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Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Installation Guide
1 Preliminary Note
To fully replace a Windows desktop, I want the Ubuntu desktop to have the following software installed:
Graphics: The GIMP - free software replacement for Adobe Photoshop Shotwell Photo Manager - full-featured personal photo management application for the GNOME desktop Google Picasa - application for organizing and editing digital photos Internet: Firefox Opera Chromium – Google’s open-source browser Flash Player 11 FileZilla - multithreaded FTP client Thunderbird - email and news client Evolution - combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list management functions aMule - P2P file sharing application Transmission BitTorrent Client – Bittorrent client Vuze - Java Bittorrent client Empathy IM Client - multi-platform instant messaging client Skype Google Earth Xchat IRC - IRC client Gwibber Social Client – open-source microblogging …
How to use Group Policy to remotely install software in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows Server 2008
This step-by-step article describes how to use Group Policy to automatically distribute programs to client computers or users. You can use Group Policy to distribute computer programs by using the following methods:
Assigning Software You can assign a program distribution to users or computers. If you assign the program to a user, it is installed when the user logs on to the computer. When the user first runs the program, the installation is finalized. If you assign the program to a computer, it is installed when the computer starts, and it is available to all users who log on to the computer. When a user first runs the program, the installation is finalized. Publishing Software You can publish a program distribution to users. When the user logs on to the …
How to Install Windows Server 2008 Step by Step
Installing Windows Server 2008 is pretty straightforward and is very much like installing Windows Vista, but I thought I’d list the necessary steps here for additional information. For those of you who have never installed Vista before, the entire installation process is different than it used to be in previous Microsoft operating systems, and notably much easier to perform.
Using Vista’s installation routine is a major benefit, especially for a server OS. Administrators can partition the system’s hard drives during setup. More importantly, they can install the necessary AHCI or RAID storage drivers from a CD/DVD or even a USB thumb drive. Thus, error-prone floppies can finally be sent to the garbage bin.
Note: Windows Server 2008 can also be installed as a Server Core installation, which is a …