desktop March 2008

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6 discussions

few ideas how to make fedora better as a desktop
by Valent Turkovic 06 May '08

06 May '08

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

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Gimp vs GNU Image Manipulation Program
by Valent Turkovic 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

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.

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Disable SELinux in LiveCD
by Robi 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

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...

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OOo Draw in the menus
by Gain Paolo Mureddu 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

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.

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OpenOffice on F9 Live CD?
by Valent Turkovic 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

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

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Fedora 9 x86_64 LiveCD fit on CD???
by Robi 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

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

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