I want to list out all of the things I am doing on my computer to get it up and running.<\/p>\n
First, after install I ran a system update:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get update<\/p>\n
then:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get upgrade<\/p>\n
This brought the system mostly up to date. \u00c2\u00a0I tend to default to the explicit command line update for Ubuntu due to habit, but I imagine the update application is just fine as well. \u00c2\u00a0I tend to run these two commands before starting for the day on any Ubuntu box of my own that I use in order to keep the system up to date.<\/p>\n
I have this computer setup next to my main desktop and I don’t want to have 2 sets of keyboards\/mice. \u00c2\u00a0Back in college I used an application called Synergy to connect between my desktop and laptop but haven’t used it in a while. \u00c2\u00a0I downloaded the Windows 64 bit version (Since I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit) and installed it. \u00c2\u00a0I ran it, went into the Server Configuration utility (The Configure Server… button), dragged a screen into the box to the left of my main computer (Starbuck), double clicked it, and named it EmbedDev(since that is the name of the computer). \u00c2\u00a0I hit Ok twice to get back to the main screen, then opened Settings under the Edit menu. \u00c2\u00a0I checked ‘Start Synergy after logging in’ and ‘Automatically start server\/client’ so it would automatically start when I turn on the computer since I’m lazy and like things to be automatic.<\/p>\n
Next I downloaded the 32 bit Ubuntu\/Debian version from the site and installed it using the package manager. \u00c2\u00a0It threw some warnings about not trusting it since it didn’t give a final install size, but I went on and installed it anyways. \u00c2\u00a0I opened it for the first time, clicked Client, and put in the Windows computer’s IP address (It shows the current computer’s IP address, so I just entered what was showing on my Windows desktop(192.168.1.106 in this case)), and clicked start. It ended up working pretty easily like I remember. \u00c2\u00a0The next step was to set it to automatically start on that computer too. \u00c2\u00a0I went to the Dash Home and opened ‘Startup Applications’. \u00c2\u00a0I hit Add, filled in ‘Synergy’ for Name, ‘synergyc 192.168.1.106’ for Command, hit Save, then Close. \u00c2\u00a0I restarted since I had to for updates anyways, and sure enough I could pop my mouse over to it after it finished booting (It automatically logs me in since it’s just a desktop in my room.). \u00c2\u00a0One keyboard\/mouse(Logitech’s mk710) for two computers, win.<\/p>\n
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I want to list out all of the things I am doing on my computer to get it up and running. Updates First, after install I ran a system update: sudo apt-get update then: sudo apt-get upgrade This brought the system mostly up to date. \u00c2\u00a0I tend to default to the explicit command line update … Continue reading Development Computer Setup: Part 1<\/span>