tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12607682800308285452024-03-18T02:48:10.857-07:00+jeanlouisnguyenJean-Louis Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12437851588679485837noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260768280030828545.post-85233109126622032842014-01-26T14:15:00.001-08:002014-01-26T14:16:02.456-08:00[Guide] How to install Dropbox on Elementary OS1. <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx">Download the package</a> (choose Ubuntu .deb 64-bit)<br />
2. Open Terminal<br />
3. Install the Dropbox files plugin from Elementary's stable ppa :<br />
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4. Go to your /Downloads folder and open the .deb with GDebi Package Installer (or whatever package manager you may have installed)Jean-Louis Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12437851588679485837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260768280030828545.post-7150792549431871122014-01-24T15:18:00.003-08:002014-04-11T13:28:26.683-07:00[Guide] How to install Kingsoft Office for Linux Alpha 12 on Elementary OSThere are several popular desktop office suites for Linux:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.freeoffice.com/">FreeOffice</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/download">LibreOffice</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html">OpenOffice</a></li>
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Missing from Linux until recently was <a href="http://www.kingsoftstore.com/">Kingsoft Office</a>. It's been my favorite alternative to Microsoft Office on Windows for a number of years. So I was excited to find an Alpha version developed by the <a href="http://wps-community.org/">Kingsoft WPS Community</a> that is not only free; it also comes with the latest interface (2013) and runs great on <a href="http://jeanlouisnguyen.blogspot.ca/2014/01/guide-how-to-install-elementary-os-on.html">Elementary OS</a>. Plus, if you've installed Elementary Tweaks <a href="http://jeanlouisnguyen.blogspot.ca/2014/01/guide-how-to-install-elementary-os-on.html">like I showed you</a>, you can run these apps full-screen (hidden plank and status bar).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spreadsheets (KingSoft Alpha 12) on the HP Chromebook 14</td></tr>
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What I like about KingSoft</h3>
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<li>Latest <a href="http://wps-community.org/download.html">Alpha 12 Patch 3</a> is actually quite stable</li>
<li>Blazing fast on <a href="http://jeanlouisnguyen.blogspot.ca/2014/01/guide-how-to-install-elementary-os-on.html">HP Chromebook 14 / Elementary OS</a></li>
<li>Writer, Spreadsheets and Presentation included</li>
<li>Free</li>
<li>Switch between Ribbon interface (2013/2010) and classic (2003)</li>
<li>Multiple tabs (this is something Microsoft Office should have done 10 years ago)</li>
<li>Save in XLSX, DOCX formats</li>
<li>Export documents to PDF</li>
<li>Support for Pivot tables and color filters in Spreadsheets</li>
<li>So far, no compatibility bugs or visible formatting errors between Office and KingSoft</li>
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On the HP Chromebook 14, KingSoft has become the main reason I switch to Linux at all : word processing, spreadsheets and presentations in a real desktop environment. I still love <a href="http://www.google.com/drive/about.html">Google Drive</a>, but there are times when I need to work on other people's documents and maintain compatibility with Office. If you're in the same boat, here's how to install it on Elementary OS (should also work for any Ubuntu 12.04 variant).</div>
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What you should know before installing</h3>
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1. Install 32-bit binaries for Ubuntu 12.04 with the following command in Terminal :</div>
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<a href="http://elementaryos.org/">Elementary OS</a> is my favorite Linux distribution. It's simple, fast and well designed. On the HP Chromebook 14, it's the perfect companion to Chrome OS. Here's how to install it using <a href="https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton">crouton</a> (see below for differences between crouton and Chrubuntu).<br />
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This post is written with the average user in mind - like myself, so I hope a lot of people will find it helpful. I don't take credit for this tutorial, since it's heavily based on this <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mj7r8QzONMUHBSIMHWLgmRCS-EfefeYj-3-AO9wt_00/edit" target="_blank">guide</a> I found on <a href="http://tk.reddit.com/r/Crouton/comments/1uqj9f/elementary_os_via_crouton_kernel_wont_update/" target="_blank">Reddit</a>, as well as another <a href="http://bradmont.net/?q=node/2" target="_blank">article</a> from a user 'Brad' (for the Acer C7). However, I will detail each step further and adding tweaks specifically for the HP Chromebook 14.<br />
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- You'll be able to switch seamlessly between Chrome OS and Elementary OS<br />
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Before you begin, you should be aware of the basic differences between <a href="https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton">crouton</a> and <a href="http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.ca/2013/05/chrubuntu-one-script-to-rule-them-all_31.html">Chrubuntu</a>. Some people may prefer the latter.<br />
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In very simple terms, Chrubuntu lets you dual-boot and choose either Chrome OS or Elementary OS upon startup. You can only run one at a time. To switch, you need to reboot your machine. It's great if you intend to spend more time in one environment. However, current installation methods using Chrubuntu require a kernel upgrade, a fix for suspend mode, and another script to fix the touchpad before Elementary OS becomes usable at all. [<a href="http://realityequation.net/installing-elementary-os-on-an-hp-chromebook-14">instructions here</a>]<br />
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Caveats aside, the biggest benefit of crouton is that you can run Elementary and Chrome OS side by side. You can switch seamlessly with a keyboard shortcut. You can use the same <i>/Downloads</i> folder. There is even a <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/crouton-integration/gcpneefbbnfalgjniomfjknbcgkbijom">Chrome extension to share the clipboard</a> (copy/paste across both). The RAM is shared, but there are less hardware bugs to fix upon install. This setup is great if you intend to use Chrome OS as a default, and occasionally run Elementary OS whenever you need.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Note (Jan 24, 2014): </b></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Due to <a href="https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/issues/524">a bug involving X Server and crouton</a>, you must be on the <b>stable</b> channel of Chrome OS before proceeding, or else, your chroot may fail to initiate (it happened to me while I was on the dev channel). Even for those on the beta channel, I strongly recommend that you <a href="https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1086915?hl=en">switch to stable</a> to avoid any issues with Elementary OS (mine has been stable for several weeks now).</span></span></div>
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6. Towards the end, you'll be prompted to create a UNIX username and password. I went with <i>user/user </i>(very hard to guess, I know). Pick anything. Just know that you'll be using that password often in Elementary.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">8. Make sure the touchpad is working. If it's not, use a USB mouse. On the welcome screen, choose <i>default config</i> for the panels. In the next step, </span><span style="background-color: white;">we will download the files and repositories necessary to install Elementary.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">9. Open a Terminal in Ubuntu (there should be a shortcut in the task bar), and run the following commands in this order. You'll be prompted for your root/UNIX password the first time.</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">This is the part that gave me headaches (as a Linux newbie), since there are very few users of HP Chromebook 14 + Elementary - and scarce documentation - but don't worry, if I got it working, you will too. In this section, we will copy the XFCE startup script and modify it to run Elementary using the <a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=what+is+xinit&oq=what+is+xinit&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l3.3562j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&qscrl=1" target="_blank">xinit system initializer</a>. </span></i></div>
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At this point, we need to download a text editor. There are many choices out there, such as <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit" target="_blank">gedit</a>. However, we will be using <a href="http://www.nano-editor.org/" target="_blank">nano</a> in this guide. It's a simple editing tool and runs completely inside Terminal, so we won't need to switch windows.</div>
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10. In Terminal, install nano by typing :</div>
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<span style="background-color: cyan; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo apt-get install nano</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;"><i>(press Y for "yes" if you're prompted)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">11. We will copy the XFCE startup script and call it "startelementary" :</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: cyan; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">cd /usr/bin</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: cyan; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo cp startxfce4 startelementary</span></div>
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12. Now that we've copied the script, we will edit that new file with nano :</div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan;">sudo nano startelementary</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">13. Your Terminal is now the interface for nano. Use the arrow keys and scroll down to the second-to-last line of the script where it says :</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> <span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: red;">exec</span></span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">$prog /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> .</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Leaving the rest intact, replace the above part in red with this (in blue) :</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">exec $prog /usr/bin/xinit_pantheon</span></div>
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Do not hit ENTER. Instead, hit <b>CTRL-O</b> (to save), then <b>ENTER</b> (to confirm filename), then <b>CTRL-X</b> (to exit nano and go back to Terminal).</div>
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14. In the same directory (/usr/bin/) we will now create a file called xinit_pantheon :</div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan;">sudo nano xinit_pantheon</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15. The script will be blank. Write the following two lines exactly as they appear (in blue) :</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;"><i>For those reading this on a mobile device, the first command line is #!/bin/sh , then everything else is a single line.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">#!/bin/sh</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">/usr/sbin/lightdm-session "gnome-session --session=pantheon"</span></div>
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Again, hit <b>CTRL-O</b> (to save), then <b>ENTER</b> (to confirm filename), then <b>CTRL-X</b> (to exit nano and go back to Terminal).</div>
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16. Finally, we need to make xinit_pantheon executable :</div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan;">sudo chmod +x xinit_pantheon</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan;">sudo chown root:root xinit_pantheon</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Copy nano to Chrome OS</span></span></h3>
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17. Before we switch back to Chrome OS, we will copy the nano editor to the /Downloads/ folder, so we can use it in Chrome later :</div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan;">sudo cp /usr/bin/nano ~/Downloads/</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Edit startup scripts in Chrome OS</span></h3>
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18. Log out of your XFCE chroot (top-right corner > logout). You'll be brought back to Chrome. Wait for the script to finish, until you see a green "chronos@localhost" line.</div>
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19. We'll move nano to the Chrome binary folder (so we can actually use it) :</div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo mv ~/Downloads/nano /usr/local/bin/</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/nano</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">20. We will now copy and edit one last file :</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">cd /usr/local/bin</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo cp startxfce4 startelementary</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo nano startelementary</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Using the arrow keys, scroll down to the very last line where it says :</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: red; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">exec startxfce4</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Replace that with :</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: red; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">exec startelementary</span></div>
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Hit <b>CTRL-O</b> (to save), then <b>ENTER</b> (to confirm filename), then <b>CTRL-X</b>.<br />
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Are you ready for Elementary OS ?</h3>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">21. Run </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">sudo startelementary</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Congratulations! You should now be running Elementary in crouton. You'll notice that the touch pad works, but performance is a bit jittery, and none of the hotkeys work yet (volume / brightness). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Anytime you need to switch between Chrome OS and Elementary OS, use <b>CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+BACK</b> or <b>CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+FORWARD</b>. It should be instant.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Recommended fixes</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
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Upgrade XSERVER-XORG right away to address lag and performance</h3>
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1. In Elementary OS, hit <b>CTRL-ALT-T</b> to open Terminal</div>
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2. Type <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan;">sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-lts-raring</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">3. You'll be prompted with a pink screen to upgrade GRUB-PC package. Since we're running Elementary as a chroot, there's no need to modify the boot loader on the Chromebook. Hit <b>TAB</b> to highlight "OK", <b>ENTER</b>, then hit <b>TAB</b> again and make sure that <u>none</u> of the devices (such as /dev/sda) are checked. Say "OK". At the next screen, where it says "you chose not to install GRUB to any devices", hit "OK" again. Finally, "Continue without installing GRUB?" - hit YES.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">4. Wait for the script to complete.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">5. Log out from Elementary OS (top-right corner)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">6. In Chrome, open Terminal and run </span><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo startelementary</span></div>
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You should now notice much better performance in Elementary OS (smoother animations, less CPU usage, etc.)<br />
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Fix volume hotkeys</h3>
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1. In Elementary, go to System Settings > Keyboard > Media</div>
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2. Click on <b>Volume Up</b>, and assign the proper key (should be F10 on the HP Chromebook 14)</div>
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3. Do the same for <b>Volume Down</b> (F9) and <b>Mute</b> (F8)</div>
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4. Your volume keys should work immediately!<br />
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Install Elementary Tweaks</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">http://www.elementaryupdate.com/2013/06/finally-elementary-tweaks.html</td></tr>
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You can learn more about Elementary Tweaks <a href="http://www.elementaryupdate.com/2013/06/finally-elementary-tweaks.html" target="_blank">here</a>. There are tons of options to customize the interface and <a href="http://www.elementaryupdate.com/2013/07/5-new-awesome-elementary-themes.html" target="_blank">themes</a>/icons you can install later on. But for now, we will need it to fix our brightness keys.<br />
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To install, do this in Terminal :</div>
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<span style="background-color: cyan; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:versable/elementary-update</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: cyan; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo apt-get update</span></span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-49797fdb-c26f-c41e-7c73-52bc879fef2c"><span style="background-color: cyan; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo apt-get install elementary-tweaks</span></span></span><br />
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Elementary Tweaks should be available immediately (check in the Applications Launcher, System Settings, then look for Tweaks). If you run into any bugs, try logging out and restarting Elementary OS.<br />
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Fix brightness hotkeys</h3>
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In order to fix our brightness shortcuts, we will use Elementary Tweaks <i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999;">(updated: Feb 27, 2014)</span></i></div>
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1<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">. Go to System Settings > Tweaks > Shortcuts</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">2. Press the (+) sign at the lower left</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">3. Create a shortcut named "Brightness up"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">4. Click the Shortcut button and press F7 to assign it (brightness increase key on the Chromebook)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">5. In the Command field, type " </span><span style="background-color: orange; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">brightness up</span><span style="background-color: white;"> "</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">6. Click on the green (+) button to save the shortcut.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">7. Re-do steps 4 to 8 for brightness down (this time, the key is F6, and the command will be " </span><span style="background-color: orange; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">brightness down</span><span style="background-color: white;"> "</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Your brightness keys should work immediately!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Thanks to <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/wm/1/+AndyCastille/posts">Andy Castille</a> for this fix!</i></span><br />
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<h3>
A note about suspend mode</h3>
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You can close the lid and the Chromebook will go to sleep mode as usual. Re-opening the lid should bring you right back to Elementary, thanks to the <i>xinit_pantheon</i> script we edited earlier. Some users have reported that their screen doesn't turn on automatically. If that happens to you, press on the 'brightness up' keyboard shortcut and your screen will come back.</div>
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In the meantime I'm trying to find a fix and will update the blog post when successful.</div>
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Remove XFCE and anything else you don't need</h3>
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To save disk space, you can optionally remove XFCE as well as some of the apps that came with it (or Elementary OS), assuming you don't need them. You can remove packages with the command <span style="background-color: cyan; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">sudo apt-get purge packagename</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> . You can remove multiple package by listing them in the same command (separated by a space), or adding an asterisk as a wildcard. You should also make sure to remove unused dependencies by running </span><span style="background-color: cyan; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">sudo apt-get autoremove</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">after a package has been removed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">SOME PACKAGES YOU CAN REMOVE :</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>xfce4</b> (to remove XFCE desktop)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>xfce4-goodies</b> (to remove apps that came with XFCE)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>xfce*</b> (to remove all of the above - will clear approx 75 MB)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>shimmer-themes</b> (themes that came with XFCE, approx 8 MB)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>netsurf-gtk</b> (the browser that came with XFCE, approx 2.5 MB)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>empathy</b> (chat client that came with Elementary)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>telepathy*</b> (chat indicator service in the status bar)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>indicator-messages</b> (indicator for telepathy)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>brasero</b> (CD burner - useless on the HP Chromebook 14, approx 1 MB)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>geary</b> (default mail app)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>maya-calendar</b> (calendar)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>elementary-scan</b> (scanner)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>shotwell*</b> (photo manager)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>totem</b> (media player, if you intend to use VLC instead)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>onboard</b> (onscreen keyboard)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>gnome-orca</b> (screen reader)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>xscreensaver</b> (I recommend you remove this one)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>software-center</b> (we don't need Ubuntu sofware center since Elementary comes with its own lightweight package installer)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>midori*</b> (default browser)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Re-adding one of the above packages is as simple as running </span><span style="background-color: cyan; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo apt-get install packagename</span><span style="background-color: white;"> .</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">For a complete list of packages, you can visit these links (repositories):</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">- <a href="https://launchpad.net/~versable/+archive/elementary-update" target="_blank">Elementary Update PPA</a> (themes and icon packs for Tweaks listed)</span></div>
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If you've followed this guide from the beginning, then you've already installed Ubuntu 12.04 with the target "extension". All you need to sync the clipboard is to install the <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/crouton-integration/gcpneefbbnfalgjniomfjknbcgkbijom">crouton integration extension</a> from the Chrome Web Store. When it's done, try copy-pasting across both OSes! This extension also does Chromium URL handling.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">My favorite feature of Elementary OS (by far) is the ability to install Elementary Tweaks - giving you dozens of ways to customize the interface. </span><a href="http://www.elementaryupdate.com/search/label/Tweaks" style="background-color: white;">This website</a><span style="background-color: white;"> is a great resource to find and discover themes and icons. Or you can view the repositories above (PPA links).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Below are just some of the possible packages you can try using </span><span style="background-color: cyan; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo apt-get install packagename</span><span style="background-color: white;"> . Try them out and have fun tweaking !</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">INTERFACE THEMES</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-blue-theme</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-colors-theme</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-champagne-theme</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-lion-theme</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> (for Mac OS lovers!)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-milk-theme</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-dark-theme</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-harvey-theme</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-whit-e-theme</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-plastico-theme</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-plank-themes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-plank-extra</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">WING PANEL (to customize the top bar)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">super-wingpanel</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-elfaenza-icons</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-emod-icons</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-enumix-utouch-icons</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-nitrux-icons</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-taprevival-icons</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">elementary-thirdparty-icons</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">As detailed by the <a href="https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton">crouton developer</a>, your chroot may become obsolete when a new version of crouton is available. To keep it up to date, you must use the -u command in Chrome OS:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: #333333; line-height: 15.600000381469727px; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/crouton -u -n elementary</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Many users will want to install applications in the form of downloadable .deb packages. Examples include <a href="http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/">Skype</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx">Dropbox</a> and <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=firefox">Firefox</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">All you need to remember is that Elementary OS 0.2 Luna is based on Ubuntu 12.04 (precise), and the HP Chromebook 14 uses the 64 bit architecture. When choosing a package version, look for '64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 precise'.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I will be making separate blog posts on how to properly install Dropbox (with a file plugin), KingSoft Office alpha 12 (my favorite office suite for Linux) and Steam in the future.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">EDIT: <a href="http://jeanlouisnguyen.blogspot.ca/2014/01/kingsoft-office-for-linux-alpha-12-is.html">Here are instructions to install KingSoft Office Alpha 12 (2013)</a>.</span></div>
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