Ubuntu Tweak - Let's rock with Ubuntu. World of Warcraft on Ubuntu. This how-to is for installing and playing World of Warcraft (WoW) using Wine under Ubuntu. Wine is a free open source implementation of the proprietary Win32 API, and attempts to enable Windows applications and games to run on Unix-like operating systems.
World of Warcraft can also be played under Ubuntu by using the Wine based CrossOver Games, Cedega and PlayOnLinux. This how-to, however, does not address these. In Linux, Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) facilitates faster graphics rendering, so before you begin the installation you should check whether DRI is enabled. Glxinfo | grep rendering You should see an output similar to this: direct rendering: Yes If this line says No, it means that graphics data will not be passed directly to the graphics hardware, thus significantly reducing speed at which WoW will run.
Note: Even if you do have DRI, it still might not be enough to run WoW successfully. Installing Wine You can easily install Wine through the repositories. Winecfg Install Audio. Top 10 Ubuntu Downloads - Ubuntu. Ubuntu on the Dell Mini 9: Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Beta on. DellMini9. As this Laptop was originally sold with Ubuntu 8.04, Justification exists to keep this page. Status For installation, as of Ubuntu 11.10, (and possibly earlier) the Desktop ISO put onto liveUSB fails to load, This may have something to do with the unusual half-mini pci express ssd not being detected properly. As some of these shipped with 4gb halfminipcie ssd storage, one may need to use the alternate-cd image for installation, as the desktop version will say there is not enough disk space, but there really is(was) Also, everything after the 8.04 that came with your mini, you will need a wired connection to the internet to get the broadcom wifi working, as this is not included on the LiveCD.
The Ubuntu 10.04 LTS version was the last version that had innovative screen space saving features. 10.10 on have unity by default. IMPORTANT: If you are having hardware issues, please contact Dell directly. Specifications and documentation Bug reporting and answers tracker Forums and mailing lists Sound. Ubuntu on the Dell Mini 9: Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex on the Dell. Tectonic » Install OpenOffice.org 3.0 on Ubuntu. Unless you’ve been in an isolation chamber, you’ve probably noticed that OpenOffice.org 3.0 was released yesterday. It’s been a while in the coming and now the latest version of our favourite, and most affordable, office suite is here. If you’re running Ubuntu (or another .deb-based OS) then you’re in luck. Debian versions of OOo are now available on most download sites (SA-based users check out these mirrors for a download) and installing OOo 3.0 is fairly straightforward. We explain: First, remove your existing version of OpenOffice.org: sudo apt-get remove openoffice* Next, download a copy of OpenOffice.org 3.0 (OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz worked for us) and extract the download: tar -zxvf OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz That will create a directory called something like OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358.
Switch into the DEBS directory in that directory: cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS/ sudo dpkg -i *.deb That will do the trick. Upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10. If you want to know whether your release is EOL please have a look at the following resources: These guides assumes that the user knows his way on the terminal, as no graphical tools are used. This said, the steps for executing all the commands are actually copy/pasteable so everyone, from beginner to advanced user running EOL releases of Ubuntu can execute the upgrade(s). In case of problems you should be aware that most (if not all) of the releases which are mentioned in this guide are UNSUPPORTED, and getting help may be a bit tricky since most of us have already upgraded to a more recent version of Ubuntu. You could always try to run the upgrade path first in a virtual machine (vmware/virtualbox/qemu or others).
Why upgrade Why should you upgrade instead of performing a clean install of a supported version? The scientific approach. The last reason is more a flame. Why choosing a fresh install There are reasons why one should not upgrade, but rather reinstall. Note Requirements Kernels.