Replacing Windows with Ubuntu on an HP Pavilion Entertainment Notebook PC

Installing Ubuntu Hardy Heron on a new HP Pavilion dv6910us

[UPDATE: Wifi issues fixed finally with upgrade to Intrepid Ibix]

could not resolve security.ubuntu.com

At least one other person temporarily got that error back in 2007:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=441877

http://wicd.sourceforge.net/download.php

deb http://apt.wicd.net gutsy extras

install thunderbird on debian

transfer e-mail from windows thunderbird to Ubuntu thunderbird

All the answers:
http://fosswire.com/2008/03/04/migrate-your-thunderbird-emails-from-windows-to-linux/

(Well once the files were transferred. See below.)

thunderbird to evolution? no

Seems best to stay with Thunderbird. Important note: Don't download Thunderbird (I couldn't even figure out what to do with the downloaded files), install it through Applications -> Add/Remove

Ubuntu increase screen resolution

Re: Increase Screen Resolution Question
You should simply be able to add the correct resolutions to the "Device" section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and then restart X with ctrl+alt+backspace.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2552760

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/128797-cant-increase-screen-resolution-ubuntu-8-04-a.html

dvorak on ubuntu

Moving the data over.

Very bad documentation.

It just tells you to go to Administration » Shared Folders.

Going to terminal (interestingly under Accessories in the main Applications menu) and typing in shares-admin will get your Ubuntu to acknowledge it is not installed, and run you

ubuntu do things as root

'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error
Permission denied
You do not have permission to create a usershare. Ask you administrator to grant you permissions to create a share.

(Of course, the account I'm logged in as is an administrator account.)

Solution:

I just ran into this also, but I think I know the problem (mostly):

When you first try to share a folder, it offers to install SAMBA. You accept, and it installs SAMBA, and also makes you a member of the group "sambashare". However, until you re-login, your not considered really to be a member of the "sambashare" group. So the real issue here is that you have to log out and back in again before you can share a folder. But a related bug is that the user isn't told about this issue, and instead gets a slightly cryptic error message.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/219892

Wireless

Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter

Using Windows Wireless Drivers
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/internet/C/ndiswrapper.html

So useless. Where do we GET the Windows drivers???

The solution? No!
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=910452

The one true wonderful solution
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5703118&postcount=6

(Requires Subversion to get the code so you know it's diesel.)

Issue with wireless icon disappearing from menu bar

... and Internet not working away from home.

ubuntu wireless status menu bar

Try... when it has internet, sigh.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=688687

More general wireless:
http://aldeby.org/blog/index.php/howto-ubuntu-linux-on-hp-pavilion-dv2000-dv6000-dv9000-series-laptops#wireless

Touches

http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Configuring_the_Ubuntu_Desktop_Panels#Adding_Items_to_a_GNOME_Desktop_Panel

Considering switching to KDE?

http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.1/

Resolution