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6.10 Edgy Eft
Changelog for “Z” Ubuntu:
- install modem access (see ubuntu 101) [update : I have since move to DSL country so, no more dialup for me. See Internet access problems solved - IPv6-related somehow for an interesting hack I found necessary for the French provider free.fr]
- edit
sources.list (using Sources.list generator)
- upgrade to firefox
1.5 2.0.0.1
- enable “close tab with middle button” fonction (as explained here [fr], or on kb [en])
- install official (but unbundable) firefox buttons edit: frankandjack is gone, use this thread
- installed pdf avec cups
- installed the “numeric pad on at startup” patch
- installed printers
- Update = Install a Canon LBP-1120 printer on Ubuntu 6.06
Canon i850 using the generic i7000 driver shipped with Ubuntu (tried also the Canon drivers as described here, but does’nt works. i7000 is fine) [better way,see above post]- C
anon LBP1120 (with Nicolas Boichat’s CAPTS driver). One problem not solved: I have to clear the printer queue by hand otherwise it is stuck (and keeps printing the first document in the queue everytime I start the session!). Another problem not yet identified seems to be pdf-printing related…
- installed scanner = see Wrestling a Canoscan N670U / N676U / LiDE20 scanner in Edgy
- installed thunderbird (see here how-to)
- installed dual screen
To do:
- Follow the Après l’installation… thread regarding CD & MP3 playing
install scanner done, see above- switch to
Dapper Drake 6.04 Feisty Fawn 7.04 (I switched to 6.04 months ago !)
- Improve Firefox (using Howto: Tweaking Firefox! – Ubuntu Forums as a base)
