Talk:Installing Ubuntu 6.04 on a ThinkPad X41

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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.

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