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   * before installing Ubuntu, power on the workstation, enter the BIOS setting, and update the boot setting. CD/DVD-ROM should be listed as the 1st choice, following by the hard drive for Ubuntu installation   * before installing Ubuntu, power on the workstation, enter the BIOS setting, and update the boot setting. CD/DVD-ROM should be listed as the 1st choice, following by the hard drive for Ubuntu installation
  
-==== Ubuntu v14.04 (2015/01/07) ==== +==== Ubuntu ==== 
-   * Basic installation +   * Use the latest long-term support (LTS) version 
-     * Put the Ubuntu14.04 DVD into the DVD-drive. +   * Install the system on the smaller/faster SSD; use the larger/slower HDD for '/backup' and/or '/scratch'
-     * Restart the computer and boot the computer through that DVD. +
-     * Follow the instruction to install Ubuntu. +
-     * hard drive partition: +
-       * use the SSD as the primary hard drive +
-         * SWAP >= the size of RAM +
-         * the remaining part could be mounted as root ('/') and used for OS installation +
-       * the larger/slower hard drive could be mounted as '/backup'+
  
 ==== SSH ==== ==== SSH ====
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-===== Nvidia drivers =====+==== Nvidia drivers ====
   * official drivers of nvidia graphic card (gnu) is required for better performance.   * official drivers of nvidia graphic card (gnu) is required for better performance.
   * check nvidia graphic card information    * check nvidia graphic card information 
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   * [[http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/en/man1/alt-nvidia-current-settings.1.html|nvidia-settings]]   * [[http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/en/man1/alt-nvidia-current-settings.1.html|nvidia-settings]]
  
-If this message appears "ERROR: nvidia-settings could not find the registry key file. This file should have been installed along with this driver at either /usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-337.25-key-documentation or/usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-key-documentation. The application profiles will continue to work, but values cannot be preopulated or validated, and will not be listed in the help text. Please see the README for possible values and  + 
-descriptions." Do the following: +==== Java ====
-<code> +
-$ mkdir -p /etc/nvidia +
-$ cd /etc/nvidia +
-$ ln -s /etc/alternatives/x86_64-linux-gnu_nvidia_app_profile_keys nvidia-application-profiles-340.76-key-documentation +
-$ ln -s /etc/alternatives/x86_64-linux-gnu_nvidia_app_profile nvidia-application-profiles-340.76-rc +
-</code> +
-Note that "-340.76..." may differ, depending on the version of the driver. +
-===== Java =====+
 <code> <code>
 $ sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin openjdk-7-jre $ sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin openjdk-7-jre
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 <code> <code>
 $ java -version $ java -version
 +</code>
 +Check installed java
 +<code>
 +$ update-java-alternatives -l
 </code> </code>
 Switch between Oracle Java 8 and Java 7 Switch between Oracle Java 8 and Java 7
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 </code>  </code> 
  
-===== Mount disk =====+==== Mount disk ====
 To mount a disk manually To mount a disk manually
 <code> <code>
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 # check disk info # check disk info
 $ df -h $ df -h
 +</code>
 +
 +if necessary, format the new disk
 +<code>
 +$ mkfs -t ext4 /dev/device_name
 </code> </code>
  
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