ubuntu 13.10 on yoga 13

Wireless
you need to run this whenever a new kernel is installed
sudo apt-get install git
git clone http://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723au.git

make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8723au

Brightness:

git clone https://github.com/thrull/lenovo-yoga-brightness-control
cd lenovo-yoga-brightness-control
sudo sh install.sh

Bluetooth
sudo apt-get install bluetooth blueman bluez-hcidump bluewho python-bluez  bluez-tools

Extra packages to install

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras libavformat-extra-53 libavcodec-extra-53

Chrome:

Install chrome after installing chromium so that all required dependencies are present in Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome*.deb

Touch friendly apps
sudo apt-get install webbrowser-app notes-app gallery-app

Video
sudo apt-get install vlc

References:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/1/280
https://github.com/thrull/lenovo-yoga-brightness-control

Ubuntu install K360 keyboard and M325, M557, M720 mice, logitech unifying support for linux

I have a K360 Bluetooth keyboard, a M557, M720 Bluetooth mice and M325 mouse.

I've been using these for years with Ubuntu, from 16.04 to 20.04 version without problems. Bluetooth stack on Ubuntu in much better now, i have a Yoga 920 laptop where I test use these devices.

I used the usb plug from the M325 mouse and it just works for the mouse.

Also installed solaar

sudo apt install solaar

Solaar allows you to pair one logitech usb dongle with many logitech USB devices, this way you don't need to use 2 USB dongles from logitech on the smae computer.

For the K360 keyboard, M557 and M720, I just use the Bluetooth section on Gnome setting panel and it works great.

This post was created with the k360 keyboard and m325  mouse.

In Ubuntu 20.04 all the special Keys in the K360 work on Ubuntu, and even the windows key on the M557 also work of of the box.

Some other references:
using cmd line: https://github.com/treeder/logitech_unifier

other: https://askubuntu.com/questions/113984/is-logitechs-unifying-receiver-supported

Install Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04 on non pae CPU like Intel Pentium M

Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 do not support non pae CPUs, but all Intel Pentium M cpus should work fine with ubuntu latest kernel if memory is below 2Gb even without the PAE feature, at least that is my understanding.

Install the fake-pae package

sudo add-apt-repository  ppa:prof7bit/fake-pae
sudo apt-get install fake-pae

Intall ubuntu next release, do this in each cycle:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade


sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

I upgrade my old laptop a vaio vgn-a190 from 11.04 to 11.10 to 12.04 to 12.10 to 13.04.

The only problem with this method is that you need to use the upgrade method instead of the live CD, and it takes a long time for each release upgrade.

In case the do-release-upgrade command reports some packages errors, use the following commands before upgrading to the next release


sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop


This Post was created using the vaio on Ubuntu 12.10 while is updating to raring.