Evernote has been well-known note software in multiple platform, except Linux. So, many Linux users has emulated its XP version over Wine.
Unfortunately, Wine does not support the latest Evernote 3.5 in Window version. Worse, Evernote 3.1 could not present any of my Korean or Japanese characters. Reflecting why I need Evernote installed on my Ubuntu machine, I have concluded that I really need to jot quick notes and share them over every machine. Those who have these reasons in mind would like what I have found today below.
In fact, Evernote homepage offers a web-based interface including a commercial AD and other unnecessary stuffs. But, if you access the mobile URL below, you can create and edit notes with super simplify:
http://www.evernote.com/mobile/Home.action
If you are a big fan of terminal manipulation, you can type this command:
w3m http://www.evernote.com/mobile/Home.action
In both, Korean and Japanese are presented without any trouble.
The fastest web browser has its weakness. When you middle-click on a URL link to open its new tab, the mother site goes backward. That means you mess up what you are browsing. I was surprised to see that the Opera team still has not fixed this tedious error over their 10th version. Here comes how to fix it. Type below in a terminal window.
I am using a legacy Acer TravelMate 630 laptop. Yes, this is a so old model that any Linux distribution is no more willing to support its VGA driver.
- Go System > Administration > Hardware Drivers
Then you will see that Ubuntu 9.4 recommends you to enable the NVIDIA driver (version 96).
- Enable it and wait for the installation.
- IMPORTANT! Before you restart your machine, you need another change not to have black screen on your next booting. This additional option is suggested at here and saves my months of sleepless night.
Since now, the 3D accelerator seems working fine. You can see the small animation when you click any icon in the menu bar. However, when you enable the Visual Effects at System > Preference > Appearance, you lose the borders of all window. Does anybody fix this error?
I decided not to use Xubuntu, because it was still too inconvenient (e.g., folder sharing with XP). After couple of installations, the original Ubuntu is also light and smoothly-performing enough on this legacy machine.
INSTALL
TravelMate 630 has a problem with the kernel parameter, " acpi=off " "nohz=off". You should set this for your installation, or you will need to use "alternative" CD that takes 10 times longer than the LIVE CD.
After installation, the option should be added as default in the kernel parameter, by editing grub configure file below: $sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst
FIREFOX YOUTUBE
You install the firefox plugin ( install_flash_player_10_linux.deb ) from ADOBE website. And, the command below activates this plugin.
Other than the two issues, everything seems to work fine since.
LET UBUNTU FIND YOUR XP HOST
When you try to mount your XP folder by sambar, you mostly use the hostname not dynamic IP address. Let's Ubuntu to recognize the XP hostname instead of its IP.
By default, your Ubuntu machine cannot find the hostname.
$ ping XPHOST ping: unknown host XPHOST
First revise this configure. $ sudo nano /etc/nsswitch.conf
Add "wins" on the line that starts with "hosts". hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 wins
Your second ping will surely give you the exact information. $ ping XPHOST PING XPHOST (192.168.123.185) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.123.185: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=1.11 ms
Now, you can use Remote Sever Client with the hostname of XP. You don't need to worry about the change in its IP address. $rdesktop XPHOST
CHRONIC BUGS
The VGA card (nVidia GeForce2 go) ends up with black screen, while the gnome itself seems working fine. I could hear the normal boot sound. Every of my attempts, installing other version of drivers, downloading from the nVidia official website, and installing from "envy", has not succeeded. At last, I gave up after the sleepless nights.
After setting the vga device as "nv" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf , movies seem workings without dropping many frames.
