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They are RPM packages made for Fedora Core 8 so you can install them on your One's Linux - you should follow by that order.Īnd U'll have a new fully functional version of MPlayer with dozens of new skins available.
Now your MPlayer sould be able to play some more ccodec types, but unfortunately not the most common ones, so here you can get a new version of MPlayer that can play almost everyting (somewhat like VLC) files needed: Or in case you want a more complete codec package:
So if you downloaded a file say "2" you should do something like this:
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Whenever a password is needed, it's the password you entered in the factory wizard of the first time you started the computer.
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If you don't know how to do this, open the file manager, and in file menu you can open a terminal to type command lines. (get binary codec package for linux x86, decompress it somewhere and put the files (mostly dll's) in "/usr/lib/codecs/")
Get MPlayer to play your favorite video files The standard video player in Aspire One is MPlayer - the Media Master is just another GUI to use mplayer.īut the MPlayer that cames standard in this Linux can't play some of the most common video codecs used on the internet video files (like DivX, XviD, H.264, etc) I don't know if it's a bug in libvacodec (used by MPlayer) or some sort of patent protection to avoid some codec licensing problems on some countries.Īnyway, if you want to play a more "uncommon" codec video file, you can "install" the video codecs available in official MPlayer site for download: Just delete the exclamation point and the dashes, reboot and there it is, the Skype logo in all its glory in the Connect Area! Opened it and look for the line concerning Skype: home/user/.config/xfce4/desktop/group-app.xml That will put it on your desktop but if you want it in the “Connect” area, then you’ll need to edit a XML file located in: If it’s an application you usually find it later in the Desktop Menu. It’s a pretty big selection and the files will be downloaded (you need internet access) and installed for you. Now you can go nuts and install programs. You will need your password (the one you set up during installation) to access it.
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Under System you will find Add/Remove Software which is the Red Hat/Fedora Packet Manager. The Desktop Menu contains many more options than the limited user interface on the Aspire One. This setting will allow you to bring up the normal desktop menu when you right click somewhere on the desktop. Now click under Menus the Show desktop menu on right click option and close the window. The Linpus Linus uses Xfce, so use “xfce-setting-show” to get the Xfce Settings Manager.Ĭlick on Desktop to get to the Desktop Preferences and choose the Behavior tab.
“To do this go to Files > My Documents to open the File Manager. To launch it, you’ll need to enable the advance mode on the Acer Aspire One that allows the user to “go behind” the default GUI (graphic user interface) and open up the main Linpus features. Got a mail from Daniel who managed to get Skype installed on his Aspire One just the way he wanted and I thought I’d post it here so that you could do the same.įirst off, you have to download and install Skype 2.0 for Linux. However, that leaves us with the problem of getting Skype on the Aspire One. Skype is free if you download it for personal use, however, if a computer manufacturer wants to install it as OEM software, there’s a licence fee to pay, which would have bumped up the cost of the Aspire One and would have made Skype the only paid-for software on the machine.ĭon’t know if this is true, but if it is, hats off to Acer for saving us all some unnecessary cash. Rumour has it the decision not to include it as standard comes down to a question of cost. As many of you will have noticed, the Aspire One comes without Skype installed.
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