Ubuntu 12.10 Guide

Essential files:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras xchat gftp vlc wine flashplugin-installer gimp p7zip-full audacity ntfs-config gparted miro openjdk-6-jre icedtea-netx icedtea6-plugin kolourpaint4 chromium-browser cheese indicator-weather ktorrent -y

Recommended Games

sudo apt-get install frozen-bubble nexuiz supertuxkart freedink-engine neverball fillets-ng tmw -y

Nvidia - Getting the graphic card to work

There have been some problems with the proprietary nvidia driver, to make it work you should install the following

sudo apt-get install linux-source

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic

sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates

Recommended applications

Dropbox - It is a cloud storage with 2GB free space. NOTE: It is recommended to install Dropbox through the ubuntu software center to avoid the "connecting..."-bug
Skype - Allows the user to make voice and video calls and chat over the internet.
Desura - a linux alternative to the windows based Steam client. (It is worth mentioning even though we might see a Linux steam client this year)

DVD codecs

This should work out of the box with VLC (sudo apt-get install vlc), if is doesn't then use the following code:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

sudo apt-get -q update

sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring

sudo apt-get -q update

For 32-bit

sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2

For 64-bit

sudo apt-get install w64codecs libdvdcss2

Wolfenstein on Ubuntu 12.04

A lot of Ubuntu users can't get the old classic Wolfenstein ET to work with sound, but I have good news - I know a fix that works every time.

First of all we need to go fetch the file we need, run this command in the terminal:

wget -q -O - http://nullkey.kapsi.fi/et-sdl-sound/et-sdl-sound.gz | gzip -d > et-sdl-sound && chmod a+x et-sdl-sound

then we need to edit the file from the old alsa sound system to our new pulse sound system:

sudo gedit /home/yourusername/et-sdl-sound

Go to line 40 and the change the line from this:

SDL_AUDIODRIVER="alsa"

to this:

SDL_AUDIODRIVER="pulse"

save the file and close and then you need to make a symbol link, so you can play the game:

/home/yourusername//et-sdl-sound

I hope it works for you, enjoy.

OBS: you will need the following 32-libs if you use the 64-bit version of ubuntu

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Ubuntu 12.04 Guide

Essentielle filer:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras xchat gftp vlc wine flashplugin-installer gimp p7zip-full audacity ntfs-config gparted miro kolourpaint4 chromium-browser cheese indicator-weather ktorrent -y

Anbefalede spil

sudo apt-get install frozen-bubble nexuiz supertuxkart freedink-engine neverball fillets-ng tmw -y

Anbefalede programmer

Dropbox - en smart cloud service
Skype - Giver adgang til stemme/video-opkald og chat over internettet.
Desura - et linux alternativ til Steam.

DVD codec

Dette burde virke med VLC (sudo apt-get install vlc), hvis ikke så benyt følgende kode:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

sudo apt-get -q update

sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring

sudo apt-get -q update

For 32-bit

sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2

For 64-bit

sudo apt-get install w64codecs libdvdcss2

Anbefalede tutorials

Dosbox guide