On 07-Jun-09 14:55:56, Anthony Anson wrote:
Wayne Stallwood wrote:
Regardless of whether or not you set a password, the first user you set up (or the only user if you only have one user on the machine) will be an sudo'er..it will probably just not prompt you for a password if one wasn't set.
If you set a password and then somehow set up autologin and then forgot the password then you'll need to do the boot in single user mode, remount / and change/set the root password dance probably.
That would be much easier in a proper version of Linux - this thing, which is more Windozy than Windows, with My This, and My That, and default to brash and 'orrid icons in a Windozy GUI - just starts, and presents a page of Internet, Work, learn, Play and Favourites.
I could do without practically everything on each of these - an do. Accordingly (at great expense) I've bought a vast tome of 'how to do it' command line and shell scripting, and despite Asus inisting that 'I may not' remove pre-installed programs, most of them are coming off...
About the only things I use are Firefox, Thunderbird, the Vodafone dongleything, wireless notworks, File Mangler and Open Office. I might use some of the other facilities, but I really can't think that I'll want to.
BTW is there something wrong with your clock..you seem to have replied to my message before I sent it :)
Auntie Sipation? Better? -- Tony
You can install alternative desktops (KDE, Gnome) in the Eee without removing the factory-installed (admittedly yukky) desktop. I installed KDE on mine and it runs very smoothly, with the option to switch to the "factory" desktop available as "Easy Mode" under the "Launch" button.
There are very setailed instructions for KDE at: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:getkde
For Gnome, have a read of: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=2009
Other readers may have better/more up-to-date knowledge about doing this.
Once successfully installed, it will be the default after boot, and is known as the "Advanced Mode" or "Full Desktop". You can switch to "Easy Mode" as described above. Once in "Easy Mode", under the "Settings" tab you can switch back by choosing "Full Desktop" from the "Instant Shutdown" icon.
Ted.
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