System installation and configuration

The notebook model is IBM X40.
The installation steps are as follows:
Step 1: Back up data!
Step 2: install the system.
Step 3: configure the system. (See http://wiki.ubuntu.org.cn/Qref/Hardy)
Add source to/etc/APT/source. List
Deb http://archive.ubuntu.org.cn/ubuntu-cn/ hard main restricted
Universe multiverse
Update System
Sudo apt-Get Update (update the source database and add the installation package information of the source file to the System)
Sudo apt-Get upgrade (update software to the latest version)
Add Chinese support
Sudo apt-Get install scim-qtimm (QT software supported)
Sudo VI/etc/X11/xinit/xinput. d/scim (replace xim with scim)
Sudo Update-alternatives -- install/etc/X11/xinit/xinput. d/all_all
Xinput-all_ALL/etc/X11/xinit/xinput. d/scim 30
Sudo apt-Get install xpdf-Chinese-Simplified xpdf-Chinese-traditional
Poppler-data (PDF Chinese supported)
ThinkPad configurations
The hardware is all driven. Only forward, backward,
Accessibm cannot be used. FN + F3 was just installed and used again later.
You can install TSB so that the FN function can be displayed on the screen. However, after xfce is installed, the FN function has to be uninstalled due to conflict.
Disable system bell to avoid annoyance
Sudo rmmod pcspkr (modprobe pcspkr re-enabled)
Add blacklist pcspkr to/etc/modprobe. d/blacklist
Utf8 encoding (XP adopts GBK encoding. It is garbled in Ubuntu and needs to be converted)
Sudo apt-Get install convmv (encoding conversion tool)
Convmv-r-F cp936-T utf8 -- notest * (convert the file name from GBK to utf8)
Iconv-f gbk-T utf8 $ file-o
$ Newfile (text files copied from Windows may be garbled and converted to utf8 format .)
Batch conversion Script: (write it as a bash script and place it in ~ /Bin directory)
Find Dir-type D-exec mkdir-P utf8/{}\; (Backup Directory)
Find Dir-type F-exec iconv-f gbk-T UTF-8 {}-O utf8 /{}\;
(Convert each file)
MV utf8/* dir
Rm-fr utf8
Install the xfce desktop environment. (Gnome is very dazzling, especially 3D, but still like concise. Awesome is more in line with my requirements, but the screen is small, and there is no windows key, so it is not used .)
Sudo apt-Get install xubuntu-Desktop
Change. config/Terminal/terminalrc
Color of the xfce4-terminal in the file. I like white and black characters.
Xfce4-terminal is very easy to use, is the tab border some width. It is hard to see Chinese characters displayed in xterm.
Use the sexy logon Interface
Wget http://www.linuxidc.com/upload/2008_10/08101320217736.zip
Unzip and install the GZ File
See http://www.linuxidc.com/Linux/2008-10/16567.htm

Step 4: install the software
Install the development environment
Sudo apt-Get install build-essential Autoconf automake1.9 CVS Subversion
(Switch to SVN)
Sudo apt-Get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-plugin
(Install Java, do not use the System)
Sudo Update-alternatives -- config Java (select Sun Java)
Sudo apt-Get install eclipse-CDT eclipse-pydev
(Install the Java Development Environment eclipse)
Delete useless Software
Sudo apt-Get remove evolution-webcal
(Gmail and evolution are everywhere)
Sudo apt-Get remove Thunderbird (similar principle)
Install System Software
Sudo apt-Get install RAR unrar p7zip-full cabextract (compression software)
Sudo apt-Get install xtightvncviewer (connect to school machine)
Sudo apt-Get install tofrodos (File Format interchange in UNIX DoS)
Sudo apt-Get install xpdf (evince is enough and does not like uploadread)
Sudo apt-Get install gawk (the system only has awk by default, which is required for installation of MATLAB)
Sudo apt-Get install htop (better than top)
Sudo apt-Get install wine (run Windows software)
Install multimedia software
Sudo apt-Get install mplayer smplayer mplayer-fonts qt4-qtconfig
Smplayer-themes (mplayer, smplayer, all-around .)
Sudo apt-Get install libdvdcss2 libxine1-ffmpeg libxine1-plugins w32codecs
(Video Decoder)
Sudo apt-Get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-uugly gstreamer0.10-FFMPEG
Gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mpegdemux gstreamer0.10-gnonlin (audio decoder)
Sudo -- purge remove totem-Mozilla (delete the default totem plug-in and dislike totem)
Sudo apt-Get install mozilla-mplayer (use the mplayer plug-in)
Sudo apt-Get install Amarok
(For Linux itune, you can listen online. However, I like to manage the music list and play it with mplayer)
Sudo apt-Get install digkam (image Manager)
Sudo apt-Get remove F-spot (delete the default image manager, crash when importing a large number of images)
Install Network Software
Sudo apt-Get install filezilla (the best FTP client)
Sudo apt-Get install Opera (faster than Firefox)
Sudo apt-Get install amule)
Install sopcast (PPStream in Linux) (see
Http://www.blog.hyperend.info/installing-sopcast-on-ubuntu)
Wget http://download.sopcast.cn/download/sp-auth.tgz
Tar zxvf sp-auth.tgz
Cd sp-auth
Sudo cp sp-SC-auth/usr/bin/SP-SC (install sopcast)
Wget http://linuxtoy.org/files/deb/gtk-sopcast_0.2.8-1_i386.deb
Double-click the Deb package to install sopcast Gui
Install life Software
Sudo apt-Get install gnucash (manage your wallet)
Sudo apt-Get install kaddressbook (keep in touch with friends)
Sudo apt-Get install korganizer (calendar software, Google ?)
Sudo apt-Get install googleearth (see Earth)
Sudo apt-Get install stellarium (and the sky above)