Re: What I need for my kids

On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 02:19:48AM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Am 2006-11-11 17:32:56, schrieb Andrew Sackville-West:
> > heh heh. I'll do what I can, which isn't much, but I've got a crufty
> > old box that I"m in process on redoing and could dedicate it for
> > testing stuff. Hopefully there are some suitable icons out there
> > already that could be recombined/resized meaningfully. I'll poke at
> > it, but I've not much time at the moment. :(
> 
> Do you need 64x64 pixel Icons?

maybe that would work. are they publicly accessible at mentors?
> 
> I have uploaded a realy huge package named "tdicons" to
> <mentors.debian.net> which contain 314 Icons in 16x16,
> 32x32, 48x48 and 64x64 pixels.
> 
> Oh, I am working on the Package since many of the Icons
> are created of my own and I am in work of new Icons for
> Kids since I need it for some Apps in Moroco, Turkey and
> Iran where I am working on several projects.
> 
> > haven't seen it, but will look... okay, just a quick glance, but it
> > looks good. could we create a dpkg-reconfigure situation for some deb
> > meta package that would allow selecting an age level for the overall
> > package? even zero in on which users get what setup? and then put in
> > simple .xsessions or appropriate configs so that each kids account
> > creates a different session? configure for 1-3 yr olds would launch a
> > windowless/full-screen gcompris, 3-5 yr old would get a big puffy icon
> > set with desktop links to gcompris, but other freestanding stuff
> > too... 6-10 yr olds get a simplified but full-featured desktop etc etc .
> 
> I have done thie with a simpel GTK box which appear in the middle
> of the screen and then you can select between the range of the age.
> 
> The kids in moroco have learned very fast, that with "Level 3" they
> can not do anything, since it is too complicate.  The next time they
> choosen only "Level 2" or ""Level 1".
> 
> Oh, I run this script from the ~/.xsession and set only the
> ${FVWM_USERDIR} variable to load the right config

nice solution. does .xsession get read by the various dm's? or is this
a startx situation? 

A

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