Ubuntu+LKB (née Knoppix+LKB)

News

10-APR-2013: Version 16 released. This includes a new LKB version, a default .lkbrc file with (lui-initialize), and python3.

28-JAN-2013: Version 15 has been released. This is just a rebuild of version 14 with software updates applied and a more recent build of LKB. I also cleaned up the download directory and moved the old Knoppix ISOs under old/.

Overview

Ubuntu+LKB is a VirtualBox appliance based on Ubuntu Linux, intended to make it possible for Linguistics students and researchers to run LKB without having to perform a Linux installation or dual-boot their systems. It grew out of Knoppix+LKB, which was a bootable LiveCD with the same purpose.

Please send comments and suggestions to linghelp@u.washington.edu.

What's on it?

• Emacs version 23
• LKB version 2013/04/08
• Trollet and the alternate Pango-enabled LUI that goes with it (installed as "pangolui")
• svn
• git
• Mercurial
• VirtualBox Guest Additions
• Fonts and input method support for several languages.

System requirements

To run under VirtualBox, you will also need:

• At least 512 MB of RAM; 1 GB or more is recommended.
• Approximately 2.5 GB of available disk space. (750 MB of this is for the installation files, which can be deleted after installation)

Setting up Ubuntu+LKB

If you're in a hurry and know what you're doing, you can go straight to the download directory.

These are rather large files; if your connection is slow or unreliable you may want to use a download manager.

Running in VirtualBox

Click here for setup instructions.

Additional Info

• Input Method Notes

Troubleshooting

Linux taskbar not showing up at bottom of display: This happens sometimes in VirtualBox. Resize the VirtualBox window slightly and the taskbar should appear.

Writing to a shared folder gives "permission denied" in Windows 7: Right-click the folder you're sharing (in Windows, not in VirtualBox) and make sure "Read only" isn't checked. Also note that it appears some folders cannot be successfully shared -- e.g. "Desktop."

Known Issues

• Because of a conflict between SCIM and [incr_tsdb()], input method switching does not work inside the itsdb podium.
• The clock is wrong. Even if it looks right, it's probably wrong. See ticket #14 for the hairy details.
• Font sizes in Emacs and the incr_tsdb podium change dramatically when they are launched after the VirtualBox window is resized. See ticket #19.