Gnome Desktop Modification to be done in School OS (Ubuntu)

[narendra sisodiya]

May anybody want to help in schoolos customisations.
I have added all changes which need to be done, TODO sections are mine , --HELP sections are your. Please join schoolos mailing list ( http://groups.google.com/group/schoolos ) and contribute. while reply, start a new discussion use HELP number in reply.

• Customisation Help
• Right Click Menu to be enhanced
• File to Pdf conversion ---- HELP 01
  
• HOW - If file is a Image  then Look at the code "Add to Playlist", use convert command to convert file into pdf
• If file is odt/odp then use command - unoconv
  
• If file is doc and ppt then use unoconv to convert
  
• File to Odt conversion -- HELP 02
  
• If file is .doc and .ppt or pdf then use "unoconv" command to convert to odt   -- http://linux.die.net/man/1/unoconv
• Extract All images         -----  HELP  03
  
• HOW - Look at the code "Add to Playlist", use http://linux.die.net/man/1/pdfimages command to extract images
• Pdf to html                       -----  HELP 04
  
• use pdf2html command
• Other idea based on http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/unoconv/
  
• Run Command to be added in menu
• Newbies do not know how to run application using Alt+F2
•   -----  HELP 05, How - Make a desktop entry 
  
• unhide - Gnome Control Center
  
• by default "gnome-control-center is hidden in menu
•  -- HELP 06  How to do it - here is one solution, make shell script to do it automatically -  http://www.mail-archive.com/iit...@googlegroups.com/msg05650.html
• deskbar-applet
  
• deskbar-applet is applet which let you search files and application. like this http://www.k-d-w.org/uploads/images/rtm2.png
• It will added, TODO
  
• Example Folder from Desktop to be removed  -- TODO
  
• EBooks icon on Desktop
  
• Desktop of Schoolos contains Ebooks Folder. I was suggested to have a Ebook Logo (Child reading book) on it. One can do it from GUI, but we have to do it from command line while building the live image of schoolos
  
• Here is a tutorial how to do it - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1419948
• gvfs-set-attribute /etc/skel/Desktop/Ebooks metadata::custom-icon file:///var/share/image/ebookicon.png  TODO -- will add into build scripts
  
• May someone select good icon,  -- -- HELP 07
  
• Commons launcher to be added on Desktop -
• launcher for OpenOffice, Pidgin, Gnome-Control-Center to be added on desktop    --TODO
• How to make Live USB
  
• How to 
• Because SchoolOS is 2GB+, it is not recommended to burn the DVD. A detailed tutorial to be prepared which tell (1)how to download SchoolOS iso files from sf.net (2)Install Unetbootin on windows (3) How to burn Live USB using it. another tutorial for those who are on Linux   --HELP 08
  
• take help  this - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=811397 and make a screenshot based Tutorial -HELP 09
  
• If time permit, create a video. convert to ogg format with low resolution (for smaller size). -HELP 10
  
• Think
• Because SchoolOS is 2GB+, We want Distribution Center at each City. we need minimum 1 persons per city. All the distribution parter will be sent 2 DVD by courier at each
  release. These will be not Live DVD but the iso image itself with checksum. After receiving DVD, you can create Live USB for other users. If you are in school or college then setup a command hosting for downloading and burning it. Distribution parter can be individual or organisation - We will list them on out website - -HELP 11
  
• We have not tested the system requirement for Live DVD. Please check booting on 256 MB ram with Live DVD and Live USB. I think, if use click on "Install SchoolOS" rather then "test it", that will be fast. Please add your comment on this  --- HELP 12
  
• We have not network installation. Please tell us how to do the nextwork installation for school labs so that 100 PC can have schoolos in one day installation. -- HELP 13
  
• How to create Build and enhance SchoolOS
• Will create a tutorial on it  --  -- TODO

• Tutorial Creations   - HELP 14
• Recover Grub
• Tutorial from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows
  
• Change ubuntu to SchoolOS
• remove unwanted section like SchoolOS use grub2 so remove grub-legacy section
• Send Odt and Pdf file So that we can include in Ebooks sections , After this update this section http://lug-iitd.org/FOSS_Tutorials_and_Videos
• How to add Printer
• How to set IP
• How to disable Login Sound
• How to change theme
• Any other suggestion which newbies need to know, like ???????  -- HELP
  
• Coding Help
• Modify Ubiquity  --HELP 15
• Ubiquity is the Ubuntu Installer. Installation of Linux Distro is still tedious.
  
• In the First step , It should ask for (1)easy mode  (2)advance mode
• If user click advance mode then the will follow current procedure.
• If user click easy mode then, assume following
  
• Language of installation is - English
• Timezone is - India
• Keyboard layout is - USA
• On partition layout, it should show two option. (1) Install on whole Harddisk (2) Install on particular partition 
• Because when user see /dev/sda type of things then he confuse. ideally you must show him partition by their name. If user want to see what is inside in it, he must be able see the content. This is needed because user is unable to locate which partition he need to install. Even When I install in dual boot, I notedown the size of all partition and remove files from one partition. While installing I check the size to locate correct partition. If you have better way to install in easy way, let me know
• Also, in easy mode, user should be told to make a swap partition. It should be added automatically
• I always fear for resizing the windows drive? Any Bad/Good experience
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