Talk:Installing Ubuntu 6.04 on a ThinkPad X41
I've moved out the following sections from the article page, since I can't see how their relevance for Ubuntu installation on X41 in general.
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easyubuntu
http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/get.html
Penguin Liberation Front
deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ dapper free non-free
deb-src http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ dapper free non-free
$ apt-get install realplay
FreeNX
deb http://free.linux.hp.com/~brett/seveas/freenx dapper-seveas freenx
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=156019
The proxy package doesn't exist. It's not a problem. I choose to use the FreeNX key.
Swiss keyboard encoding
$ setxkbmap ch (for Swiss German)
$ setxkbmap ch -variant fr (for Swiss French)
blogbridge
$ sudo update-alternatives --config java
sudo mv blogbridge-2.16.tgz /usr/share/
sudo tar xvzf blogbridge-2.16.tgz
mv blogbridge-2.16 blogbridge
WINE
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt dapper main
$ apt-get install wine
$ run winecfg --> Windows2000
SBB06 (Swiss Railway Timetable)
setup.exe
wine /home/cgaspoz/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/CFF.06/HAFASWIN.EXE
cp SBB/BIN/sbb.ico /usr/share/pixmaps
EndNote
wine /home/cgaspoz/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/EndNote\ 9/EndNote.exe
gdiplus.dll not found? copy GDIPLUS.DLL from a Windows box to .wine/drive_c/windows/system32
Internet Explorer
$ apt-get install cabextract
Download and run ies4linux (http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/index-en.html)
Nice templates for Qt (Skype, Eric3, ...)
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=76633
External Sources
- This guide is listed at the TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation survey (IBM/Lenovo).
