If necessary, install ntpdate and test it as follows:
sudo apt-get install ntp ntpdate sudo ntpdate ca.pool.ntp.org
Then create a daily cron script…
sudo vi /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate.sh
… with the following contents:
#!/bin/bash ntpdate ca.pool.ntp.org > /dev/null exit 0
Finally, set the execute bit for the new script and test it!
sudo chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate.sh sudo /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate.sh
To install VLC Media Player, run the following in the terminal:
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7613768D
Then add the following to sources:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main
Install Firefox 3.5 using Ubuntuzilla. Using about:config, set network.dns.disableIPv6 to true.
Installation of Adobe Flash Player (credit): since Ubuntzilla installs a 32-bit version of Firefox, the 32-bit version of Flash Player is required. Download the tar’ed linux version of Flash Player from adobe and copy the libflashplayer.so file to the ~/.mozilla/plugins/ directory (create the plugins directory if necessary).