Nxl67002 - Ubuntu

Introduction

This is the configuration page for the Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 LTS (amd64) partition on NXL67002.

Configuration Files

All configuration files can be found here.

Installed Applications

[2010-05-03]	Vim (vim)
[2010-05-03]	Gnome DO (gnome-do)
[2010-05-03]	Opera 10.53 beta
[2010-05-03]	Samba (smbclient smbfs)
[2010-05-03]	Midnight Commander (mc)	see reference page
[2010-05-03]	NTFS Progs (ntfsprogs)

Un-installed applications (by uninstall date): none

Automatic Updates

• [2010-05-03] — Kernel — (linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic, replacing original linux-image-2.6.32-21-generic)

Simple Settings

• GRUB — Added to file /etc/grub.d/40_custom:

  set default="Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sda2)"
  

Detailed System Settings

1st install

• 1st install on [2010-05-03]
• Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS amd64
• Installation method: Net boot install from Internet using GRUB
• Language: English
• Location: Europe, Belgium Time
• Computer name: NXL67002UX
• Keyboard layout: USA, USA
• Name: beq06659
• Login name: beq06659
• Update: Install security updates automatically
• Software to install: Ubuntu Desktop
• Partition: see main page

File System

TBC

Network

To be completed

Preferences

• Appearance
• Fonts: All font size set to 8, except Title → 9.
• Keyboard Layout (System-Wide)
• Layout: Belgium (default) + USA, no separate layout
• Options: capslock affects all keys, shift+capslock switch layout (because shift-alt conflicts with ctrl-alt-shift shortcuts), right alt chooses 3rd level
• Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Shortcut	Remark
Home Folder	Win-E (Mod4-E)	Hack Super is mapped to Win keys not needed anymore it seems
Expo key	Shift-Win-E (Shift-Mod4-E)
Activate the window menu	Shift-Alt-Space	was conflicting with Gnome DO shortcut

• Window List Panel (see here)
• Window List Content → Show windows from all workspace
• Restoring Minimized Windows → Restore to native workspace

Detailed Application Settings

Gnome DO

• Autostart, Quiet mode, notification icon, Glass theme
• Launch key: <alt>+space (! disable first Gnome global shortcut for Activate the window menu)

Nautilus

• Default view: List View
• Display, date format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
• List View: zoom 33%

Terminal

• Set default window size (system-wide) to 150x43
• Disabled menu shortcut key (F10) (conflicts with midnight commander)
• Set scrollback to 5120 lines

VirtualBox

• Installed with apt
• Virtual machine NXL67002
  • Base Memory 1536 MB, 2 cpus, VT-x/AMD-V enabled, Nested Paging enabled
  • Video memory 32 MB, 3D accel enabled, 2D accel enabled.
  • Audio host driver PulseAudio, controller ICH AC97
  • Network PCnet-FAST III, bridged, eth0
• Create raw disk for /dev/sda2

sudo VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename nxl67002-sda.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda

To Do

Nothing so far...