Opera without Sugar
If you want to use your XO for surfing, you can use the Opera browser without having to run Sugar.
Remove Sugar
To prevent Sugar from starting up, edit /etc/inittab and comment out this line by adding '#' at the beginning:
x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/olpc-dm
The line should therefore be:
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/olpc-dm
Restart network
When Sugar is not running, the network must be restarted manually.
Download Opera
Download RPM with Opera:
wget 'http://www.opera.com/download/get.pl?id=31356&location=270¬hanks=yes&sub=marine'
and install it (as root):
rpm -i opera-9.50-2025.gcc4-qt4.i386.rpm
Edit .xinitrc
To start Opera automatically when the X server is started, edit .xinitrc in the home directory. The file should contain only one line:
opera
Alternatively, if you would like a simple window manager, the .xinitrc file should be:
opera & twm
Start the X server
startx
Configure Opera
To increase performance, Opera should be configured to run without disk caching. To turn it off, select Tools->Preferences->Advanced->History and set Disk Cache to off.
Due to the high pixel density of the XO, you may want to set the zoom level to 150%. View->zoom->150%