I'll try adn stick to this format to make things easy :-)
>
Add the following repo(s):-
Medibuntu, banshee ppa, my ppa (as I'm learning to package)
Install the following apps:-
ubuntu-restricted-extras - flash and other evil stuff
ssh - to remotely logon t
Tony Arnold wrote:
> ...And, of course, aptitude ignored any packages that are already
> installed, so I can run this script as often as I like adding the odd
> package in between. (It doesn't remove anything, though, I do that by
> hand if I need to.)
Thanks for the very full explication of how
Mac,
Mac wrote:
> Tony Arnold wrote:
>
>> sudo aptitude install `grep -v '^#' packages`
>
> Tony >>> I'm very new to bash scripting, so can I just check...
>
> Am I right in thinking that
>
> grep -v '^#'
>
> means 'print lines that do not start with #'
Correct.
> So I take it you rem out s
Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system
> for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add
> to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop?
>
> Here's my list:-
>
> Add the following repo(s):-
* gnome-do ppa
Tony Arnold wrote:
> sudo aptitude install `grep -v '^#' packages`
Tony >>> I'm very new to bash scripting, so can I just check...
Am I right in thinking that
grep -v '^#'
means 'print lines that do not start with #'
So I take it you rem out some lines in the packages file, and this
expressi
Hello Alan,
Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system
> for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add
> to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop?
>
>
Here is my list:
ubuntu-restricted-extras
skype
ava
Alan Pope wrote:
> Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system
> for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add
> to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop?
Here's my list:
smbfs
thunderbird (+ Xpunge plugin) - install account on netwo
On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 13:24 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system
> for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add
> to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop?
>
> Here's my list:-
>
> Add the f
On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 15:36 +0100, John Levin wrote:
> Alan Pope wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system
> > for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add
> > to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop?
> >
Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system
> for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add
> to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop?
>
Flash - regrettably a necessity.
Flashblock - again, a necessity!
T
Alan,
Alan Pope wrote:
> Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system
> for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add
> to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop?
And here is my list:
unison
unison-gtk
mozilla-thunderbird
mozilla-thu
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Michael Maclean
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jonathan Patrick Davies wrote:
>> • build-essential, cmake.
>
> Oh yes. I'm not sure how I forgot build-essential!
VLC, Build-essential, MythTV, NetBeans, Wine, [vm stuff], some Ubuntu
studio packages (audacity), Chees
Jonathan Patrick Davies wrote:
> • build-essential, cmake.
Oh yes. I'm not sure how I forgot build-essential!
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On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system
> for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add
> to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop?
My list is:
•
Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system
> for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add
> to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop?
For me:
ubuntu-restricted-extras - MP3 codec, mainly, but some other
Flash, video + audio codecs, etc
VLC (A must have on ANY system)
acidrip
devilspie (To put a terminal on my desktop)
Exaile media player
K3b
BOINC manager + server
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's a question for the group. If you install a c
Hi,
Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system
for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add
to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop?
Here's my list:-
Add the following repo(s):-
Medibuntu, banshee ppa
Install the follow
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