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Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, the successor to Hardy Heron was released in October 30th of 2008 according to present release schedule. This guide is primarily intended for early adopters and testers until this release date occurs and Intrepid Ibex is in no way stable and ready for ANY production environment. Please help test and perfect this guide.

This guide was started by Michael Favia (Austin, TX USA) and continued by

1. Mustakimnajib (Melaka, Malaysia)

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Contents

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Preface

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About Intrepid

  • Ubuntu 8.10 was released on October 30, 2008.
  • It is code named Intrepid Ibex and is the successor to Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.
  • The primary focuses of this release are on improving the desktop experience by improving performance, introducing a new default theme and making internet access pervasive and simple or unnecessary to configure manually. Mark Shuttleworth's Introduction Message
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Ubuntu Wallpaper

Download free at wiki.ubuntu

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Simple Guide How to Upgrade Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) to Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibix)

If you want to upgrade ubuntu 8.04 to ubuntu 8.10 use this simple tutorial Upgrade Guide

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About Package Management

Ubuntu uses packages called "debs" that are related to each other via a large network of dependency and conflict relationships. Packages installed or removed via this system ensure that the appropriate files are installed, configured and removed automatically. Where possible it is best to utilize this system instead of installing software manually or via custom installation scripts. Most software is available in the Ubuntu software repositories and additional "personal package archives" can be added if more modern versions of particular software is needed.

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How to find out what version of Ubuntu you're using

Use this command: 

lsb_release -a
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How to find out the Kernel version of the Ubuntu release you're using

Use this command: 

 uname -r
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Newer Versions of Ubuntu

  • Ubuntu uses a six month release cycle
  • These releases occur in April and October
  • The next release is scheduled for the April, 2009 and will be Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackelope) which is Intrepid+1.
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About Ubuntu and Official Ubuntu Derivatives

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Ubuntu 8.04 Guides and Links

  • Ubuntu Official Website
  • Official About Ubuntu Page
  • Official Ubuntu Forums
  • Wikipedia: Ubuntu (Linux Distribution)
  • Ubuntu Geek includes Tips,Howtos,Tutorials and Articles about Ubuntu Linux
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Ubuntu Screenshots

Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 1 Screenshots Gallery

view modified theme and wallpaper here:[1]

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Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex LAMP Server

In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at the time of installation

Check This Simple tutorial to setup.

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Dual-Booting Windows and Ubuntu

You may experience problems dual-booting Ubuntu and Windows Vista given the way Windows Vista's new bootloader works and how it expects the MBR and bootsector to behave. Wubi (Windows-based Ubuntu Installer) is an officially supported dual-boot installer. If you are having problems with Wubi, EasyBCD is a free Windows-based program that makes it easy to dual-boot Windows Vista and Ubuntu (amongst other distros), safely and quickly.

  • Wubi Installer
  • EasyBCD Download
  • Ubuntu and Windows Vista Dual-Boot Pictorial
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Dual-Booting Mac OSX and Ubuntu

Mac OSX is popular unix and stable as linux.

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Installing mac after ubuntu

If you decide to make dual boot between this OS, very important thing you must do during ubuntu installation is choosing ext2 in your ubuntu partition. Yet, you must already have Super Grub Disk's cd before install all this method. Burn iso image in your mini cd. Find SGD at *http://supergrub.forjamari.linex.org If you already installed ubuntu, add this to your intrepid's menu.lst 

title Mac OSX
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Reboot pc and boot mac osx ang go to terminal. If you find a problem to boot, insert mac osx dvd. Press F8 and enter -s. Copy this after verbose have finish. 

fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0
flag 2 <--note that flag 2 is my mac partiton number two
quit
y
reboot

If you still have a doubt about it, insert Super Grub Disk and make a grub active.

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Installing ubuntu after mac

If get error message in boot such as HFS+error in bootloader. USE SUPER GRUB DISK. SGD is useful tool for recover linux grub and windows MBR.

Add this to your intrepid's menu.lst 

title Mac OSX
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

All menu.lst attaced here is for example. If you have a doubt to boot mac or windows in grub, choose title mac osx in grub menu, we will edit it please enter: 

e

on title macosx, change root (hd0,0) to 

root (hd0,1)

it's mean, you will boot in partition number 1. Press enter and: 

b

You will boot to mac osx or windows. If still doubt, you can try any number,

mac osx guide

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Manual Method for Adding Repositories

  • Create a backup of your current list of sources. 
sudo cp -p /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_backup
  • Open the list of sources in a text editor

Ubuntu users: 

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
  • Replace everything with the following lines
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ubuntu intrepid sources.list

## UBUNTU REPOSITORIES
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntume.team/ubuntu intrepid main # Ubuntu Muslim Edition
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntume.team/ubuntu intrepid main # Ubuntu Muslim Edition
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu intrepid main
## +++ Backports & Proposed (Ubuntu Unstable) +++
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
## +++ Source Repositories +++
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu hardy main
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
##Universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe
## Multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse
## Backports
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
## Canonical Partner Repository
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
## PLF REPOSITORY
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ gutsy free non-free
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/reacocard-awn/ubuntu gutsy main
## +++ Medibuntu +++
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ hardy free non-free
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ intrepid free non-free
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu hardy main
deb http://playonlinux.botux.net/ hardy main
  • Save the edited file 
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
wget -q http://playonlinux.botux.net/pol.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt-get update
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Wireless adapters

A lot of wireless devices should work out of the box. They can be configured using the networking tool System -> Administration -> Network

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Atheros ar242x

This chipset doesn't work out of the box in Intrepid here is a How To to get it to work:

http://madberry.org/2008/11/how-to-get-atheros-ar242x-to-work-on-810-intrepid-ibex/

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Internet Broadband Connection

Broadband wireless connections (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA) are very popular these days. Connecting to Internet directly through USB, PCMCIA, wireless broadband router, bluetooth etc is easy. But how can you make it even easier?

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he220r1 release

he220r1 was made especially for the huawei E220 usb modem but it also supports other 3G devices including mobile phones. The he220r1 was developed for Ubuntu and all Ubuntu based OS's such as gos etc. I believe this is good news for Ubuntu users, because Ubuntu is one of the top 5 ranking OS's Distrowatch, It has many users and fans and proves to be a practical choice for newbies. Please visit the official blog at he220r1 He220r1 will set up ttyUSB0, ttyACM0, ttySHSF0, ttySL0, ttynoz0,ttytts0, ttyircomm0, tty0 and ttyifcomm0 in the /dev directory of Ubuntu. With he220r1, you easily connect to the Internet with terminal or kppp, gppp, network applet, vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for Linux and UMTSMON. Be one of the first to download it. You will find the he220r1 free download at:

  • wiki
  • filefactory
  • savefile
  • 2shared

torrent version: (might be slow)

  • mirror 1
  • mirror2
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Graphics cards and displays

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xorg.conf

Before installing any driver for ATI or nvidia, please make backup xorg.conf before follow this method. 

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /home/user

If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated again, run the following command: 

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

If you want to try this xorg.conf after installing the driver, you must back up your xorg.conf as following. And then, edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf in text editor. Add or modify this xorg.conf sample.

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xorg.conf for nvidia 
 Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "Configured Video Device"
 Monitor "Configured Monitor"
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth 16
 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
 Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
 EndSubSection
 Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
 Defaultdepth 24
 EndSection
 Section "Module"
 Load "glx"
 Load "GLcore"
 Load "v4l"
 EndSection
 Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
 Boardname "vesa"
 Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
 Driver "nvidia"
 Screen 0
 EndSection
 Section "Device"
 Identifier "Device0"
 BoardName "Generic Geforce 5500"
 Driver "nvidia"
 Vendorname "NVIDIA Corporation"
 Option "DualHead" "1"
 Option "ShadowFB" "1"
 Option "FPScale" "1"
 Option "TwinView" "True"
 Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
 Option "UseEdidFreqs" "True"
 Option "Metamodes" "1024x768,1024x768"
 Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP"
 EndSection
 Section "Device"
 Identifier "Videocard0"
 Driver "nv"
 VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
 BoardName "GeForce 7600 GT"
 EndSection
 Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option "XkbLayout" "us"
 EndSection
 Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 EndSection
 Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
 EndSection
 Section "Extensions"
 Option "Composite" "Enable"
 EndSection
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Installation of ATI and nVidia Graphics drivers

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NVidia Driver

If you have problems with Nvidia drivers after upgrade check This guide for common problem with nvidia and solutions.

  • Please make backup xorg.conf before following this method.

Install the nvidia-setting package: 

 sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings

Download Nvidia driver at http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us and place it at your home directory. After finish download, close all opened window and press F1. Log in and enter password and then just dial your internet. Press F2, kill gdm or kdm season by entering sudo killall <your desktop manager>, example: 

 sudo killall gdm

Install nvidia driver. Make sure you are at nvidia driver directory. If you download it and placed in Desktop, make sure to change a directory first. 

cd Desktop

To install it, enter /NVIDIA-Linux-x**-***.**-pkg1.run, example if you downloaded Nvidia version 173.80: 

sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.80-pkg1.run

choose yes to any verbose response. After finish installing the driver, reboot your computer. 

sudo reboot
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ATI Driver


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Dock on Ubuntu Intrepid

Beautiful dock in linux arena are avant window manager and wbar and it has been using by gOS as default dock.

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avant window manager

1. A very important software that you must install are: 

sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-bzr xfwm4 xcompmgr awn-core-applets-bzr awn-manager-bzr compiz compizconfig-settings-manager libawn-bzr-dev libawn0-bzr

2. This will install important package to awn setting. Ok after installing, open menu-system-preferences-sessions. Add new sessions: 

compiz
xcompmgr
xfwm4
avant-window-navigator-delay

4. close sessions after added.

5. Now open system-preferences-awn manager, at general tab, check box automatically start awn..., Still in awn manager, choose Applets dialogue and activate stacks applet at least 3 item. And now you can choose othe applets.

6. Close awn manager. (During the settings, your desktop maybe freeze)

7. Press Alt+F2 button and activate 

compiz
xcompmgr
avant-window-navigator


Another way

1. Include sources. Open your terminal, type the command 

echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/reacocard-awn/ubuntu intrepid main' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

echo 'deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/reacocard-awn/ubuntu intrepid main' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

2.Then update the source 

sudo apt-get update

3.Install package 

sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-bzr awn-core-applets-bzr awn-manager-bzr xfwm4 xcompmgr libawn-bzr-dev libawn0-bzr
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wbar

Find wbar in synaptic (need to update your repo first). After installed libimlib2-dev and wbar, start wbar with your initial settings, press alt+F2: 

wbar -isize 48 -j 1 -p bottom -balfa 40 -bpress -nanim 3 -z 2.5 -above-desk
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Configure wbar

First off, be sure to look at: 

wbar --help

It lists all the options available. Heres the line I use to open mine, look at the screen shot below: 

wbar -above-desk -pos bottom -isize 60 -nanim 1 -bpress -jumpf 0.0 -zoomf 1.5

Note: If you want the "wave" effect just increase the -nanim value, I like the icons to just pop up so I don't use it, with 9 icons 5 is a nice "wave" effect.

Note the paths are all absolute, do that and your font and image problems are solved. If you can't see hidden folder, just enter ctrl + h on home/user nautilus. If you can't find .wbar directory, maybe you can gedit it here:: 

sudo gedit /usr/share/wbar/dot.wbar

more wbar-guide

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Multimedia

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Playing VCD on VLC

How to play VCDs: Open file, In the Open Disc dialogue, click at Disc tab and chosing VCD at disc type gives me this: 

vcdx:///dev/hdd :audio-track=0

in the advanced options /dev/hdd is my CD-ROM drive, obviously. Remove x and change that to: 

vcd:///dev/hdd :audio-track=0
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Add-on Applications

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How to install applications for study of religious texts

  • For study of Bible see GnomeSword
  • For study of Quran see Zekr
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How to install Gnomesword (Bible study program)

  • This installs the english version of the program. 
sudo apt-get install gnomesword sword-language-pack-en sword-text-web
  • If you require other languages type: 
sudo apt-cache search bible
  • Take a look at the sword-language-pack's and the sword-text's for additional languages and install as needed.

Gnomesword is found under Applications-->Accessories.

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How to install Zekr (Quran study tool)

Zekr is an open platform Quran study tool for simply browsing and researching on the Quran.

  • Make sure that You have enabled universe and multiverse Ubuntu repositories.
  • Install zekr with the following command: 
sudo apt-get install zekr zekr-quran-translations-en ttf-sil-scheherazade ttf-farsiweb
  • You can add more Quran translations from here.
  • If you like to upgrade to the latest stable version of zekr, which supports Quran Recitation and advanced boolean/regular expression search, follow instructions available at Zekr wiki.
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Add Ubuntu Desktop to windows Active directory and integrate windows AD with Smba server

Likewise Open is a free, open source application that joins Linux, Unix, and Mac machines to Microsoft Active Directory and securely authenticates users with their domain credentials.

This Tutorial How to add Ubuntu to win server Active Directory Domain

This Tutorial How to Integrate windows Active Directory and Samba in Ubuntu

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Tips and Trick

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Freeze

There are many tricks to try to fix a frozen PC. Press Alt+F2, and use killall to end the frozen application. Example: 

killall amarok
killall firefox

Another trick to try is pressing Alt+Ctrl+backspace. This will log you out. But, what happens if this does not work? Try pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1,login, enter your password and run: 

sudo killall gdm
sudo startx
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Enable to see hidden file

Open nautilus, press: 

Ctrl+ H


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alien

To keep alien from changing the version number, use the following command 

alien -k rpm_file_name.rpm

Convert the package.rpm into a package.deb 

alien -d package-name.rpm

Convert the package.rpm into a package.deb, and install the generated package 

alien -i package-name.rpm

To convert .rpm to debian 

sudo alien -k *.rpm
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