Parental Units Setup

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Revision as of 03:49, 4 January 2008

My parents somehow agreed to try Linux. Here the steps I performed after the default install of Ubuntu 7.10.

From /etc/gdm/gdm.conf:

# Automatic login, if true the first attached screen will automatically logged
# in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key.

$ sudo sed --in-place -e 's/AutomaticLoginEnable=false/AutomaticLoginEnable=true/' \
> -e 's/AutomaticLogin=/AutomaticLogin=user/' /etc/gdm/gdm.conf

"Restricted formats" comprise non-free media formats, including DVD, MP3, Quicktime, and Windows Media.

$ sudo apt-get install

$ 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

$ sudo sh -c 'echo "# The Opera browser (packages)\ndeb http://deb.opera.com/opera etch non-free"'

$ sudo sh -c 'wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | apt-key add -'

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install opera

Install IE6 just-in-case a site is unusable with Firefox or Opera. Instructions on installing IE6 on Ubuntu are here[1].

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  # in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key.
- $ '''sudo sed --in-place -e 's/AutomaticLoginEnable=false/AutomaticLoginEnable=true/' -e 's/AutomaticLogin=/AutomaticLogin=user/' /etc/gdm/gdm.conf'''
+ $ '''sudo sed --in-place -e 's/AutomaticLoginEnable=false/AutomaticLoginEnable=true/' \
+ > -e 's/AutomaticLogin=/AutomaticLogin=user/' /etc/gdm/gdm.conf'''
 == Enable playback of "restricted formats" ==