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=Use Local Mirrors=Virginia Tech has several [[Mirrors|local mirrors]] of Linux and other [[Free Software|Free and Open Source Software]]. Using Virginia Tech's mirrors has the main advantage of being fast. You will need to alter your <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code> file. First of all, make a backup of your original. Open a terminal emulator (Applications → Accessories → Terminal) and enter the command: <pre>$ sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.original
</pre>
Next, copy the commands below into a shell script. You can use a
text editor like gedit; Applications → Accessories → Text Editor.
Select the mirror you wish to remove by uncommenting (removing the
beginning <ttcode>#</ttcode> character from) one of the two lines with <tt>MIRROR=</tt>. Save it in your home directory as <tt>vtmirror.sh</tt>:
<pre>#!/bin/sh
## Uncomment one of the two MIRROR lines below to choose your mirror
##
mv /etc/apt/sources.list.new /etc/apt/sources.list
</pre>
'''IMPORTANT''': make sure that you have uncommented one of the <ttcode>MIRROR=</ttcode> lines.
Next, in your terminal window, change the permissions on this file to make it executable:
<pre>$ chmod u+x vtmirror.sh
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Finally, run the script from the terminal with
<pre>$ sudo ./vtmirror.sh
</pre>
Next, update your package information. You can do this in the terminal with
<pre>$ sudo apt-get update
</pre>
You can also do this with the Update Manager in System → Administration → Update Manager.
You will now be downloading all standard Ubuntu packages from your local VT mirror.
=Install Terminal Menu Option=
A very handy plugin to the Gnome file manager, Nautilus, is the open terminal plugin. With it, you can right-click in any folder and choose to open a terminal in that directory. To install it, follow the steps below"
<pre>
$ sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal
</pre>
=VT-Wireless=
Follow the instructions in the [[VT-Wireless]] article to get your wireless connection setup to automatically and securely connect to the campus wireless network. You'll either need to use OpenSSL from a terminal window to convert the certificate you obtain from [[CNS]] or switch from NetworkManager to Wicd, but the VT-Wireless article discusses the details of both options pretty thoroughly.
=Email=
See the [[email]] article for instructions on setting up your preferred email client to access your email both on and off campus.
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