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crimlaw
January 22nd, 2009, 11:36 PM
I am running 8.10, but I have not idea if I am running Emerald, Metacity, or neither. How do I figure this out. If I am not running either, how do I install emerald?

Thanks!!!

gettinoriginal
January 23rd, 2009, 01:20 AM
Emerald can be installed from Synaptic. Also install Compiz Fusion Icon, with this you can select which window manager and which window decorator to use.

crimlaw
January 23rd, 2009, 01:58 AM
Ok, I got emerald, not sure about Compiz Fusion Icon. I put it in the search, and something called "compiz fusion icon" did not come up specifically, so I am not sure what to install.

However, now that I have Emerald, where can I find themes to use with 8.10. I know there are a bunch of sites out there, but which one will give me the most options?

Thanks.

gettinoriginal
January 23rd, 2009, 05:00 AM
There are alot of tutorials out there, but I am sending this one so that being new, you can set up more than Emerald. But to start on this, scroll down until you see "Setting up Emerald".

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=856190&highlight=emerald+themes

P.S. Make sure that anything you do ie: installing medibuntu repositories that you edit them for your distribution (edit out Hardy and put in Intrepid).

crimlaw
January 23rd, 2009, 11:50 PM
Thanks for that post. I skimmed it right now before heading to a late meeting. I am going to spend my friday night reading the entire post and taking from it what I need.

I am newer to Ubuntu (been using for about three months), and I am a very basic user. I usually ask you guys for help when I have a problem, get the answer, and just apply the answer without really understanding what I am doing (no idea about command line or its full potential, don't know what repositories are/do). Do you know of any guides like the one you suggested that can explain some of these things to me in really beginner terms.

I have thought of buying a "Ubuntu for Dummies" book, but since I just upgraded to 8.10, I need to wait for the new version to come out.

Thanks again. I will put "solved" up there when I get through the post.

gettinoriginal
January 24th, 2009, 01:25 AM
I am 61 and have only been using Ubuntu exclusively for about 1 year. Let me pass on some things I bookmarked that helped me understand things better.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Glossary
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=73885&highlight=linux+commands
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=799070
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware

Well, that should give you the basics, any more questions, just ask. :p

crimlaw
January 24th, 2009, 01:57 AM
glancing at these sites . . . awesome. Thanks so much.

65 eh? Now, don't take this the wrong way, but that is impressive.

I am 40 years younger, in my 3rd year of law school, and I am trying to learn this stuff for a hobby to keep me distracted from reading about divorce all day.

Plus it is impressive to tell friends, although my fiance just thinks I am a dork. ;)

Again, thanks for all of the advice, I am going to digest it as I go along.

crimlaw
January 24th, 2009, 03:05 AM
ok, I followed the directions in your first post. I went ahead and installed a lot of those programs from the first part, even though you suggested I skip to the "emerald" section. Should have obeyed your advice.

Here is the problem now: Firefox is all weird. It changed my fonts, I can't change them, and it got rid of my bookmarks, and I can't save new ones. What happened? How do I undue whatever I did?

Thanks!!!

gettinoriginal
January 24th, 2009, 03:20 AM
hmmmmmmmmm, went back through the site, and cannot find anything that specifically addresses firefox. Do you remember what of that stuff you did ??

crimlaw
January 24th, 2009, 03:25 AM
holy crap, this is awful. Firefox crashes when I try to open certain items form the menu bar, and it will restore my last sessions.

Okay, here is what I did:

I followed the first part with Software Sources. I checked what he recommended

then I ran the command line to install some of the programs: multimedia codecs, Media Player, Catfish, Music player, wine, start up, localpurge (think that is the problem), and xchat.

Got any ideas? I posted this question elsewhere, but no help so far.

crimlaw
January 24th, 2009, 03:27 AM
oh, and then I followed the directions for ciaro dock - which is not working anyway and creating another issue.

I received an error when I first installed it that said Cairo dock could not be installed or updated. Now, it appears in Accessories -> System Tools. But, when I click on it, it opens a preference box and gets stuck in a loop when I try to close it by reopening every time I close it.

crimlaw
January 24th, 2009, 03:41 AM
I think I might have to go back into windows, uninstall my wubi and start over

gettinoriginal
January 24th, 2009, 03:44 AM
Ok, here is what we are going to do, that is to try to reverse what has been done: Run this in terminal:

sudo apt-get remove vlc catfish audacious wine firestarter thunderbird rar unrar-free virtualbox-ose gparted xchat cairo-dock
I have removed all those that would not effect Firefox

Cairo Dock is another animal, and takes special care to set up, so I added it to be removed.

crimlaw
January 24th, 2009, 03:49 AM
thanks - giving it a try

gettinoriginal
January 24th, 2009, 03:50 AM
hehehe, thats why I only wanted you to do the emerald part to start with, some of the other stuff needs to be edited for ease and non conflict. But just between you and I and about 10,000 other readers of this forum, I have managed to break my system 5 or 6 times and had to start over, thats part of the learning experience with Linux.

crimlaw
January 24th, 2009, 03:50 AM
I don' think it worked, kept saying there was not sufficient space

I am just going to start from scratch. Thanks for all of your help in this. I am going to use those other links you suggested

crimlaw
January 24th, 2009, 03:51 AM
I see your reason now. Next time I will take your advice more seriously

gettinoriginal
January 24th, 2009, 04:02 AM
Ok, good luck, and remember, it's a learning experience ](*,):-\"

crimlaw
January 24th, 2009, 04:04 AM
right . . . learning experience . . . never do something until you understand what you are doing. :-k

gettinoriginal
January 24th, 2009, 05:20 AM
Well, if we waited till we knew what we were doing, it would work, so no learning involved ;), after all, that's why they call it the "practice of law" \\:D/