add a user to sudoers

sudo adduser user_id admin

stop ssh server / stop sshd

sudo /etc/init.d/ssh stop

Ubuntu Maverick Google Earth Install

Don't do it with a web recipe, now available as a .deb

sudo apt-get install lsb-core
http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html

find ip address

curl ifconfig.me

find ssh client version

ssh -V