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Ubuntu 9.10 setup steps


I am experimenting with some Ubuntu 9.10 VMs. Here are a few of the initial setup
steps:



sudo apt-get install openssh-server



then install vmwaretools



sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

-----Add the following lines-----

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/marceloshima/ubuntu karmic main

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/marceloshima/ubuntu karmic main

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ubuntu karmic main

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ubuntu karmic main



sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install freenx-server

sudo cp /etc/nxserver/node.conf /etc/nxserver/node.conf.old

sudo nano /etc/nxserver/node.conf




# The base display number from which sessions are started.

#DISPLAY_BASE=1000

DISPLAY_BASE=1xyz (replace XYZ with something)





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Mint7 packages to install


After a bit of digging I think that notes below are where I am going to start with
the Mint7 VM. I will have a better feel for this in about 30 minutes or so. 
:-)



sudo apt-get install openssh-server



sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

-----Add the following lines-----

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/marceloshima/ubuntu jaunty main

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/marceloshima/ubuntu jaunty main

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ubuntu jaunty main

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ubuntu jaunty main



sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install freenx-server



sudo apt-get install vlc



sudo apt-get install acroread



sudo apt-get install wine


sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_jaunty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list 



sudo apt-get update


sudo apt-get install playonlinux


sudo apt-get install multiget


sudo apt-get install filezilla filezilla-common





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Installing Mint





I was messing around on my network this afternoon and needed to connect to a VMWare
machine to tweak something. It got me thinking that I have not gotten around to testing Mint yet.
(I have quite a bit of Ubuntu running
on the network around the house already.)



Since building a VM is pretty quick I connected to the web console and defined the
VM container and pointed it an ISO image. It boots to the LiveCD image in a matter
of a few seconds.



The install is running right now. It will be interesting to see how it looks and what
is built into the base. I like the Debian and Ubuntu distros
that I have played with so far. If the VM looks good I might use it to build a machine
for my kids to get their feedback.



Our poor kids (3 boys) are really multi platform kids.  The use Mac's in the
Elementary School, XP at the Middle School, XP & Linux at
home. In fact they rarely even use the XP laptop... most of their computer time is
spent on one of the Ubuntu machines
to play games and do their home work.