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June 20, 2010 – 1:48 pm | by lazaksal
I wrote an article that talked about installing Linux on your Windows machine and not voiding the warranty as Windows will still be running on the machine. Though, I might have made a mistake in the first part. You may want to go to http://wubi-installer.org to actually install Ubuntu Linux using Windows. Select every option you want, enter the user name and password that you want, unblock anything that Windows says is blocked because of virus blocking software or firewalls as long as you know that these files are related to downloading Ubuntu Linux.
My last article only went through setting up the printer on Gutenprint.
I have now found I like the set up of Xubuntu. Each distribution of Linux is a little different in the desktop environment, but they all basically run the same way. The slight difference may be a few commands that can be used at the terminal or the “Konsole.”
I cannot guarantee that all of these commands will work for your computer as all computers are a little bit different, but most likely, they will work.
The first thing that you need to do after setting up and choosing the installation of Linux that you'd like is to find the Applications menu. While Ubuntu comes packaged with Open Office, Xubuntu does not. Instead, it comes packaged with Abi Word. So, you will need to download Open Office as well as a few other programs. You can install them all at once which will take a long time or you can install them one by one. Each program will take a shorter time and as long as you do not mind what you are doing being interrupted when it is time to continue installing a program, you can play games or type or be on the Internet.
Of course, you need to make sure that your Internet is connected. Make sure that the wire or the wireless is turned on so the computer can detect the network. You then need to click on the different little icons until you find the one that will show you the networks being detected. Select your own network and follow the set up screen. If you have one of those encryption codes, you will need to be able to type it into the box so it can set up your Internet.
Once you have the Internet detected and running, you can continue the set up process.
Now you need to find the menu spot that says “Applications.” After this, click on it and go to “Add/Remove.” A window will appear. It will do a quick check and then next to the word “show” there is a drop down box. You want it to say “All available applications.”
You need to type in key words to find all of the programs that you need.
First, type in “Open Office.” It will find a lot of things. If it doesn't already have a check mark, select “OpenOffice.org Word Processor.” A dialog box will come up asking if you want to install the rest of the items. Agree to that and then you can continue finding the other things.
Type in “VLC.” Make sure there is a check in the box next to “VLC Media Player.” (VLC is a media player that will play DVDs and CDs.)
Type in “Pidgin” and make sure there is a check in the box next to “Pidgin Internet Messenger.”
(Pidgin will handle AIM, Yahoo! IM, ICQ, and other messaging devices all in one neat package.)
Type in “Gwibber.” Again, make sure there is a check next to “Gwibber Microblogging Client.”
(Gwibber Microblogging Client is a Twitter client that also had some other microblogging clients built in to the program.)
Type in “Audacity.” Make sure there is a check in the box next to “Audacity.”
(Audacity is a sound recording and sound manipulation program.)
Type in “Klam” and make sure the box next to “KlamAV” is checked.
(KlamAV is AntiVirus Software.)
Once all of this is done either as one whole step, or each thing separately, push the button that says “Apply Changes.”
Wait for the changes to apply.
If you want to, you can restart your computer, but a nice part of Linux is that it is rare that you actually have to restart the computer.
Now it is time to check if everything is working. If you can hear sounds, and that is all you need, you are good to go.
You can try going to YouTube and playing videos. If you have a built in microphone, you can open Audacity by going to the Applications menu and down to “Multimedia” and then to “Audacity.” Open it and hit the red circle button to try to record. Talk for a little while or sing a song. Then hit the square button. Hopefully it detected sound and the line is not flat.
The line may look flat, but if you heard sounds earlier, it may have recorded your voice and your microphone may not have good pick up. In Audacity, go to the Edit menu. Go down until you find “Select.” At the menu that pops out of the side, select “All.” After that, go to the menu that says “Effect.” Go down to “Equalization.” After that, a window will show. No matter how it appears, just make sure the entire blue bar is all the way to the top of the window. Once you have done that, click the button that say “OK.” If Audacity picked up any sound, it will now make that sound much louder and you can hear it. If it didn't pick up any sound, you might hear a buzzing or you might hear nothing at all.
You also need to check if you have DVD playback. Find a DVD and put it into your DVD drive if you have one. It doesn't matter if a program called Media Player opens. Just let it try to detect the CD and when and if it shows and error, say “okay” and then close the program.
Open VLC by going to Applications, Multimedia, VLC media player. Go to the Media menu and choose “Open Disc.” Being that you should have a DVD in the drive, make sure the radio button next to “DVD” is selected. Then click on the button that says “Play.” The DVD should start playing.
The next thing you need to check is java. Go to www.pogo.com and try to play any one of the free games that are available on the site.
If the game says that you need to install java, do not follow the instructions on the screen. Instead, simply close the browser windows that are open.
The next part is the trickier part. I have always needed somebody to help me with this. I am only able to write this because I saved the information. He usually has helped me find if the computer is detecting all of my hardware. Hopefully Linux will be detecting all of your hardware. If you follow these steps and everything still isn't working, it is likely that Linux is not detecting your hardware and that you will need to find help elsewhere.
However, you can simply try to run these following commands.
The first thing that you need to do before running any commands is to find “Terminal.” You can usually find this is one of the menus under “Applications.” It may be in “Accessories” or it may be in “System.” It might even be elsewhere. It always depends on your distribution and desktop environment of Linux.
Once you find “Terminal,” open it up. You should see the user name that you chose followed by something similar to “@ubuntu:~$”
If you see something similar to that, you are most likely good to go. Also, you need to make sure that your web browser is closed.
You can copy the following commands, but do not use the Ctrl+C and the Ctrl+V. You need to make sure that you use the edit menu for these to work properly. You can also type these commands into the terminal.
Type or copy:
sudo aptitude install linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r` linux-generic
Then press enter.
If it asks for your password, type in the password that you chose when installing Linux in order to log onto Linux. Your password will not show as being typed, so do not be concerned when it does not show.
If it asks if you'd like to continue, put Y.
Do not be concerned if you see it saying that it is removing anything. This is just part of what is necessary.
Next, copy or type:
sudo apt-get install cheese libv4l-0
Then press enter and type in your password if asked as well as pressing “Y” if asked if you'd like to continue.
Now, type or copy:
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin
As always, give the password if necessary and tell it “Y” if it asks to continue or if you want other files installed.
After this, go to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats and find the part of the page that says “Playing Restricted Formats.”
Choose the correct download for the distribution of Linux that you chose to install on your computer. Click on that link and tell it to install everything. Agree to everything and type in your password when necessary.
Once this is done, you need to open the Terminal or the “Konsole” again.
Now type or copy:
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.s
After this, you may want to reboot your computer, though things might work without a reboot.
Now, it is once again time to test everything as stated earlier in this tutorial. Things should now be working fine, though.
You will find that you have also installed a program called “Cheese,” which is a webcam program. If you have a web cam, go to “Applications” then “Graphics” and then open “Cheese Webcam Booth.” If Linux is detecting your webcam, if you have one, Cheese will turn your webcam on and will detect a picture it can take.
It was only thanks to a member in the LiveJournal Linux community that I was able to get this done and now write this tutorial.
If you need more help, you can seek it in the LiveJournal Linux community or in the LiveJournal Ubutntu Users community or at Newbies Linux.
I am in no way an expert at using Linux and am still learning many things. I am only figuring out what each little command means bit by bit and not even understanding all the Linux commands.
However, hopefully this guide helped you set up your distribution of Linux.
Sources:
LiveJournal Linux Community
LiveJournal Ubuntu Users Community
Newbies Linux
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