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Running Linux Applications Under Sugar (view source)
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'''Note:''' This article is about running Linux applications inside Sugar, not launching them in Terminal.
'''Note:''' This article is about running Linux applications inside Sugar, not launching them in Terminal.
To run Linux apps under Sugar (i.e. making them to run in the Sugar interface, without the collaboration and other Sugar integration programmed into them), read these instructions.
To run standard Linux program under Sugar (i.e. making them to run in the Sugar interface, without the collaboration and other Sugar integration programmed into them), read these instructions.
A woman named CatMoran created a script that automates most of the steps of Sugar Coating Linux applications to run under Sugar.
A woman named CatMoran created a script that automates most of the steps of Sugar Coating Linux applications to run under Sugar.
wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/ff.svg
wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/ff.svg
wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/l.svg
wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/l.svg
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===To Run:===
===To Run:===
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Locate an icon you want to use/reuse.
<li>Locate an icon you want to use/reuse.</li>
*You can copy any .svg file located in /usr/share/activities/*.activity/activity/*.svg
You can copy any .svg file located in /usr/share/activities/*.activity/activity/*.svg
*Or you can use one of the icons I've created. (wget commands above.) plain.svg is a plain circle, ff.svg is a circle with the letters FF (for Firefox) inside, l.svg is a circle with the single letter L inside. Bot of these files can be easily edited using any text editor and one or both character(s) changed.Each letter is in plain text just before the </tspan> tags, replace them and save the file.
Or you can use one of the icons I've created. (wget commands above.) plain.svg is a plain circle, ff.svg is a circle with FF (for firefox) inside, l.svg is a circle with L inside. ff.svg and l.svg can easily be edited for any two or one character(s). Open the file in any text editor. Each letter is in plain text just before the </tspan> tags, replace them and save the file.
Enter the following commands, to log in as root and execute the sug script.
Enter the following commands, to log in as root and execute the sug script.
The script will give you a success message. Reboot sugar to see the new task in the Sugar taskbar.
The script will give you a success message. Reboot sugar to see the new task in the Sugar taskbar.
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===Sugarize Mirror Servers===
===Sugarize Mirror Servers===