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Ubuntu 9.04 configuration

Probably should check to make sure that the network connection will give address via dhcp.
Install Ubuntu 9.04.
Use Synaptic to get and install all upgrades
Download driver from nvidia.com. Install video driver with instructions from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaManual.
Download and install Adobe Flash Player 10 from www.adobe.com
Right-click network icon and edit connection to create manual connection. For some reason can take several attempts to get it to work, but it eventually will.
Get nxclient from www.nomachine.com, install and run connection wizard to make connections to work computers.
Install thunderbird mail client, create mail account, and edit account local directory setting to location of saved mail directory.
Download nxnode and nxserver from nomachine.com, and select open with package installer for automatic install. Add sshd with Synaptic. From http://www.nomachine.com/documents/admin-guide.php section 2.5 add key to nxnode. From section 5.0 add user to nxserver. Can now connect remotely to my home desktop from work.
Download Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 6 Update 16 (JDK) from java.sun.com/javaee/downloads/index.jsp. Create sym link for browser: ln -s /usr/local/jdk1.6.0_16/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so in .mozilla/plugins directory.
Add lines to /etc/fstab to mount backup and windows partitions on /backup and /mnt/vfat0.
Add backup script to /etc/cron.daily: rsync -r --exclude=.* /home/jim/ /backup/home_jim
Install printer driver according to http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/cups_ps_install.html . Get ppd file from http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/download_prn.html#HL-5250DN. This download is a little strange. Right-click on the frame and save the file which is then BR5250_2_GPL.ppd.gz. Unzip and copy ppd to /usr/share/ppd/custom. Open http://localhost:631/ and add printer. Select LPD/LPR for device, then device uri lpd://192.168.1.99/binary_p1. Select PPD file, and test printer.