Talk:Sugar Control Panel

Activity sugar-control-panel GUI ?

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It would be great if there was an Activity to allow changing of settings and avoid using the command line.

Maybe carry the idea further into a 'skin/theme' customizer ? Update/modify the following:

Basic (might run multiple times)

• Icon (stroke and fill color)
• Background pattern/color for Sugar Control Panel
• Nick Name
• Wifi Radio on/off
• Update software (via olpc-update or yum update or yum upgrade )
• Turn off/on, 4-corner Frame activation
• Turn on/off, 'hand' buttons as pointer-click

Advanced (typically only once or twice ran)

• Current time
• TimeZone
• Jabber server settings
• Language settings

File System maintence (Experts only)

• clear temp areas (/tmp /var/tmp, Cache, etc)
• Restart OS installation (olpc installed = no)
• Send configuration/settings information to Tech Support

Hmmm.. maybe I'll make an 'Activity Project' called 'Skin Themes' ?  :) Any comments or people willing to help?

--IainD 23:13, 30 December 2007 (EST)

Yes, this command-line application is a stopgap measure until the graphical user interface can be written. I'm not sure how far they've gotten, though; I haven't been able to find any relevant code in the repository. See the Requirements page for all the stuff they plan to put into it. Some of the stuff you've mentioned isn't in the list but may be useful in a separate app, perhaps? (But, for what it's worth, I think skinning/theming may be an unnecessary complication to the software at this point.) —Joe 10:18, 31 December 2007 (EST)