Parental Units Setup
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* Display contents of windows when moving (i.e., disable the awful wireframe effect). | * Display contents of windows when moving (i.e., disable the awful wireframe effect). | ||
$ '''gconftool-2 --set --type=boolean /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility true''' | $ '''gconftool-2 --set --type=boolean /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility true''' | ||
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| + | === Install Opera === | ||
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| + | * Add the Opera .deb repository. | ||
| + | $ '''sudo sh -c 'echo "# The Opera browser (packages)\ndeb http://deb.opera.com/opera etch non-free"'''' | ||
| + | * Add the ''deb.opera.com'' GPG key. | ||
| + | $ '''sudo sh -c 'wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | apt-key add -'''' | ||
| + | * Install Opera. | ||
| + | $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install opera | ||
Revision as of 21:39, 2 January 2008
My parents somehow agreed to try Linux. Here the steps I performed after the default install of Ubuntu 7.10.
Remove the metacity minimize animation
- Disable the animation.
$ gconftool-2 --set --type=boolean /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources true
- Display contents of windows when moving (i.e., disable the awful wireframe effect).
$ gconftool-2 --set --type=boolean /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility true
Install Opera
- Add the Opera .deb repository.
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "# The Opera browser (packages)\ndeb http://deb.opera.com/opera etch non-free"'
- Add the deb.opera.com GPG key.
$ sudo sh -c 'wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | apt-key add -'
- Install Opera.
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install opera
