Ubuntu 17.10 Post Install

Ubuntu has given up on Unity. I will miss the idea of an Ubuntu phone, but not Unity itself. Gnome is welcome.

Post Install:

- Remove Thunderbird and Install Evolution

    a real email/calendar client, and evolution undergirds the email/calendaring anyhow.

- Gnome Tweaks

   manage extensions, desktop settings,

- Chromium 

   Need a alternate browser for occasions, also, like the profile management for managing many sites     google accounts

Development:

- Install keys

- Add sftp/smb bookmarks

- install geany ide

- Gnome Web 

   a webkit browser, a little more like Safari, for testing

- put terminal on dock

Optional:

- Extension dash to dock 

  Optional now that there is an ubuntu dock

Install a self-signed certificate in ubuntu-based systems

Install a self-signed certificate in ubuntu-based systems
http://askubuntu.com/questions/73287/how-do-i-install-a-root-certificate

Given a CA certificate file 'foo.crt', follow these steps to install it on Ubuntu:
First, copy your CA to dir /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/

sudo cp foo.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/foo.crt

then, update CA store

sudo update-ca-certificates

That's all. You should get this output:

Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs... 1 added, 0 removed; done.
Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d....
Adding debian:foo.pem
done.
done.

Change Ubuntu Desktop From Unity Back to Gnome

Annoyed by the Ubuntu Unity Desktop? Logout, and change to Ubuntu Classic
http://ubuntuguide.net/ubuntu-11-04-natty-login-to-classic-gnome-2-desktop

iPod or iPhone won't mount in Linux? libimobildevice!

Problem: "lock (-5)" or unable to mount errors trying to load iPod.

Solution: I was runnung OS 4.2.1.
In November that support was added:

27.11.2010: libimobiledevice 1.0.4 has been released. One important change is a fix to connect to iOS 4.2.1 devices.

Standard packages are using 1.01.

Find new packages for
openSUSE 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, Factory or 1-Click Install
Fedora 12+ (Packages in the official repositories)
Mandriva (Packages are available in "Cooker")
Ubuntu (Karmic, Lucid)
Debian
or the source file at:
http://www.libimobiledevice.org/

Installing Dragon Naturally Speaking in Wine / Ubuntu 10

Installing Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 on Ubuntu 10

I finally got Dragon Naturally Speaking installed on Ubuntu 10.04. Previous searches for help had been fruitless but I found this solution in a forum that worked for me. Since it's often hard to go through a forum and see what works and doesn't, I am posting the solution here, mostly for myself.

(If you want use these instructions for installing winetricks with wine, you don't need step 1&2. I had already installed Wine when I discovered that link.)

Step 1: Install Wine from Ubuntu Software Center (if not already installed)

Go to Applications, Select Ubuntu Software Center, and type wine in the search box. Click and install. Takes about 3 minutes or so.

Step 2: Winehq Winetricks

This is a nice little script that helps automate the process of installing some necessary windows files. (includes an ie6 and ie7 installer too).
Get the file from http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks, do file/save as. Right click on the file after you have downloaded it, and select allow execution. The right click and run in terminal.

Step 3: Install files from Winetricks:

You need gdiplus, fontfix and IE (ie6?).

Step 4: Install Dragon

Insert the Dragon CD into the CD tray. If it doesn't work from autorun, view the CD and right click on "setup" and choose to run in wine.

In my case it ran smoothly for quite a while, and got hung up on the registration area. If it does hang up for more then 10 minutes, you can try to force quit it, or log off.

To start Dragon:

Applications/Wine/Browse C:Drive/Program Files/Nuance/NaturallySpeaking10/Program
Right click natspeak.exe and open with Wine Windows Program Launcher.

I use a Lifechat usb headset, and had to adjust the settings in Ubuntu's sound control panel.

You may wish to create a launcher for this - instructions are found here http://jaypeeonline.net/tips-tricks/create-wine-application-shortcuts-ubuntu/




Links:
Ubuntu Forum Answer this is based on: http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=907446
http://www.winehq.org/download/deb
http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
http://www.nuance.com/talk/
http://jaypeeonline.net/tips-tricks/create-wine-application-shortcuts-ubuntu/

Playing Mp4, WMV, and other formats in Ubuntu

Go to this page and follow these steps to play and record most common multimedia formats, including MP3, DVD, Flash, Quicktime, WMA and WMV, including both standalone files and content embedded in web pages.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

Ubuntu does not supplies these by default, because they are proprietary formats, rather than Open Source. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats

Installing Adobe Air/Tweetdeck on Ubuntu

It wasn't easily obvious, nor did it come back to my memory until I was reminded by this website,
http://www.shivaranjan.com/2009/04/12/linux-how-to-install-adobe-air-in-linux-ubuntu/
but after downloading a .bin file, you change the file to executable, and use ./programname in a terminal window to run it as an executable.(./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin)

It also appears that when I go to Tweetdeck, it would install Adobe Air anyway?

Nice to have Tweetdeck again.

Ubuntu 9.10 & Cups Printing - Fixed

On my fresh install of Ubuntu 9.10, the printer management was not working.
When I opened system->printers, it was not connected. When I pressed connect, it gave an httpconnectionencryption message.

Some help bug files mentioned printer sharing, and editing the config file.

I found that my config files were blank.

I reinstalled through Software Center, but it turns out, that's only the gui.

I reinstalled Cups through the System -> Synaptic Package Manager, and now it is working.