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Since at least a couple of FT10 users seem to install FT10 in other people’s computers (because it’s an easier transition than using the default rox-IceWM desktop), here are some tips, that may make antiX, with FT10 easier to use by ex-Windows users:
1- Install ft10-transformation and enable that user’s preferred menu layout. You may want to enable the visual effects (choose to install compton and then create the relevant menu entry and/or add the compton command from that menu line to the startup file, not forgetting to add an “&” at the end)
2- Change some system default apps: make sure the the default file manager is zzzfm (it does not matter if you are using a rox desktop, but I’ll address that later); that the video player is “Celluloid”, and the default text editor is Leafpad
3- You may want to setup a Trash can/Recycle bin in zzzfm (search for help on the Forum on how to do that)
4- You also may want to add some extra bookmarks to zzzfm (Downloads, Documents, Music, etc)
5- if the end user uses Cloud storage, configure “Cloud” to work with the user’s default Cloud storage service. You can place a link to Cloud .desktop’s file in zzzfm, for easy access
6- If the end user will do office work, install the latest LibreOffice using the Package Installer
7- If the user is not a native English speaker, install the relevant language packs using the Package Installer (for firefox-esr and LibreOffice
8- The user may prefer to use another Browser, like Firefox (and not firefox-esr), Chromium, Chrome or even MS Edge – install those browsers, explaining that some of them do not respect the user’s privacy. also, if installing Firefox, make sure it has sound (even if you have to edit it’s .desktop file so the exec field is “apulse firefox”)
9- You may preconfigure access to some web services, like Streaming Services (Netflix, etc) or On-line Office suites (like MS Office) – you can manually add menu favorites like “firefox-esr netflix.com” or “firefox-esr gmail.com”, etc and choose a related icon. You can even manually edit a “Tile” to do the same (see the previous how-to)…
10- You may install and configure Thunderbird/Seamonkey if the user wants easy to use E-mail client and Calendar (Thunderbird is even able to use Google Calendar). There’s a Thread about how to configure gmail in seamonkey (as far as I know, Google Calendar is now unable to run in seamonkey’s calendar, the needed extension no longer works).
11- You may want to install some games from the Package Installer (add a solitaire if you want to) and even Steam, if the end user is a more than just a casual gamer…
12- If you think the end user may want to install extra software, associate, in zzzfm, .deb packages with the “debinstaller” command.
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