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=== TilEm. ===
=== TilEm. ===
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Most (all?) require ROMs; a CPU-hog (96% CPU according to <tt>top</tt>)
Most (all?) require ROMs; a CPU-hog (96% CPU according to <tt>top</tt>); caveat: Won't read saved memory files from other platforms

* vti's ok under Wine, but why Wine it?
* Nothing in yum repos for F11...
** [http://lpg.ticalc.org/prj_tilem/ TilEm] needs GTK+ (assumed installed) and a trifecta (<tt>./configure && make && sudo make install</tt>)...<br />
'''Note:''' tilem is a lot of trackpad and clicking. Very annoying, but far more useable than MetaFont's math system or GNUPlotz.
'''Note:''' tilem is a lot of trackpad and clicking. Very annoying, but far more useable than MetaFont's math system or GNUPlotz.
*# yum install gcc<br />prob. need m4/make/patch/autoconf/automake/etc. - see '''''LSB'''''
# yum install gtk2-devel<br />Loads of deps.
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# wget & unpack [http://sourceforge.net/projects/tilem/files/tilem-devel/0.973/tilem-0.973.tar.bz2/download tar.bz2] (pity there's no <tt>ln -S</tt> to latest)
*#*deps found: glibc-{devel,headers} kernel-headers {,cloog-}ppl # ''¿was ist das?''
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# <tt><B>./configure</B> <i>--without-ticables</i></tt>
*# yum install auto{conf,make}
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# <tt>make</tt>
*#* no deps shown
# <tt>sudo make install</tt> installs tilem to <tt>/usr/local/bin</tt> - Good Thing, perhaps, or Bad Thing given $PATH's limited scope?
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*# wget & unpack [http://sourceforge.net/projects/tilem/files/tilem-devel/0.973/tilem-0.973.tar.bz2/download tar.bz2] (pity there's no <tt>ln -S</tt> to latest)
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# Copy over roms (<del>gottta write the ROM snippet</del>) to ~/.TilEm
*# ./configure chokes: GTK+ may be installed, but not its <del>devils</del><tt>-devel</tt>s
*#* yum's kvetching about "no space on device" again... >_< ''restart''<br />Oh, great: <tt>shutdown -r now</tt> -> command not found... just my luck. :-P
*# yum install gtk+-devel (what a contradictory package name)...
*#* deps galore: <tt>{glib,xorg-x11-proto,lib{ICE,SM,X{11,au,dmcp,ext,i,t},xcb}}-devel</tt>
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*# <tt>./configure <i>--without-ticables</i></tt>:
*#* requires GTK+ ≥2.4.0, installed 1.2.10 instead (d'oh!)
*# yum install gtk2-devel (what a non-plussed package name)...
*#* Even more deps than GTK+... let's just trudge on, shall we?
*# <tt><B>./configure</B> <i>--without-ticables</i></tt> already!!
*#* Yes! :-D
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*# <tt>make</tt><br />YES!
*# <tt>sudo make install</tt>YES!!
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*# Copy over roms (gottta write the ROM snippet) to ~/.TilEm
*# <tt>tilem</tt>... NO: it got installed to <tt>/usr/local/bin</tt>, and $PATH doesn't go there.
*#* Thought of editing $PATH but there's no <tt>.bash{rc,_profile}</tt> or <tt>.profile</tt> in <tt>~</tt>... I'll just append it for the time being.
*# <tt>tilem</tt>... ¡GOOOOOL!<br /><del><small>yeah, there's something wrong with my '86 ROM, but that's a config problem, not a compile problem.</small></del>Won't read saved memory files from other platforms


=== Gnome Screenshot ===
=== Gnome Screenshot ===

Revision as of 06:07, 16 February 2011

To Do

  • yum inst. linux-wacom .o0(please, please, please work?)
  • Install olpc.icc, then figure out what's the color correction system
  • Notes to document:
    1. there's a menu-related panel thingie package that'll prevent menubars for appearing at all
    2. Desktop settings seem to reset after a logout/restart/shutdown. Understandable (consistency), but an annoyance.
  • VNC and/or SSH

Done

  • yum install "gedit*plugin*" installs texlive as dep (∑75MB).
    • Could use TeXLive 2010 install (from ISO).

VM

512MB is a must for any GNOME-work.

fonts

  • liberation-{sans,serif,mono}, sil-gentium-fonts
  • FixedSys Excelcior or PR fonts are ok, but there just isn't a "must-have" monospaced font that's legible, appealing, and has character (pun not intended).
    sudo cp whatever to /usr/share/fonts
    108 DPI for GNOME is just about right 133.333333 dpi, actually - Thanks to AuntiMame for providing the width and height of the XO's screen (among other troves), and to whoever it was who made ◊1 produce screenshots. Hence:
  • 1200px ÷ 9 inches = 133.333333 px per inch
  • 900px ÷ 63/4 inches = 133.333333 px per inch
    (just making sure)
  • 133.333333 px per inch ≈ 5.249343 dots per mm (for our metric friends)

Goog Chrome

Ugh, but it's leaner than FiFox. It also suffers from DPI-ditziness (why, oh, why?)

  • requires LSB≥3.2
    1. yum install redhat-lsb
      gives that @#$%ing "out of space" error (not with a 16GB SD you aren't!!!!)
    2. console: -> /sbin/init 3 ... yum install redhat-lsb
      ditto >_<
    3. #ed "/var" mounts; restart
    4. Gnome: yum install redhat-lsb
      Works! Dependencies: m4 make patch pax
  • Grab Goog's rpm (where's the SRPM you "let's not be evil" b*****ds?!)
  • rpm -ivh g...rpm OK
    As sluggish as FiFox, as alien as M$Office 12

Warning: Geo.Loc., D/L Loc., privacy settings, lame "oops" messages when there's a Flashy page (y'shouldda asked, Goo... y'shouldda asked first.)

TilEm.

This process, application, or procedure involves a ROM image.
ROMs are subject to copyright. If you do not own the ROM, then you are not entitled to the ROM image. Do not contact me about ROMs.
This procedure builds software from source code.
Developers’ tools must be installed. Your results may vary.
This process or procedure involves yum.
If misused, yum can render your XO unusable. Please read the documentation before using yum.

Most (all?) require ROMs; a CPU-hog (96% CPU according to top); caveat: Won't read saved memory files from other platforms

Note: tilem is a lot of trackpad and clicking. Very annoying, but far more useable than MetaFont's math system or GNUPlotz.

  1. yum install gtk2-devel
    Loads of deps.
  2. wget & unpack tar.bz2 (pity there's no ln -S to latest)
  3. ./configure --without-ticables
  4. make
  5. sudo make install installs tilem to /usr/local/bin - Good Thing, perhaps, or Bad Thing given $PATH's limited scope?
  6. Copy over roms (gottta write the ROM snippet) to ~/.TilEm

Gnome Screenshot

  • yum install gnome-utils (deps. libgtop2)
    I wonder if I can change the keystroke for snapshotting to "frame" (and alt-tab to the key next to it?)Yep.

Doing

Kile

  • yum shows 82MB in deps, but that doesn't count deps installed from gedit's latex plugin.
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