On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Ben West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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...
Thanks for the input below, Ben. By the way, what's CAMP? --Nate > > 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 > >
