Ubuntu 8.04 on Dell Latitude D420
1. Ubuntu Linux core information
test@test:~$ uname -a
Linux test 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Aug 20 22:56:21 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
note: computer name and username is replaced by test
2. Software
Firefox: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008111317 Ubuntu/8.04 (hardy) Firefox/3.0.4
Thunderbird:version 2.0.0.17 (20080925), for email in gmail.com
OpenOffice: V2.4.1, openoffice.org-core 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu-2,Mon Jun 30 10:45:22 UTC 2008
VMware Player: 2.5.0 build-118166, in the package of VMware Workstation, downloaded directly from VMware. Run MS Outlook 2007, MS Project 2003, MS Visio 2007
Filezilla: V3.1.5.1, FTP for website maintenance.
StarDict: V3.0.1, Dictionary for English-Chinese
Pidgin: V2.4.1, Chat for MSN and QQ
FreeMind: V0.8.1, Idea discussion
Mplayer: with decoder, for RMVB, RM, AVI, MP4, 3GP movies
Avant Window Navigator: Dock-like window navigator. something on it: Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, Gnome Terminal, VMware Player, Gedit, and Applet(Workspace Switch, Main Menu, Weather, Battery, To-Do, Clock, DesktopManager, Terminal)
Wallpapoz: Backupgroud changer for workspaces(Default is 4).
I have search Internet for one and half day to verify I can re-work under Linux.
What Ubuntu V8.0.4 can provide exceeds my expection. It’s wonderful!
Except StarDict’s Dictionary data files were copied from my CD-R(recorded in 2006), all software download from Internet or used updating.
To work under Linux, there are some important things to do, such as
1. Wireless configuration
2. Chinese input
3. Chinese Fonts: True type
4. Windows XP co-work, data share(two situations: NTFS partitions, and VMware virtual machine)
5. CISCO VPN
Also, there are answers in the Internet.
I will write all of above detail configuration of my Ubuntu 8.0.4 on DELL Latitude D420 in other posts. Please wait.
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