few ideas how to make fedora better as a desktop
by Valent Turkovic
I have a few ideas that IMO would make Fedora more usable as a general
desktop and developer platform:
What? :
1. have gnome-terminal shortcut on gnome panel (as firefox and evolution)
2. have gnome clipboard manager installed by default (glipper gnome applet)
3. have /usr/sbin and /sbin in PATH for regular users
Why? :
1. because gnome-terminal is the second most used [1] application on
gnome desktop and this would make it more accessible for users.
2. because any desktop needs a good clipboard manager, it enhances
usability enormously.
3. I personally need it only for some commands - like /sbin/ifconfig
and /sbin/iwconfig are there any down sides to putting new /sbin and
/usr/sbin in every users PATH variable? What do you think is this a
good or bad idea?
Cheers,
Valent.
[1] http://online.gnome.org/applications
--
http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/
linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless
registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.
ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic
14 years, 10 months
Gimp vs GNU Image Manipulation Program
by Valent Turkovic
Hi,
previous fedora versions had "Gimp" as entry in "open with" gnome menu
and now it is "GNU Image Manipulation Program".
What do you think is better "Gimp" or "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
for a name in the menu?
Also in Gnome Aplications menu there is "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
but most people know only about Gimp to that can be confusing.
Valent.
14 years, 12 months
Disable SELinux in LiveCD
by Robi
While I was using Fedora 9 Beta (x86_64) GNOME LiveCD, I tried to
change my keyboard layout to Croatian, and got SELinux warning. I
think that configurating SELinux to change keyboard layout can be
pretty frustrating to new users, so my advise is disable it while in
LiveCD mode. As far as I know, the SELinux is really not needed in
LiveCD mode...
14 years, 12 months
OOo Draw in the menus
by Gain Paolo Mureddu
Some time ago I posted to the Marketing list about a little "test" I was
performing with some friends and family who are (or rather were) not
familiar with Linux or Fedora at all, and were exposed to the LiveCD.
There were some interesting comments and I generated an OOo enabled
LiveCD for them to test with it. At any rate, part of the feedback I got
since then, was about OOo Draw. Basically one of my relatives found out
about it from the main File - New menu entry on the various OOo
programs. Thinking it was part of Impress I got an e-mail asking about
it. The e-mail basically said that if "this draw application was part of
Impress why it had another entry in the File - New menu. I then
proceeded to explain that OOo draw is another application, and was
immediately caught off guard when I got a prompt reply of "How come,
then that it doesn't have an applications menu entry, if it is a full
blown app of its own, then?" And that's why I ask here, since I double
checked on my four other Fedora machines (one desktop running F8,
another running F7, yet another running F9 alpha and a laptop with F8),
and indeed openoffice.org-draw is installed, but there is no menu entry
for the application, even though there is the .desktop file
/usr/share/applications/, any particular reason why it isn't included in
either the Office or Graphics applications menus?
Thanks in advance.
15 years
OpenOffice on F9 Live CD?
by Valent Turkovic
Hi,
there has been a push to remove some odd langunages (mine is also on
the list), in order to make room for OpenOffice.org
Is F9 Live CD going to have OpenOffice on it?
Cheers,
Valent.
--
http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/
linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless
registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.
ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic
15 years
Fedora 9 x86_64 LiveCD fit on CD???
by Robi
Hi
Fedora 8 i686 live CD is ~690MB large, so the whole CD is used.
Fedora 8 x86_64 live CD is ~750MB large, so it isn't LiveCD, but LiveDVD.....
I wonder why is that so? Can you made Fedora 9 x86_64 LiveCD fit 700MB
CD space???
Robert Petranović
15 years
