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| - | ====== Ubuntu as Windows XP Replacement ====== | + | ====== Xubuntu as a Windows XP (ChromeOS like) Replacement ====== |
| ===== Basic Setup ===== | ===== Basic Setup ===== | ||
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| - Download and install [[http://www.google.com/chrome|Google chrome]] | - Download and install [[http://www.google.com/chrome|Google chrome]] | ||
| - Install supporting packages<file> | - Install supporting packages<file> | ||
| - | apt-get install vim mercurial | + | apt-get install vim mercurial tuxpaint tuxpaint-config libreoffice |
| </file> | </file> | ||
| ===== Create User Account ===== | ===== Create User Account ===== | ||
| - | - customize default user to your liking | + | - customize default user to your liking, create a new user or use the account created during install |
| - | - create a .hgrc and save to your home dir<file hgrc ~/.hgrc> | + | |
| - | [ui] | + | |
| - | username = user@dom.net | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | [web] | + | |
| - | cacerts = | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | [extensions] | + | |
| - | purge = | + | |
| - | </file> | + | |
| - execute the following commands remember to enter a log message after hg commit. If you make changes to your user update the template by running hg addremove and hg commit again<file> | - execute the following commands remember to enter a log message after hg commit. If you make changes to your user update the template by running hg addremove and hg commit again<file> | ||
| hg init | hg init | ||
| hg addremove | hg addremove | ||
| - | hg commit | + | hg --config ui.username=foo commit |
| </file> | </file> | ||
| - Create the session script in /scripts/custom_session.sh<file bash /scripts/custom_session.sh> | - Create the session script in /scripts/custom_session.sh<file bash /scripts/custom_session.sh> | ||
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| cd ~ | cd ~ | ||
| hg revert --all | hg revert --all | ||
| - | hg purge | + | hg --config extensions.purge= purge |
| startxfce4 | startxfce4 | ||
| </file> | </file> | ||
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| </file> | </file> | ||
| - You now can select **School Session** from the login manager and it will revert your home directory to the state it was the last time hg commit was run | - You now can select **School Session** from the login manager and it will revert your home directory to the state it was the last time hg commit was run | ||
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| + | ===== Other Recommendations ===== | ||
| + | * add a startup application script to start chrome at a google login page<file bash /scripts/chrome_login.sh> | ||
| + | #!/bin/sh | ||
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| + | google-chrome "http://g.sebeka.k12.mn.us" | ||
| + | </file> | ||
| + | * you can remove the Application menus from the panel and desktop menu | ||
| + | * sub pixel hinting is not enabled by default, enable to enhance font rendering on LCD displays | ||
| + | * mercurial will delete empty directories on purge, run "touch .desktop" to create a empty hidden file | ||
| + | * you can remove a password from a user by running, be sure to enable the root user if you only have one user<file> | ||
| + | passwd -d <USERNAME> | ||
| + | </file> | ||
| + | * mercurial stores the home directory template in ~/.hg | ||
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| + | ===== Tuxpaint ===== | ||
| + | * tuxpaint uses lpr for printing so ${PRINTER} must be set, use lpstat -p to see a list of printers | ||
| + | * use tuxpaint config to set tuxpaint options | ||
| ===== Prevent Shutdown and Restart from Logout Menu (Optional) ===== | ===== Prevent Shutdown and Restart from Logout Menu (Optional) ===== | ||
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| </file> | </file> | ||
| - | ===== Other Recommendations ===== | + | ===== Tux Paint Printing ===== |
| - | * add a startup application script to start chrome at a google login page<file bash /scripts/chrome_login.sh> | + | - Get a list of printers by using <file>lpstat -a</file> |
| - | #!/bin/sh | + | - set the **PRINTER** varibile in ${HOME}/.config/xfce/xinitrc |
| + | - e. g. <file bash> | ||
| + | export PRINTER="rm217ptr" | ||
| + | </file> | ||
| - | google-chrome "http://g.sebeka.k12.mn.us" | ||
| - | </file> | ||
| - | * you can remove the Application menus from the panel and desktop menu | ||
| - | * sub pixel hinting is not enabled by default, enable to enhance font rendering on LCD displays | ||
| - | * mercurial will delete empty directories on purge, run "touch .desktop" to create a empty hidden file | ||
| - | * you can remove a password from a user by running, be sure to enable the root user if you only have one user<file> | ||
| - | passwd -d <USERNAME> | ||
| - | </file> | ||
ubuntu/xfce_desktop.1397059226.txt.gz · Last modified: 2014/04/09 11:00 by tschulz
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