[K12OSN] LTSP Customization

[Petre Scheie]

Do you want the icons--or more precisely the apps those icons call--to 
launch automatically at login?  Or just that the folder opens and shows 
the icons?

Petre

Willis, Ben wrote:
> Would it be possible to create a folder, place a bunch of launcher icons in there and have it 'ran' at log in. I would need the folder and its icons to be launchable but be protected from deletion.
> 
> Maybe a sym link would work?
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of Petre Scheie
> Sent: Thu 3/1/2007 10:06 PM
> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] LTSP Customization
>  
> I don't know if there's any documentation on this per se, but what you 
> can do is create a user ID, say, 'default', then login with that ID, 
> make the changes you want to the desktop, panel, menus, etc. Then 
> logout.  Login as yourself, su - to root, cd to /home/default, and copy 
> the .config, .nautilus, .gconf, .gnome2, and .gconfd directories to 
> /etc/skel/ (not all of these directories may exist, depending on what 
> you've changed).  When new user IDs are created, they will get those 
> directories in their respective $HOME directories and you'll get the 
> desired effect.
> 
> Petre
> 
> Willis, Ben wrote:
>> Can anyone point me to any documentation on modifying the desktop and links etc that are delivered to users the first time they log in? I want to add a "window" to mimic the Novel Application window and populate it with some links for the initial pilot of LTSP in our schools. This is with EduBuntu specifically.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Ben Willis 
>>
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