Computers for Kids! – Web Sites, Plug-ins and other software and tests

SAMBA (File Sharing) - OPTIONAL

In the GUI go to System->Administration->File Sharing .

Make sure SMB is installed.

Create a share (say perhaps "fred")

Set the user's SAMBA password (not the same as the login password)

- NOTE: It would be nice to figure out how to synchronize these.

To set the SAMBA password, go to Applications->Accessories->Terminal

Say for example the user's user name is parent... type:

sudo smbpasswd -e parent

(You may be prompted for the adminstrative password)

sudo smbpasswd -a parent

(Enter the new password here)

Testing the share

In Windows, go to a command prompt (Start->Run->cmd)

Type:

net use * \\cfksys001\parent /user:parent

** If you get errors, check 1) your command lines you typed, that SAMBA is enabled, the share is created, and the smbpasswd commands above were run correctly.

WINE (Windows emulation so you can run Windows programs) - OPTIONAL

sudo apt-get install wine

RPM (Package manager for RedHat distributions) - OPTIONAL

sudo apt-get install rpm

YUM (NEWER Package manager for RedHat distributions) - OPTIONAL

sudo apt-get yum install

Windows Media Player

Not available for Linux

Overall media player

Download / Install procedure

Go to http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/

Download all-20061022.tar.bz2 to the desktop

Start a terminal session: Applications->Accessories->Terminal

sudo mkdir /usr/lib/win32

sudo –xvjf Desktop/all-20061022.tar.bz2 –C /usr/lib/win32

Download/Update MPlayer and MPlayer plug-in for Firefox

sudo apt-get remove mozilla-mplayer

sudo apt-get remove mplayer

sudo apt-get remove totem-mozilla

sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo apt-get install mplayer

sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer

MPlayer Movie Player Configuration

Run Applications->Sound & Video->MPlayer Movie Player

Right-click window and then select Preferences

Click “Video” tab

Under “Available Drivers” select “x11” from the left column.

Click “Codecs & demuxer” tab

For “Video Codec Family” select “Quicktime video decoder”

For “Audio Codec Family” select “Quicktime audio decoder”

MPlayer Plug-in configuration

Go to: http://www.udel.edu/UMS/itv/realplayer/test.html

Click on the “RealPlayer Test” button. The mplayer plugin screen will come up.

Right-click the window and click “Configure”

For Video Output, select “x11”

The Audio Output should change to “oss”. This should be fine.

Click OK

Mozilla-MPlayer Download/Installation

sudo apt-get mozilla-mplayer

Real Player

Download / Install procedure

Go to http://www.real.com/linux

Click “Download RealPlayer”

You will be prompted to open or save a file. Click “Save File”

A new box will show up that shows that the download finished. The name will be something like RealPlayer10GOLD.bin.

Close all copies/instances of Firefox Web Browser

Start a terminal session: Applications->Accessories->Terminal

Then run:

cd Desktop

chmod a+x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin

## after the sudo command below, you will be prompted for your root (admin/primary) password.

sudo ./RealPlayer10Gold.bin

Following the prompts, just use the defaults and press enter at each prompt

When installation is complete, type:

exit

Run Firefox: Applications->Internet->Firefox Web Browser

Go to http://www.udel.edu/UMS/itv/realplayer/test.html

Click the “RealPlayer Test” button

Click on one of the green clovers

You should now see a sample RealPlayer/RealMedia video. If you don’t, there was a problem.

Test Site

CLICK HERE for RealPlayer tests

References

http://www.linux.org/dist/reviews/ubuntu_breezy.html

Flash Player

Download / Install procedure

Start a terminal session: Applications->Accessories->Terminal

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Test Site

CLICK HERE for Flash tests

References

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty

Apple QuickTime

Download / Install procedure

Start a terminal session: Applications->Accessories->Terminal

sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer

Test Site

CLICK HERE for QuickTime tests

References

http://www.linux.org/dist/reviews/ubuntu_breezy.html

Main Codecs

Download / Install procedure

Applications->Add/Remove Programs

Select Show “All Available Applications”

Go to the “All” category

Check the following for installation: (note that you may be prompted about your location):

• GStreamer extra plugins
• GStreamer ffmpeg video plugin
• GStreamer plugins for aac, xvid, mpeg2, faad
• GStreamer plugins for mms, wavpack, quicktime, musepack

Click “Apply”, then “Apply” again.

When done, click OK as appropriate

References

TBD