Chico3

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We installed Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop ('Hardy Heron') 64 bit on the Tsunami laptop, dubbed chico3. For systems specifics click here.

Operating system installation

We chose to go for Ubuntu 8.04 because it is proven to be stable and working well with the latest versions of ACE, YARP and OpenCV (as of May 2009).

Partitions

We chose the 'Guided - use entire disk' option.

Hard disk partitioning
size mountpoint filesystem
287GB / ext3
?GB swap

Ubuntu installation parameters

machine name: chico3

user name: icub

Operations after first boot

Operations performed after the standard installation

  • choose Main Server (rather than Portugal Server, which is incomplete) as repository. You can do this in Synaptic preferences
  • system update
  • enabled nvidia proprietary drivers
  • removed the package network-manager-gnome.