[11:22] <VSpike> Hi - I've installed edubuntu on a reject PC (1800+ Athlon, 256MB RAM, 40GB HDD) and I've actually installed xfce-desktop package and am running xfce because gnome is a bit sluggish
[11:23] <VSpike> I'm going to donate the machine to a nursery/preschool so I wanted some way of having a launcher with really big buttons for the common apps (like gcompris, tuxpaint etc)
[11:23] <VSpike> Any good ideas?
[11:23] <VSpike> Currently thinking either really big desktop icons or maybe wbar
[11:33] <ogra> thee are various idesk, pcmanfm come to mind
[12:09] <VSpike> pcmanfm is an interesting idea
[12:10] <VSpike> For desktop icons you mean?
[12:11] <VSpike> I'm not sure that either give me anything that the xfce desktop doesn't already, unless I'm being thick
[12:11] <ogra> yup
[12:11] <ogra> well, right, ideed you can just use xfce as well :)
[12:11] <ogra> i was just pointing out alternatives
[12:11] <VSpike> Yeah, i use openbox myself - and i do find myself missing desktop icons a bit
[12:12] <VSpike> i'm still finding software that i like, so have used rox a bit which can also do a pinboard
[12:12] <VSpike> But idesk looks neat as it's not tied to a fm
[12:12] <VSpike> And I still can't commit to fm :)
[12:13] <VSpike> But I think for the job in question something more launcher-ish, like a panel quick launch, or wbar, or even something like the stuff they put on the eee would be good
[12:13] <VSpike> Although I dont like it myself awn would be good but I think it would kill that pc
[12:14] <VSpike> wbar is light
[12:15] <VSpike> Hmm i think I'll try out idesk on my own box.. thanks for the pointer
[12:15] <ogra> :)
[12:16] <VSpike> Something like the xp start menu where you could pin some apps and where it remembered commonly used ones would also be good
[12:16] <VSpike> I've seen some alternative application menus for gnome but not yet liked any of them or found them stable
[12:56] <neil_d> Hi I have a set of scripts that make a CUPS printer that emails whatever was printed, anyone interested ?
[16:40] <stgraber> ogra: I just made that italc-inchroot thing works correctly here :)
[16:40] <stgraber> so you can now have ica running on all thin clients
[16:40] <stgraber> and have the italc interface running on the server connect to them
[16:40]  * ogra dances
[16:40] <ogra> yay
[16:40] <stgraber> then when starting a demo, only the link between the two ica (thin clients) will be started without using any server ressource (localapps kind of thing :))
[16:41] <stgraber> demo should now be CPU free for the server
[16:42] <stgraber> and in some cases better for the network as well, as it's now a VNC connection you have instead of the X11 traffic you had and it'll stay in the classroom without killing the servers network
[17:03] <TheBartman> anyone around
[17:20] <TheBartman> yo
[17:32] <TheBartman> anyone around
[19:18] <Muhammad_Saad> Hello, I want to know how I can re-install GRUB from Edubuntu 7.10 CD?
[22:22] <dan63043> anybody around?  When my thin client tries to boot, it hangs on the USB hid-core.c driver loading.  If I disable the USB on the motherboard, no problem.  Wht to do?