If it is helpful for further tweaking your default OS, here a general guidelines that I use when setting up a new instance of Ubuntu at CAMP...
After default installation... 1. Remove trackerd. This package has some severe bus and/or design flaws that could render older machines with limited disk bandwidth outright unusable. 2. Add medibuntu repository to get acroread and other common 3rd-party debs. 3. install these packages for Acrobat, common media codes, and Windows True Type fonts. acroread w32codecs gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mpegdemux msttcorefonts 4. Install Flashblock and AdBlock plus plugins on Firefox. On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:34 PM, nneff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Darren & I were working on the new EAC Ubuntu build, and ran into some > weird problems when trying the Scratch 1.3 instructions listed here: > > http://wiki.bworks.org/eac_ubuntu_install_instructions#install_scratch > > The MD5 sum wasn't checking out correctly, which meant that what I > uploaded to the wiki was NOT the same as what we downloaded. > > I went home and verified the MD5 sum of the original, then I > downloaded the installer from the wiki. The installer from the wiki > and the original both gave the same, correct md5sum, and passed a > ''diff'' test, also. > > So, I think that the Bworks Internet connection might have been a bit > wacky yesterday, which would explain why some of our other downloads > didn't work. > > Darren, when you work on the install again, download the Scratch > installer again, per the instructions listed above. Make sure you run > an MD5 check (it's in the instructions). > > --Nate > > -- Ben West [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savetheinternet.org
