Ubuntu Netbook Edition
This notes are about Ubuntu Netbook Edition, 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
Install
- Download iso of Ubuntu Netbook Edition
- use a running Ubuntu machine to create a bootable USB stick via "System > Administration -> Startup Disk Creator"
- Boot from the stick and install
I had to face some problems with the bootmanager, that accidentely installed itself onto my USB Stick :-(
Tools / Packages
Enable Medibuntu
sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list sudo apt-get --quiet update sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring sudo apt-get --quiet update sudo apt-get --yes install app-install-data-medibuntu apport-hooks-medibuntu
apt-get install debian-archive-keyring mc krusader apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras adobe-flashplugin
Opera
sudo -i echo "deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
See [1] -> "Making it more compatible with GNOME"
Disable maximizing all windows
It is quite annoying that many dialogs appear maximized (e.g. copy dialog in krusader). This fixes this:
Use "gconf-editor" to edit the settings for the tool called "maximus" and check "no_maximize"
Disable IPv6
Disabled IPv6 due to very slow DNS lookup in my home network
check if ipv6 is on:
cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6
(1== no ipv6)
Way 1: disable via editing /etc/sysctl.conf:
#disable ipv6 net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
Way 2: edit /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="ipv6.disable=1"
and run
sudo update-grub2
Way 3: Firefox-only solution via
about:config
Preload
If you have much RAM the package preload is making sense
sudo apt-get install preload