Re: Foolproofing Fedora

From: Michael A. Peters (mpeters_at_mac.com)
Date: 01/15/05

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    On 01/15/2005 04:50:17 AM, Ryan Turner wrote:

    >
    > Specifically, I'm seeking for help with a two things:
    > I want to remove the Red Hat Network update icon in
    > the system tray; and run up2date from a cron job.

    It would be better to enable yum to run as a service imho. Somewhere
    there is a control panel for enabling that.

    >
    > Secondly, I'd like to modify what appears in the
    > Applications menu (in Gnome). Some of the things
    > listed there are totally extraneous for new Linux
    > users. I'd like to simplify the interface so that
    > Applications she needs will stick out, so she won't
    > have to go hunting for them.

    Make the bottom panel big and add application launchers to it.
    That's what I do - the apps I commonly use are all right there.

    >
    > Finally, as a bonus, is it possible to remove the
    > "Open Terminal" command from when you right-click on
    > the gnome desktop? Though I didn't like Linspire
    > myself, I was amazed at how well they "protected"
    > completely ignorant users from the power of the
    > terminal.

    Why?
    If she wants to use the terminal, let her. If not, she can close the
    window if she opens one by mistake. 

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