Installed Linux Mint 6 for a change. The following changes are need to set up

1) Enable Scim.

http://dergrosseverraeter.blogspot.com/2008/09/linux-mint-scim.html

sudo apt-get install language-support-input-zh language-support-fonts-zh
sudo apt-get install scim-bridge-client-gtk
im-switch -z en_US.UTF-8 -s scim-bridge

2) Prevent wifi from dieing after resume from suspend

create a file /etc/pm/config.d/madwifi containing the single line:

SUSPEND_MODULES=ath_pci

3) Prevent nvidia card from dieing after resume from suspend, add the following to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, device section

Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP"

Option "NvAGP" "1"