Recent Changes

You can then run midnight commander. Do not run mc from root mode unless you are sure of what you are doing!
mc
Getting online
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/WPA_Manual_Setting#Option_4:_Manual_Script
For projecting on a Windows machine
Obtain UltraVNC – you will need the Viewer:

You will also need the XO software: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/VNC_Launcher
There are two versions for corresponding OS on the XO
the process here under this Sugar session
(using (using VNC) but
in the IP address that is shown on the XO at the top of the verbose text and bingo! The mouse on the PC
seems to do most things except make the frame appear by running into the corners.

You can then run midnight commander. Do not run mc from root mode unless you are sure of what you are doing!
mc
For projecting on a Windows machine
Obtain UltraVNC – you will need the Viewer:
http://www.uvnc.com/index.html
You will also need the XO software: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/VNC_Launcher
There are two versions for corresponding OS on the XO
You could read more about the process here under this title: Cloning a current Sugar session
(using VNC) but essentially you run the VNC software on the XO then run the viewer on the PC, key
in the IP address that is shown on the XO at the top of the verbose text and bingo! The mouse on the PC
seems to do most things except make the frame appear by running into the corners.
boa
boa (Web Server)

nano /etc/yum.repos.d/olpc-koji-ship2.repo
yum install firefox
some good notes about the built in browser http://bilug.org/2008/01/15/xo-fixing-browser-flash-performance/
Firefox Plugins Page
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:7

a more intuitive file manager
mc is a linux clone of the old Norton commander DOS program.
Open>
> Open the terminal
su -l
yum -y install mc
You can then run midnight commander. Do not run mc from root mode unless you are sure of what you are doing!
mc
boa
boa (Web Server)
To install:
su -l
yum -y install boa
To run:
cd /var/log
mkdir boa
/usr/sbin/boa
To find out what the IP is:
ifconfig
Look next to eth0 for 192.168.whatever (for example).
The configuration file is in /etc/boa if, for instance you want to change where your content lives. The default is in /var/www/boa/html, which is where the web pages to be served need to be.
To access the files from another computer on the network simply enter the address http://192.168.whatever.
mplayer
Installed using the instructions at thepete.com .

Using the XO laptop
These are my notes, but you might find these better!
Updating the build - e.g from 650 to 653
Using olpc-update

for example:
ln -s /media/disk/misc/ /home/olpc/.mpd/Music/misc
See http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=587.msg16206#msg16206

./mplayer -fs /media/SD/video.avi (This assumes your SD card's name is "SD".)
good thread at http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=863.0
and at http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=2067.msg16182#msg16182
vlc
http://www.olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=685.msg5294;topicseen

Using external storage for programs
http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=1600.0
This has some ideas http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=7694&p=1 and some links to other ideas.
Getting Frame not to appear instructions
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ask_OLPC_a_Question_about_Software#How_to_disable_the_auto_Frame_appearance_when_mousing_into_hot_corners

Getting Frame not to appear instructions
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ask_OLPC_a_Question_about_Software#How_to_disable_the_auto_Frame_appearance_when_mousing_into_hot_corners
Keyboard Shortcuts
Link to Keyboard Shortcuts
Rsync
From http://www.linux.com/feature/117236