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== Main page comments go on this page ==
== Main page comments go on this page ==


Please add main page-related comments at the end of this page (by clicking on the 'discussion' link/tab at the top). Please don't add comments that relate to this main page.
Add main page-related comments by clicking on the 'discussion' link/tab at the top.
Huh? I should add comments whee? At "the end of this page", but "above here"? Could this be any more confusing to new and old bie alike? How about a link to "How to edit pages"? But it seems there is more to do than volunteers can keep up with... [[Special:Contributions/76.243.220.21|76.243.220.21]] 02:22, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, I can't find anyone on my XO laptop to chat with on the chat program, how do you find someone?


== LiveCD comment ==


Hello. In the "Latest Releases" box, the link to the LiveCD must be updated. It still refer to Build 385, while a recent version is available (ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_080919.iso) -
Hello. In the "Latest Releases" box, the link to the LiveCD must be updated. It still refer to Build 385, while a recent version is available (ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_080919.iso) -
[[User:lbollen|LucBollen]] 15-Oct-08
[[User:lbollen|LucBollen]] 15-Oct-08

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In other words, we screwed the pooch by being stubbornly idealistic. Probably should have sold some laptops to those inner city schools that were asking for them, eh?


LONG CAT IS LOOOOOOOOONG

lol woof


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[http://www.laptopsforless.com laptop batteries]
[http://www.laptopsforless.com laptop batteries]

== How To Jerk Video Playback for OLPC XO ==

After spending hours non sleep with my new xo. Trying to discover how to do everything I usually do with my other portable internet devices. I find out most of my personal tricks also work for the XO. I am no expert, just know how to think out side the box.



Tested and working


Hello, i a and today I am going to share with you a couple of my personal tips and tricks.

If you like poo, I know the last thing you would do you could do is watching your online movies and videos without the image stopping and jerking around. Actually you can watch them online videos smoothly like it suppose to be without download them first to your hard drive or wait for them until they finish loading just to get a glimpse of some quality (yes I tried all those, even orb).

Before I start with the how to, I am sorry to announce that I dropped the VLC player for mplayer-gui. I actually spent more than 16 hours last night trying to get the right configuration for the vlc to stream an avi file smoothly with a good quality on the XO. I recognize vlc got a lot of potentials. well let just say its to much potentials for the XO.
Anyway. Lets move on.

This is how I watch smooth good quality online video on the XO (with Sugar).

For all the Flash Based websites like YouTube, Dailymotion, Crunchyroll, and so on...

The fastest and easiest way is to go to http://keepvid.com and drag their Keep it! button to your Bookmarks Toolbar. Thats it. There are other way to, but this was the easiest for site like Youtube.

Now you can go to any of your favorites Flash based video websites, play the video or the movie you want to watch and click on Keep it! , this will automatically open Keepvid with a Download url.

- Right click on the Download URL
- Click Copy Link Location

- Open mplayer-GUI > Right click > Select Open > Click on Play URL

- Right click in the URL box and paste the Download URL

- Click OK

Yes the video will play nice and smooth, no wait for download either . The instruction seem longer in writing, thats because I did not left any details out. If you can't follow this simple instruction, well.

Enjoy


The How to for the websites with the other formats (avi, divx, mov, mpge, rm, and so on...)


Well, for those websites its even to easy. Just add the Firefox extension called MediaPlayerConnectivity. Once correctly installed, The embedded Media will play normally with no fuss. simple click and play.
Streaming or Downloads work fine. Tested for hours in multiple pages.

Those Tips and Tricks were tested by me. If they don't work, its just you.




How To Instal mplayer-GUI
(not mplayer)

Open Terminal

Type su and press enter

Type wget ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/updates/7/i386/libdvdnav-4.1.1-3.fc7.i386.rpm
and press enter

Type rpm -ivh libdvdnav-4.1.1-3.fc7.i386.rpm and press enter

Type yum install mplayer-gui and press enter

Type Y and press enter when you get the option between Y/N

Type exit

To run mplayer-gui just type gmplayer on the terminal.

Sugarize your mplayer-gui after all this and enjoy.



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How to install Firefox Bowser

1. Open Terminal.
2. Type su press enter
3. Type cd /etc/yum.repos.d and press enter
4. Type vi olpc-koji-ship2.repo - this will open the repo file in the vi editor.
5. Press the i key on your keyboard - this puts you into Insert mode in vi, allowing you to use the erase key.
6. Arrow down to the exclude line, and erase firefox from the list
Use the erase key on your keyboard to delete the word, and one of the commas that was surrounding it. (to make sure you don't leave two commas in a row in that line.)
7. Press the ESC key on your keyboard . - this exits Insert mode.
8. Type :w - this saves the new edited file.
9. Type :q - this exits the editor.

Type yum install firefox follow the directions
When completed, type exit

Type firefox and press enter to run Firefox on the terminal.

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How to sugarize firefox and mplayer-gui

su

wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/libsugarize.so

chmod 755 libsugarize.so

wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/sug

chmod 755 sug

After that download new or use the .svg file located in
/usr/share/activities/*.activity/activity/*.svg

Explination: su log you on with user administration access to your computer
wget download the url for you
chmod 755 before the software name, install it for you
svg is the icon extension name just like a jpeg, png

Type exit at the prompt let you out from su



Now to run the sugarize app in the terminal

- Type su again to log in if you did exit and press enter
- Type ./sug (this a . a / and sug) to start and press enter
- Put the name of the app you are sugarize and press enter
- Put the name of the icon file desired (if you type ff.svg it will use the icon with 2 ff in it) and press enter
- Put the command you usually use to start the program you are sugarize in the terminal and press enter
- Put the organization path for that program you are sugarize, just type org.x if you dont know the organization path and press enter
- Type exit and press enter

Close the terminal, reboot the computer. You'll find the app installed on the activity tool bar. Click on the left or right arrow to look for it.


Sugarize Mirrors

- Main Page
http://www.archive.org/details/Sugarize

-The HTTP
http://ia341002.us.archive.org/3/items/Sugarize

-The FTP
ftp://ia341002.us.archive.org/3/items/Sugarize


Here it is. I made the instructions as simple as I could.



Enjoy the XO

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How about, let us easily install ubuntu?
How about, let us easily install ubuntu?

== Concise mission improvement ==
: How about, improving concise mission?
: How about, improving concise mission?


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