--- On Wed, 10/8/08, Beartooth <Beartooth@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Beartooth <Beartooth@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Setup a Launcher(wine) for both Gnome/KDE and how to lock wallpaper and icons > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 9:56 AM > On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:35:34 -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > > Dear fellow fedora users, > > > > I run a windows binary using wine in several machines > that I have in the > > classroom. Some run KDE and some run GNOME, one > machine runs Fedora 7, > > another runs Fedora 8 and a third runs Fedora 9. Two > of the three run > > KDE while one runs GNOME as the default. Both > Desktops are installed. > > I run Virtual Calculator > > > > > http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/84/8442.html > > > > on the machines so that students can use a virtual > calculator(no > > batteries get lost, actual calculators get > lost/misplaced/stolen,... > > etc). I run it with a command from a terminal shell: > > > > [olivares@localhost ~]$ wine ~/Virtual\ > Calculator/Vti.exe & > > > > I have tried to create launchers under both GNOME/KDE > but they do not > > run successfully. The calculator resides in a student > directory with > > their own account. same command as above. How can I > create a launcher > > correctly. I have tried drag and drop the executable > unto the desktop, > > but it does not work all of the time. > > > > Also, how can I protect the compter from how I have it > setup so that > > students cannot change the background, move the icons > and mess with the > > settings. They have crashed the KDE 4 desktop several > times and I have > > to reset the bottom panel back to how I like it. I > have created a copy > > of the ~/.kde directory like $ mkdir -p ~/.kde_backup > > $ cp -ra ~/.kde ~/.kde_backup > > > > and when something goes bad or not to my liking I > restore everything by > > brute force. Is there a more efficient way? > > If you're in North America, try asking what your local > public > library does. Most of them have one or another of two or > three programs > which, daily at the library's closing time, > automatically purge all > changes made during the day. Those are probably Windows > programs, but > there might be one that will run under wine. (I'd bet > that other > libraries in other parts of the world have such software, > too; but I > don't know for sure.) > > -- > Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert > Fedora 8 & 9; Alpine 2.00, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6; > Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2, Epiphany 2, Opera 9, Firefox 2 & > 3 > Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about. > > -- For the school computers, That is taken care of :) and the link to the calculator program appears to be fixed for two machines at least. I copied the executable to the desktop and it runs from there :) Regards, Antonio -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
