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To make the system remember running apps and window locations on logout, do this: System -> Preferences -> sessions -> session options -> tick "automatically remember running applications when logging out".

To get reasonable desktop visual effects: System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Visual Effects -> Select "Normal".

Need to restart Firefox for this change to take effect in Firefox.

To get Subpixel Smoothing on LCDs, do this: System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Fonts -> Select "subpixel smoothing (LCDs)".

Ditch the thrashing hard-disk: System -> Preferences -> Searching and indexing -> General -> tick "enable indexing" and "enable watching" and both of the power management boxes to disable stuff when on battery.

Ditch the annoying sounds: System -> Preferences -> sound -> sounds -> set all to "no sound", and untick "play system sounds", and on "system beep" tab untick all boxes.

reboot to enable the proprietary drivers.

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system -> hardware drivers -> enable the proprietary nvidia drivers.

reboot to get network changes to apply (theoretically this should not be necessary, but in practice it was, at least for me on 8.04).

System -> Networking -> set up static IP address instead of dynamic IP address.

Follow simple options, installs, ejects CD, reboots.

Once you've done the above, download and burn either the standard or alternate Ubuntu install CD, as appropriate.

You can always convert to RAID-1 later, but it's significantly more faffing about than setting it up this way from the get-go.

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it's not a question of if a disk will fail, but when.įor software RAID, install from the Alternate Installation CD.it's cheap: the incremental cost is the cost of a single disk, which is less than $100.Personally, I use RAID-1 mirroring of a single bootable partition, using 2 same-sized disks, from 2 different manufacturers, because: Firstly, decide whether you want software RAID or not.If problems are found with any of the above, resolve these first before proceeding further. Successful output will look something like this:Ĭhecking for bad blocks in read-write mode It's also a destructive write test, and so will blank the disk, so make sure you have the right device (use fdisk -lu to confirm the device's size and name). took 34 hours on a 500 GB SATA disk in an external USB enclosure, and 17 hours on a 250 GB IDE disk. Note however that badblocks is quite a slow test - e.g. From Sys Rescue CD, check for bad blocks on the hard drive, before trusting it with any data: badblocks -v -s -w -c 4096 /dev/sda.From UBCD, run a CPU stress test for 5 to 10 minutes to check CPU is reliable and adequately cooled.From either CD, run Memtest86+ on the machine overnight, to test that the CPU and memory are error-free.Download the ISOs for System Rescue CD and Ultimate Boot CD and burn these.Pre-installation standard hardware test procedure īefore installing or configuring any software, it is imperative to test the hardware beforehand, to establish that it is not provably broken: 34 Steps for making the Benq Acer S2W 3300U work.32.3 To check if things aren't working as expected.32.2 All VirtualBox upgrades and installs.32.1 first time VirtualBox install only.28.8 Volume applet indicator disappeared.28.7 Printing was excessively slow from Firefox.28.4 Workplace switching is broken (gives a blank desktop with no menus or items).28.2 Customised keyboard shortcuts lost.28.1 Multiple monitors broken, screen orientation broken.

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27.2 SSH menu is gone, use SSH plus instead.

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21 right before and right after each upgrade.20 Automounting remote file systems using SSHFS.19 Set up SSH keys and KeepAlive Interval.17 Configure Open Office to work in MS Office 2000 compatibility mode.16 Enable Apport for crash bug reporting.9 Custom Key Bindings, aimed at "Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 Keyboard".8 Configure "Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 Keyboard".1 Pre-installation standard hardware test procedure.