4. Reboot into Linux.

Use my "fstab" settings for Mac OS X partition.

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Apple's Remote Control is working by default in Ubuntu 7.10, but only allows you to control the Volume. So here's the tweaks to get it working on with other applications:

sudo apt-get install inputlirc lirc lirc-x

And edit /etc/rc.local and add:

/etc/init.d/inputlirc start
/etc/init.d/inputlirc restart

Then go to > System > Preferences > Sessions , and add the following to the Startup list by this order:

gksu irexec & /home/YOURACCOUNT/.lircrc
gksu irxevent & /home/YOURACCOUNT/.lircrc

Note: YOURACCOUNT = your user name

To make it work on the startup you have to edit sudoers and set the main user as no password requirement for the use of sudo command, here's how to:

sudo /bin/bash

nano /etc/sudoers

Here's what to change in /etc/sudoers :

# User privilege specification
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
YOURACCOUNT   ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

# Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
#%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL

Note: YOURACCOUNT = your user name.

Then to create the .lircrc file in your home dir do this:

exit
gedit ~/.lircrc

Here's my attachment:.lircrc file.

Note: If it doesnt work at the first time, execute the commands mannualy using Alt+F2:

gksu irexec & /home/YOURACCOUNT/.lircrc
gksu irxevent & /home/YOURACCOUNT/.lircrc
gksu /etc/rc.local

Apple Wireless Keyboard

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Note: If you've allready paired the keyboard on Mac OS X, boot into OS X and unpair it first!

Install the package bluez-gnome

sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez-gnome

Find out the Bluetooth Hardware Device Address of the Apple Keyboard

hcitool scan

Copy the resulting address:

Scanning ...

XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX Apple Wireless Keyboard

Edit the file /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf

sudo gedit /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf

Enter the following stanza at the end of the file:

device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX {

name "Apple Wireless Keyboard";

auth enable;

encrypt enable;

}

Save the file and close gedit.

Enable HID-support at start-up:

sudo gedit /etc/default/bluetooth

Change "HIDD_ENABLED=1"

Save the file, close gedit

Restart the Bluetooth subsystem:

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart

* Restarting Bluetooth services... [ ok ]

Complete the device pairing:

Restart the keyboard again using the switch on the side to make it discoverable. Do not hit any keys on your Apple Keyboard unless this tutorial says so. It might cause all sorts of strange trouble during the pairing procedure. Right after restarting the keyboard, run the following command:

sudo hidd --connect XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

Ubuntu will now try to connect to the keyboard without showing any progress bar or other output. Enter the PIN 0000 and hit the enter key (both on your Apple Keyboard). Right after hitting enter, a notification window should pop up on your desktop asking you for the PIN you just entered. Enter it. "hidd" should finish without further outputs. You should now be set up.

Desktop Tweaks

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Ubuntu Fusion Theme

Here's my latest Desktop theme (Instructions inside!): http://pwp.netcabo.pt/fuz2y/fuz2y_desktop_theme_v1.2.tar.gz

contact email: fuz2y.pt@gmail.com

Enjoy a futuristic Ubuntu Look!

Also note this to enable changing splash screen background color:

It seems like commenting the following lines out in "/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default" seems to solve the problem and the color then the color should be left at whatever color is set as the login screen background until the desktop loads.

# Default value
#if [ "x$BACKCOLOR" = "x" ]; then
# BACKCOLOR="#dab082"
#fi

#"$XSETROOT" -cursor_name left_ptr -solid "$BACKCOLOR"

Fonts like Mac OS X

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By default, Ubuntu uses a style of font rendering different than that used on Mac OS X. You may prefer fonts similar to those on Mac OS X, and you can have these on Ubuntu by doing the following:

1. Open the Appearance preference panel (System-Preferences-Appearance)

2. Click Fonts, and select the "Subpixel smoothing" option.

3. Click Details, and select "Slight" hinting, Enjoy!

Ubuntu Animated Mouse Cursor

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sudo apt-get install gcursor

wget -c http://www.gnome-look.org/CONTENT/content-files/66327-UbuntuCrystalcursors.tar.gz
tar -zxvf 66327-UbuntuCrystalcursors.tar.gz
cd Crystalcursors
make
sudo make install

sudo apt-get install kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a libarts1c2a libartsc0 libaudio2 libavahi-qt3-1 liblua50 liblualib50 libopenexr2c2a libqt3-mt kdebase-bin

sudo ./choose.sh
(select 'white' and wait for the next screen prompt and press 'OK')

gcursor
(select 'crystalwhite' and press 'Install Theme' button)

Then Reboot and enjoy your new animated cursor

Compiz Fusion Icon, Compiz Settings Manager and Emerald + Themes

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To install do this:

sudo apt-get install git git-core compiz-dev compizconfig-settings-manager emerald
git-clone git://anongit.opencompositing.org/users/crdlb/fusion-icon
cd fusion-icon
make
sudo make install

Go to System > Preferences > Sessions and add "fusion-icon" to the Startup

To enable Emerald, start fusion-icon and right click on it and select window decorator: emerald.

To install Emerald Themes do this:

sudo apt-get install subversion
git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/fusion/decorators/emerald-themes

cd emerald-themes/themes
svn cp https://svn.generation.no/emerald-themes .
mv emerald-themes/* .
rm -rf emerald-themes
cd themes
./import.sh
cd ..
mv themes ~/.emerald/

Avant Window Navigator

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To install AWN with nice Skins and Curves Effect follow this guide: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=572019

Screenlets

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Download the latest deb package from here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=216036&package_id=260818

Applications

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Automatix2 & Video Codecs

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To install get it from here: http://www.getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installation#Ubuntu_7.10_.28Gutsy_AMD64.29

Go to > System Tools > automatix2

In 'Codecs and Plugins' select: 'Ubuntu Restricted Extras and Multimedia Codecs' and also 'W64-DVD Codecs' and Install

Ubuntu Tweak

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Download and run the deb from here: http://www.getdeb.net/app.php?name=Ubuntu+Tweak

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5

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Useful to remove virus from Windows partitions To install do this in the terminal:

wget -c http://free3.grisoft.cz/filedir/inst/avg75fld-r51-a1243.i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture avg75fld-r51-a1243.i386.deb

Right click on the 'Panel Menu Launcher' > 'Edit Menus' > 'Applications' > 'Accessories' > 'AVG for Linux Workstation' Right click it and select 'Properties' and change 'Command' line to: gksu avggui

To launch AVG go to > Accessories > AVG for Linux Workstation.

More information about using AVG in linux: http://www.howtoforge.com/avg_antivirus_ubuntu_feisty

SMPlayer SVN + Themes

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Nice video player based on mplayer, to install:

Download it at: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/smplayer/smplayer-0.5.62.tar.bz2

Read the file Install.txt included in the package to know how compile it.

Get themes here, i'm using default with icon set 'blackPanther-VistaLike': http://downloads.sourceforge.net/smplayer/smplayer-themes_0.1.14_all.deb

Also see this guide that concerns video playback issues with Compiz Fusion : http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/VideoPlayback

VLC Media Player

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An alternative to the SMPlayer is VLC. It plays just about everything once you install the video codecs using Automatix. Also, it doesn't use the massive QT4 libraries like the SMPlayer, so it's easy to install.

Make sure you have a universal mirror and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc

Also see this guide that concerns video playback issues with Compiz Fusion : http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/VideoPlayback

aMSN SVN (Multi-OS MSN messenger with Tcl & TK 8.5)

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Here's how to compile and install aMSN latest version with plugins and anti-alising support :

sudo apt-get install build-essential libx11-dev libc6-dev imagemagick libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libxft-dev tcl8.4 tk8.4 tcltls msttcorefonts checkinstall debhelper subversion libsnack2

mkdir ~/amsn_svn
cd ~/amsn_svn
wget -c http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/tcl/tcl8.5b3-src.tar.gz
wget -c http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/tcl/tk8.5b3-src.tar.gz
tar -zxvf tcl8.5b3-src.tar.gz
tar -zxvf tk8.5b3-src.tar.gz
                              

*64 bit OS only:

cd ~/amsn_svn/tcl8.5b3/unix
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-64bit
make
sudo checkinstall -y --pkgversion 8.5b3 --pkgname amsn_tcl8.5b3

cd ~/amsn_svn/tk8.5b3/unix
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-xft --enable-64bit
make
sudo checkinstall -y --pkgversion 8.5b3 --pkgname amsn_tk8.5b3

*END

*32 bit OS only:

cd ~/amsn_svn/tcl8.5b3/unix
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo checkinstall -y --pkgversion 8.5b3 --pkgname amsn_tcl8.5b3

cd ~/amsn_svn/tk8.5b3/unix
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-xft
make
sudo checkinstall -y --pkgversion 8.5b3 --pkgname amsn_tk8.5b3

*END

sudo apt-cache search amsn

cd /usr/bin
sudo rm wish
sudo rm tclsh
sudo ln -sf wish8.5 wish
sudo ln -sf tclsh8.5 tclsh
cd /usr/lib
sudo ln -sf tcl8.5 tcl
sudo ln -sf tk8.5 tk
sudo ln -sf libtk8.5.so libtk.so
sudo ln -sf libtcl8.5.so libtcl.so
sudo ln -sf libtclstub8.5.a libtclstub.a
sudo ln -sf libtkstub8.5.a libtkstub.a
sudo ldconfig
sudo cp ~/amsn_svn/tcl8.5b3/library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl /usr/lib/tcl8.5
sudo cp ~/amsn_svn/tcl8.5b3/library/msgcat/pkgIndex.tcl /usr/lib/tcl8.5
cd ~/amsn_svn
sudo rm -rf amsn
sudo rm -rf amsn-extras

svn co https://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/amsn/trunk/amsn amsn

svn co https://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/amsn/trunk/amsn-extras amsn-extras

cd amsn
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make deb
cd distrib/DEB
sudo dpkg -i amsn*.deb

Run aMSN (Panel Menu > Internet > aMSN), or type in terminal:

amsn

Copy / Install extra Plugins and Skins to aMSN:

For Plugins:

mv ~/amsn_svn/amsn-extras/plugins ~/.amsn/

For Skins:

mv ~/amsn_svn/amsn-extras/skins ~/.amsn/

And here's my skin (Cannabis 3.4): http://www.amsn-project.net/getURL.php?id=158

Enjoy

Man DVD (Video DVD Creation)

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Download and run it from here:

http://www.getdeb.net/app.php?name=ManDVD

Wine (Run Windows Applications on Linux)

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wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine

VMware Server & Bootcamp partitions

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Installing VMWare Server on Ubuntu 7.10

1. Download VMware Server source from the VMware website: http://vmware.com/download/server/

2. Download this installer patch: http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update113.tar.gz ( source reference: http://igordevlog.blogspot.com/2007/07/vmware-in-ubuntu-gutsy-kernel-2622.html )

3. Extract all the archives to some location on your system (tar -zxvf VMware-server* ; tar -zxvf vmware*)

4. Ensure that you have build-essential installed in order to compile these sources (sudo aptitude install build-essential)

5. Install the xinetd server (sudo aptitude install xinetd)

6. Run sudo ./vmware-install.pl located within the vmware-server-* unpacked archive.

7. Select all the default options *EXCEPT* do not compile the modules at this point. (Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for your system? NO)

8. Run sudo ./runme.pl located within the vmware-any* archive. This will launch step 8.

9. Select the default options and this time answer YES to compile the proper modules.

10. Run vmware-server using the command vmware or via your Applications Menu.

Note: if you update your kernel you will need to re-run the scripts to regenerate and recompile VMware Server for your updated kernel.

Games

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World Of Warcraft

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See this page how get World Of Warcraft running: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft

Enemy Territory Quake Wars

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Download the game client from: http://vlaai.snt.utwente.nl/pub/games/etqw/retail/client/linux/ETQW-client-1.2-full.r5.x86.run

To install type in terminal:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

sudo chmod +x ETQW-client-12-full_r5_x86.run
sudo ./ETQW-client-12-full_r5_x86.run

To Enable 3D Anti-alising and other tweaks do this:

sudo gedit /usr/local/games/etqw/base/autoexec.cfg

Past this into the file and save it:

g_skipIntro 1
com_allowconsole 1
com_showFPS 1
com_unlockfps 1
com_unlock_maxFPS 60
r_aspectratio 0
r_customwidth 1024
r_customheight 768
seta r_mode "5"
seta r_multiSamples "4"

Also run ETQW as root (run with Compiz disabled):

gksu /usr/local/games/etqw/etqw

To run ETQW with Compiz enabled do this:

1. First to allow you to run a new X display you need to edit the "/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config" file:

sudo cp /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config.custom
sudo su
md5sum /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config > /var/lib/x11/Xwrapper.config.md5sum
exit
sudo dpkg-reconfigure x11-common

Then make sure you change the first option to "Anybody" and hit enter twice.

2. Next we have to set your ~/.Xauthority file up. This may look tricky but it's very straight forward, all you need to do is add a line using a special key we find. So, in a terminal type:

xauth
(after xauth press Return and type:)
list

And you should get an output something like this:

spanky/unix:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  52f29a10d18753f7c26e0c2fe7fdc64f
localhost.localdomain/unix:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  52f29a10d18753f7c26e0c2fe7fdc64f

Yours WILL be different, thats ok. Now we need to add a new line and then exit to save it. So we type in "add :1.0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1" followed by that long alpha numeric string. I've highlighted mine in bold above so you know what I'm talking about but remember to use yours. So for me I would type the following:

add :1.0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 52f29a10d18753f7c26e0c2fe7fdc64f
exit

Remember YOU have to use YOUR OWN sting of numbers and letters copied form the output we got earlier, mine is just an example. Ok? I know it's a bit abstract but hopefully this is clear enough.

3. Create the script "x.etqw":

sudo gedit /usr/local/bin/x.etqw

And paste the following:

xinit /usr/local/games/etqw/etqw "$@" -- :1

4. Now we need to make it executable and move it to the right place:

sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/x.etqw

5. Run "x.etqw" in a terminal, ETQW should run on a new X server. To access your desktop you need to press:

CTRL + ALT + F7

6. To go back to ETQW press:

CTRL +  ALT + F9

(or whichever screen your game appears on...mine was on F9).

PunkBuster

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Here's how to run Punkbuster Updater:

wget -c http://websec.evenbalance.com/downloads/linux/pbsetup.run
sudo apt-get install upx-ucl
upx -d pbsetup.run
sudo chmod +x pbsetup.run
sudo ./pbsetup.run

Troubleshooting

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No one is leaving their contact in case of any assistance or sharing information, note that I'm not any linux expert! just someone like you :P but here's my email/msn - fuz2y.pt@gmail.com

Bootsplash fix

I experienced a blank screen during booting and shutdown (with a C2Duo-15"-MBP).

After searching the web and messing around with the vga=XXX kernel parameter without success, I found the following procedure to help:

Edit file

/etc/usplash.conf

and replace the resolution there with your display's actual resolution (for the 15" this is 1440 by 900) After editing, enter

sudo update-initramfs -u -k `uname -r`

Happy Booting!

NetworkManager applet bugs

I've noticed some bugs in the nm-applet so here's how to mannualy configure your network card:

sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

ifconfig  (Lists the settings)

examples of /etc/network/attachment:interfaces & /etc/attachment:resolv.conf

Vista Desktop Tweaks

1. For custom Themes, install 'Vista Glazz': http://www.codegazer.com/vistaglazz/ (I'm using the theme 'Panorama': http://www.myvistathemes.com/skins-and-themes/panorama-theme-free-download/ )

2. For the Desktop applications Bar, install 'ObjectDock': http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/ (I'm using the theme 'Leopard 3D Light': http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=13731&libid=29 )

3. For the Linux hard-disk icon, install 'IconPackager': http://www.stardock.com/products/iconpackager/ (start 'IconPackager' > 'Icons and Cursors' > 'Drives' > right click on the linux hard-disk and hit 'Change Icon...' and browse for attachment:linux_hdd_vista.ico

4. For Destop Cube & other effects, install 'Cube Desktop': http://www.cubedesktop.com/