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Re: Linux - Install FF 14 on EeePC said by graysonf:...left click on the firefox executable file and drag and drop it onto the desktop. I am then offered the opportunity to copy the file to the desktop or link to it. I choose link. That doesn't work.
said by graysonf:The other thing you can do is try to determine the properties of the icon object already on the desktop has. You should be able to edit the path to the file it refers to. Just change it to the full path to the new firefox executable. The desktop icon's path cannot be changed (nothing I know of anyway).
said by graysonf:Or another way to do it would be to create a symbolic link to the executable in a shell. Read up on that to learn how to do that.
The bookmark link in the file manager opens up a shell.
If the shell window closes then Firefox goes with it.
Found this info about symbolic links:
A symbolic link is a "file" pointing to another file.
To make a symbolic link :
ln /original/file /new/link
This makes /original/file and /new/link the same file - edit one and the other will change.
The file will not be gone until both /original/file and /new/link are deleted.
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| Uh, for symbolic links you use
ln -s existing_file new_file_or_directory
Without the -s you are creating a hard link. Hard links cannot be done with directories and across filesystems and the file disappears once all hard links are gone.
A symbolic link does not have the limitations of the hard link, but if one deletes the original file the symbolic link is broken as it is pointing to nothing.
In both cases, editing either new or original will make the other change.
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So this is the "shell" that Firefox must use in order for it to run from the file manager.
Now for the symbolic link - where does that go once it is created?
It's hard to grasp Linux for me, but I'm trying.  |
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| That looks like it, but why I don't see the command prompt?
The symbolic link acts just a regular file (or directory). You could create one on the desktop instead of copying the executable o the desktop (BAD idea).
BTW, which desktop environment are you using? You should be able to use the menu editor to create a menu item. Try to right click on the equivalent of the Start button from Windows. You should see an option to edit the menu.
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kudos:1 | reply to DSLvis
Xandros is crap, you'd be better off replacing the whole distro.
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said by DSLvis:It's hard to grasp Linux for me, but I'm trying. A lot of this has to do with the version of Linux you have chosen. On other versions of Linux this is very easy. |
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kudos:1 | said by Maxo:said by DSLvis:It's hard to grasp Linux for me, but I'm trying. A lot of this has to do with the version of Linux you have chosen. On other versions of Linux this is very easy. Nobody chooses Xandros, it just comes pre-installed with an Eee PC. (Well, OK, technically someone at ASUS chose it, God knows why. Just not the end user.)
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said by Black Box:BTW, which desktop environment are you using?
Far as I know the Linux Xandros Eee PCs use KDE and IceWM.
said by Black Box:You should be able to use the menu editor to create a menu item. Try to right click on the equivalent of the Start button from Windows. You should see an option to edit the menu.
This thing doesn't work like Windows. You can't right click onto anything nor can you make a path from the icon to the file. Absolutely stupid!
It has a desktop made for three year olds, with it's "Fisher Price" design!
This keyboard is no better!
I don't know how my mother could tolerate it!
She chose the Linux version to avoid viruses. 
Any of those web icons will start up Firefox 3 again which deletes any history and add ons from FF 14! 
said by Black Box:The symbolic link acts just a regular file (or directory). You could create one on the desktop instead of copying the executable o the desktop (BAD idea).
Just found out there is a way to create a symbolic link within the Xandros File Manager through the menu.
Does the same thing as with the bookmark. |
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| said by DSLvis:Far as I know the Linux Xandros Eee PCs use KDE and IceWM. Hmmm, it doesn't look at all like the KDE I use now to write this.
said by DSLvis:This thing doesn't work like Windows. You can't right click onto anything nor can you make a path from the icon to the file. Absolutely stupid! I surely can right click on the "K" button (Start button equivalent) and see the Edit Menu option. Anyway, I've found something about the Xandros menu editor here. See if helps you.
said by DSLvis:Any of those web icons will start up Firefox 3 again which deletes any history and add ons from FF 14! Use the menu editor to replace the Firefox 3 commands with Firefox 14 (make sure that the firefox executable is the new one, not the default one).
said by DSLvis:Just found out there is a way to create a symbolic link within the Xandros File Manager through the menu.
Does the same thing as with the bookmark. There's more than one way to skin a cat. Good if it works for you.
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2 edits | said by Black Box:Hmmm, it doesn't look at all like the KDE I use now to write this.
KDE lies beneath this beast. There's a way to unveil it to full KDE mode.
said by Black Box:I surely can right click on the "K" button (Start button equivalent) and see the Edit Menu option. Anyway, I've found something about the Xandros menu editor here. See if helps you. Appreciate the tip there Black Box. That looks like the Konqueror menu editor I found when messing about with this thing. Forget how I got that running.
said by Black Box:Use the menu editor to replace the Firefox 3 commands with Firefox 14 (make sure that the firefox executable is the new one, not the default one).
I've had this thing too long. My mother's going to kill me when she sees how she has to get online now!
I somehow wiped out the Web icon using EmEditor. I don't know how to get it back. Also there are for some reason two icons for the dictionary!
said by Maxo:A lot of this has to do with the version of Linux you have chosen. On other versions of Linux this is very easy.
Incidentally, I had to do some data retrieval with my Windows laptop (reason for borrowing this Eee PC). Anyway, I used Ubuntu live CD to back up my data. I must say it is pretty nice to work with. In a way it's similar to Windows XP.
So not all Linux distros are as difficult to work with as this one is.  |
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Linux directory listing in an XP window? How did you do that?  |
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| said by robman50:Just a few of the pics look like a Windows GUI. Maybe it is a desktop theme or an remote connection. Ummm, many themes are similar with the Windows themes to help novices with the transition. If you are referring to something like the image you've posted above (but with text inside for a change) then you are not in the Windows shell, but in a console (or terminal) application that runs one of the available shells on the system. If you are referring to the images posted by DSLvis  , in one he's running the native ls command, but calling it with the Windows friendly alias, dir. The telltale sign is that the directories are prefixed with /. While the alias works on most systems, try to use the proper command though.
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