and Compiz:
1. Install Google Earth
2. Download the following tar and extract into the GoogleEarth folder (usually at /home/yourname/googleearth/), replacing the old files:
Download Google Earth Fix
3. Start Google Earth and it should work perfectly even within an XGL/Compiz session!

How To Install AWN:
1. Add the following to the end of your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
## Avant Window Navigator
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/ feisty avant-window-navigator
deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/ feisty avant-window-navigator

2. Now get the key before updating:
wget http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/8434D43A.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

3. Now you can update:
sudo apt-get update

4. Now install AWN:
sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-bzr awn-core-applets-bzr libawn-bzr

How to Install The Latest Wine (supports Photoshop CS2):
1. First get the key:
wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

2. Now add the Gutsy repository:
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

3. Now update your sources and install Wine:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine

That’s it!

Enjoy!

John

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Ok, the CD is not finished yet, but I did get some scripting done for you all. If you’d like an easy way to configure your Dell Inspiron Ubuntu install once you’ve installed the base system, do this:

1. Download the following script into your home directory and run it.
Download Script
Run it with the following command:
sh ~/config.sh

Here’s the Readme file:
Download Readme

What this does:
If you just installed Gutsy (7.10) on your Dell Inspiron system, you will have poor resolution, no WiFi, and other issues. To fix all this without any difficulty, run the script. It will upgrade your system and then reboot it. Once it’s rebooted, run the script again from your home directory and it will then proceed to enable the restricted drivers, install XGL and Compiz-Fusion, and even install some extra Compiz plugins if you choose!

Hope this helps!

Enjoy!

John

[EDIT]

Oops! Had to fix a small mistake, the scripts should work now.

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There are some really nifty widgets available for linux users called Screenlets. Here’s a quick How To to install Screenlets in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) using Compiz Widget Plugin. If you don’t care to do it yourself using the How To, click below for an auto install script:

NOT AVAILABLE YET
NOTE: To use the script, after download do a “sudo chmod +x screenlets.sh” on it to make it executable. Then run it with “sudo ./screenlets”. After you’ve run the script open Compiz settings and enable

Below each line of code is entered seperately

1. Update Your Aptitude Sources
sudo su -c 'echo deb http://hendrik.kaju.pri.ee/ubuntu gutsy screenlets >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
wget http://hendrik.kaju.pri.ee/ubuntu/hendrikkaju.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

2. Install Screenlets
sudo apt-get install --assume-yes screenlets
mkdir ~/.config/Screenlets
mkdir ~/.config/autostart

3. Open your compiz Advanced Settings and enable the Regex Matching and Widget Layer plugins.

4. Open the Widget Layer plugin and go to the Behavior tab. Paste the following into the space provided and close the window:
name=Screenlet.py

5. Now you can enable various Screenlets under your menu’s Other section and hit the F9 key to see them and make them disappear.

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For those of you who don’t want to wait or download another CD iso, here’s a quick guide to get you “updated” to the new features of the new CD! Keep in mind this will replace your current xorg.conf and sources.list files. Also, after it finishes it will automatically reboot your PC. Here’s how you do it:

1. Open a terminal and go into your home directory, then download the updateme script:
cd ~
wget http://www.mylittleubuntuguide.com/files/updateme.sh

2. Make it executable:
sudo chmod +x updateme.sh

3. Run as root:
sudo ./updateme.sh

NOTE: You will be required to press ENTER at one point, when it asks you for the location of your kernel files for the Modem build. Just hit ENTER and the script will finish.

4. After if finishes, it will clean itself up and reboot

After it reboots you should now have Compiz-Fusion working, Horizontal Scrolling working with the touchpad, and suspend working!

Please comment your success or bugs!

NOTES:
1. This script does the exact same thing the new finishup script does. So if you just installed from the CD, the FinishUp script will take care of all the above, no need to do both. If you installed and ran the FinishUp script 3 or 4 days or more ago, you need this.

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Okay, so I think I’ve gotten all the bugs worked out of the custom dvd script. By using UCK, you can get into the Live CD image using your GUI and then launch the Terminal (see the guide). Once in the terminal you can download my script and run it. It will auto install everything, literally, that you would need. When it’s done you just close that window and continue buidling the DVD.

I’m going to create an ISO that’s ready for download as well.

First I need to fully test the ISO and see what it “looks” like. If anyone has a request for an application to be included in the script let me know.

After you install from this Live DVD you create using the install script I made, those applications will also be installed on the system! But the Sources.list will not, you’ll need to do that after a fresh install. I’m going to create a “finish up” script to run after a fresh install, which will do this and a few other things automatically.

That’s it for today! Now off to do some other stuff…

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UPDATE: The custom live dvd how to is updated. Check it out!

Ok all, I’ve successfully created a custom CD, well DVD, the image was over 1 Gig, so it will work great on a USB key as well. The steps are quite complex for the newbie, so I created some scripts that simplify the process. You can get my How-To and scripts from the link above that says “CUSTOM LIVE CD”.

I’ll post a full how to in a few days. For now, you are welcome to look at the scripts. DON’T SKIP A SINGLE STEP! Otherwise it won’t work properly.

Also, as stated on the page, this process was designed to work with an ATI card or Generic. If you have Nvidia you’ll have to look elsewhere for how to do it.

Cheers!

John

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