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== Install additional software ==
 
== Install additional software ==
*'''Word processor:''' OpenOffice2 Writer ''(should be pre installed)''
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Install the necessary items from the [[Ubuntu Post Install]], and if any server applications are required, install them from the [[Debian Post Install]].
*'''Spreadsheet:''' OpenOffice2 Calc ''(should be pre installed)''
 
*'''Browser:''' Epiphany or Firefox (preinstalled)
 
*'''Email:''' Thunderbird
 
*'''SMTP Server:''' Exim4, if using local SMTP to send instead of ISP
 
:''Local SMTP not working reliably, tests ok for my POP, but not sending to others, changed back to ISP''
 
*'''Text Editor:''' [http://mooedit.sourceforge.net MooEdit] ''(an excellent texteditor!)''
 
:''first '''apt-get install libc6-dev libgtk2.0-dev libxml2-dev gettext intltool''' then '''./configure && make && make install'''''
 
*'''Image Editor:''' GIMP
 
*'''Vector Graphics:''' InkScape
 
*'''Database:''' MySQL Server 5
 
*'''Webserver:''' Apache2
 
*'''PHP5'''
 
*'''ImageMagick'''
 
*'''Media player:''' VLC ''(this worked out of the box for all my media, the default "Movie Player" needed to download codecs and couldn't find many of them)''
 
*'''NTFS Configuration Tool''' ''(allows writing to NTFS drives)''
 
*'''P2P:''' Azureus
 
 
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[[Category:Installation]]

Revision as of 23:03, 15 June 2008

Procedure.svg Install a new desktop
Organic Design procedure

Download and install

Get network access and update

Install additional software

Install the necessary items from the Ubuntu Post Install, and if any server applications are required, install them from the Debian Post Install.