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=One Laptop per Senior Student = |
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==This is how you do it: Install XFCE desktop on OLPC XO:== |
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To install XFCE on OLPC XO, need an active internet connection on your XO running sugar. Go to terminal and download the XFCE4 packages. Follow the instruction at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Xfce . |
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It will download and install on your XO machine. After installing the entire package you just need to change default desktop from Sugar to XFCE. |
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This is how you do this: |
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In /home/olpc/ create a copy of .xsession-example called .xsession: |
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#cp /home/olpc/.xsession-example /home/olpc/.xsession |
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Edit the .xsession file to launch Xfce on startup: |
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# nano /home/olpc/.xsession |
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Find the commented line that reads #exec xterm - below that line, add the following code. |
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exec startxfce4. |
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use CTRL+X to save and exit. |
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use CTRL+ALT+Erase to restart XO, starting XFCE. |
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Now you are in XFCE desktop and you can modify it according to your requirements. Go to Command Prompt and login as root by typing su -. Follow the instruction to install open office & Skype on your new XO desktop. |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OpenOffice |
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Skype |
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After Skype installation, don’t forget to change audio settings otherwise your sound will not work. Go to options and then sound, chose “CS5535 Audio (hw: Audio, 0)” for In, Out and ringing. Now you are all set to run Skype. |
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