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| This workshop was about modifying the eeepc 701 Xandros Standard system. | This workshop was about modifying the eeepc 701 Xandros Standard system. | ||
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| + | taken from Mick Pope's private Google Doc's to which I (johncoom) | ||
| + | have been given access to. These Tips/Notes do not include everything | ||
| + | that is in Mick's Google Doc's, just the most useful stuff with | ||
| + | modifications.</ | ||
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| + | eeeuser.com forum postings for any problems I've (Mick) had and | ||
| + | overcome. Most links in here will be to eeeuser.com forum posts or | ||
| + | the wiki.</ | ||
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| + | links to Forums and Wiki etc. are on this main page</ | ||
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| + | </ | ||
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| + | unionfs</ | ||
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| + | FIRST install Rescue Mode as per | ||
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| + | Factory Settings because all the original O/S and the applications | ||
| + | are retained in a separate partition on the SDD of the EeePC. Even | ||
| + | when one does an ' | ||
| + | the original version of the application is still retained in the | ||
| + | separate partition ! It is rather a waste of space and it is easy to | ||
| + | soon run out of space on the SDD drive. This is why it is often very | ||
| + | useful to remove unionfs and merge the Restore partition with the | ||
| + | first partition of the SDD of the EeePC. (see on line doc's above)</ | ||
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| + | Updates</ | ||
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| + | with the Bios updates my self yet</ | ||
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| + | Factory Settings</ | ||
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| + | unionfs and you want to restore factory settings you can quickly hit | ||
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| + | settings from the menu.</ | ||
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| + | Load up Tweakeee - does most of these settings in this document | ||
| + | through a python-gui app.< | ||
| + | tweakeee_0.4-0.i386.deb< | ||
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| + | Beta 0.4 of Tweakeee, its linked from the above:</ | ||
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| + | “Settings” tab of your EeePC. Note: That many more ' | ||
| + | will get added to the / | ||
| + | applications via the Tweakeee GUI. Some things will not be included | ||
| + | with Tweakee and require that you install via ' | ||
| + | ' | ||
| + | installed from Tweakeee, plus there is some very useful 'extra | ||
| + | config' | ||
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| + | DVD unit plugged in to a USB socket. Shut down the EeePC and with | ||
| + | external DVD plugged in (plus any external power on) then re-start | ||
| + | the EeePC and at the very first AUSE splash screen press the ESC key. | ||
| + | (some times takes several tries). Follow the instructions and it will | ||
| + | wipe your existing system and re-install the original Xandos off the | ||
| + | ASUS DVD that came with your EeePC.</ | ||
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| + | done using a USB-stick, but first you have to put the Xandros | ||
| + | installer on the stick and is much more complex than using an | ||
| + | external DVD unit which is very easy to do. If you still want to | ||
| + | re-install from a USB-stick ? Then refer to (search) the | ||
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| + | site for a HowTo</ | ||
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| + | < | ||
| + | could try the following re Mick's Doc' | ||
| + | apt-get install syslinux mtools< | ||
| + | mount& | ||
| + | device& | ||
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| + | saves you having to bother with the default file manager pop-up each | ||
| + | time and also applies to other plugged in devices. But not a device | ||
| + | plugged in after boot, if you do the ' | ||
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| + | Some tips from Mick, he wrote:- </ | ||
| + | installed, without a problem just using apt-get, with the | ||
| + | repositories above.</ | ||
| + | repositories as installed with Tweakeee I presume)</ | ||
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| + | - light weight ftp< | ||
| + | weight terminal< | ||
| + | - light weight word processor< | ||
| + | spreadsheet< | ||
| + | files remotely.< | ||
| + | drive benchmarks< | ||
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| + | the above packages, just do the ones that you want.</ | ||
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| + | MRXVT it default</ | ||
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| + | <FONT SIZE=3>$ sudo update-alternatives --config | ||
| + | x-terminal-emulator< | ||
| + | list, now when you hit alt+ctrl+t you will get mrxvt.</ | ||
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| + | ===== Making space ===== | ||
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| + | ^**Package to remove** ^ **command** ^ **Space saved** ^ | ||
| + | |acrobat | ||
| + | |frozen-bubble-data|removepkg frozen-bubble-data |33.5MB| | ||
| + | |tuxpaint | ||
| + | |Plus the dependant data | removepkg tuxpaint-data | 26.7MB| | ||
| + | |openoffice language packs| | ||
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| + | **Commands** | ||
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| + | List packages installed\\ | ||
| + | # dpkg-query -l | ||
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| + | package wildcard\\ | ||
| + | Show files installed by a package\\ | ||
| + | # dpkg-query -L <package name> | ||
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