= FfordeSetup = `fforde` is the name of the Erica's Eee PC 900A, which runs Ubuntu Netbook Remix. It was bought from the [http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=8983 2009-08-17 woot!]. Hardware Specs: * CPU: Intel 1.6GHz Atom N270 * Hard Drive: 4GB SSD * WLAN: 802.11b/g * Display: 8.9", 1024x600 * Display Card: Intel UMA * Weight: 0.99kg Please see the following sub-guides: * FfordeSetupNetworkClient: describes the steps necessary to make the computer a client of the DOH network * FfordeSetupUserSettings: describes the steps necessary to setup a new user account on the computer == Ubuntu 9.10 32bit Netbook Remix, Clean Install == To install Ubuntu NBR 9.10, do the following: 1. Create a 9.04 NBR thumb drive using the usb-creator tool on Windows (does not work correctly if created in Ubuntu 8.10). 1. Boot from thumb drive into Live Desktop. 1. Run Ubuntu install from Live environment. * '''Prepare disk space''' * Select the ''Erase and use the entire disk'' option. * '''Who are you?''' * Create a "`localuser`" account (as opposed to a `karl` account). * Name the computer "`fforde`". * Select the ''Require my password to log in'' option. 1. After rebooting into the new Ubuntu system, install the available updates before doing anything else: {{{ # apt-get update # apt-get dist-upgrade }}} == OpenSSH Server == Install it: {{{ # apt-get install openssh-server }}} == Adobe Flash == Install the Adobe plugin from the `multiverse` repository: {{{ # apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree }}} == Gnome Do == Install gnome-do: {{{ # apt-get install gnome-do }}} Set it to automatically start at login: 1. Open ''Applications --> Accessories --> GNOME Do''. 1. Right-click the icon for it by the clock and choose ''Preferences''. 1. Enable ''Start GNOME Do at login''. == Fonts To Install == Install the fonts: {{{ # apt-get install ttf-sil-gentium ttf-dustin }}} == HP Photosmart C4500 All-in-one Printer == References: * https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/45556 To setup this printer for a wireless connection, the setup software that came with it must be run once from a Windows computer connected to the printer. Instal the PyQT libraries on the Linux computer for a graphical version of the printer setup (highly recommended): {{{ # apt-get install python-qt4 }}} After the printer's wireless connection has been setup, run the following on the Linux computer: {{{ # hp-setup }}} If automatic discovery fails, select '''Find Manually...''' and enter the IP (likely `192.168.1.103`). It did not have a driver listed for the 4500 series but selecting the 4400 series driver seems to have worked (though printing a test page failed). Once the printer is setup and working correctly, remove `python-qt4` and related libraries to conserve space (they were only needed to install the printer): {{{ # apt-get autoremove --purge python-qt4 }}}