Multimedia

• Debian multimedia repo: http://www.debian-multimedia.org/

Pictures

 sudo echo "# Google software repository" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 sudo echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free " | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
 sudo aptitude update
 sudo aptitude install picasa

Video

Editing

 sudo aptitude install ubuntustudio-video

Cinelerra

For 32 bit users

 sudo echo "# Cinelerra repo" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 sudo echo "deb http://giss.tv/~vale/ubuntu32 ./" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 sudo echo "deb-src http://giss.tv/~vale/ubuntu32 ./" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 sudo aptitude update
 sudo aptitude install cinelerra
 sudo echo "kernel/shmmax=0×7fffffff" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
 sudo sysctl -p

For 64 bit users

 sudo echo "# Cinelerra repo" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 sudo echo "deb http://giss.tv/~vale/ubuntu64 ./" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 sudo aptitude update
 sudo aptitude install cinelerra
 sudo echo "kernel/shmmax=0×7fffffff" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
 sudo sysctl -p

Another repo

Not compatible with deian multimedia repo

 sudo echo "# akirad repo" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 sudo echo "deb http://repository.akirad.net akirad-gutsy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 wget -q http://repository.akirad.net/dists/akirad.key -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install cinelerra

• Cinelerra package is available in 5 variants:

cinelerra (no opengl) - cinelerra-generic (with opengl) - cinelerra-k8 (with opengl) - cinelerra-k7 (no opengl)

• These packages set shmmax to 0x7fffffff and add non-English language support for Cinelerra.

Common Problem

• When you try to launch Cinelerra you have to fix this error

 “cinelerra: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory”

• Solution

 sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2

DVD

Playing DVDs with CSS

 sudo aptitude install libdvdread3 debhelper fakeroot build-essential
 sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh

Ripping

 sudo aptitude install dvdrip

Office

OpenOffice

Convertor for Microsoft docx format

 wget http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/getdeb/od/odf-converter_1.0.0-2~getdeb1_amd64.deb
 sudo dpkg -i odf-converter_1.0.0-2~getdeb1_amd64.deb

fun

GoogleEarth

 sudo echo "deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ gutsy free non-free" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
 wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo aptitude update
 aptitude install googleearth

little helper tools

Clipboard Manager

 sudo aptitude install glipper

System

Security

TrueCrypt

Howto: http://www.howtoforge.com/truecrypt-with-gui-on-ubuntu-7.10 deb for 64-bit system: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4280471&postcount=2

Startup Manager

 sudo aptitude install startupmanager

Usage Guide on: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/startup-manager-change-settings-in-grub-grub2-and-usplash.html

Easy mounting of ISOS in Gnome

 sudo aptitude install gmountiso

Usage guide for gmountiso: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/easy-way-of-mountunmount-iso-images-in-ubuntu.html

How to boot Ubuntu from ISO image on hard drive or USB stick

Copy ISO image to any partition or flash drive which you have. Add to kernel parameters:

 find_iso=/path/to/image/ubuntu-live-cd.iso boot=casper

In the GRUB menu: press 'e', then point to kernel string, then again press 'e'. After edition press 'Enter', then 'b'.

If you boot from CD/DVD press 'F6'.

Change usplash boot screen

 sudo aptitude install ichthux-artwork-usplash usplash-theme usplash-theme-debian
 sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so

This will bring up a list of installed USplash screens. Type the number that corresponds to the one you want and press Enter. Then type:

 sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash

Then reboot.

emulation

Windows

Wine-Doors

Wine-Doors http://www.wine-doors.org/ packages Windows applications for Wine. The current package list includes Internet Explorer 6.