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== Customization ==
 
== Customization ==
  
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=== extras ===
 
Install vim editor
 
Install vim editor
 
  apt-get vim
 
  apt-get vim
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To connect to windows shares you need cifs
 
To connect to windows shares you need cifs
 
  apt-get install cifs-utils
 
  apt-get install cifs-utils
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=== disable screen blanking ===
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After my computer with ubuntu 12.04 has been idle for a short while, the screen will go blank, and even enter standby mode.
  
  
 
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Revision as of 17:54, 25 February 2014

Ubuntu is a linux distribution that uses Gnome Windows Manager. MythTV is a software that runs on Linux to virtually turn a Linux desktop system into a DVR. MythTV can run entirely on a single system, or utilize a front-end back-end configuration.

MythUbuntu is a custom Ubuntu distribution with a prebuilt MythTV install, and it is a Ubuntu that has been optimized for use with MythTV.

Customization

extras

Install vim editor

apt-get vim

Set VNC password

sudo x11vnc --storepasswd

To connect to windows shares you need cifs

apt-get install cifs-utils

disable screen blanking

After my computer with ubuntu 12.04 has been idle for a short while, the screen will go blank, and even enter standby mode.