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Here we go with the first Test-Ride experimental version of OpenGEU 9.04 Quarto di Luna! We are in alpha now, packages are available and installable on any *buntu system based on jaunty! So, download and enjoy but be aware, this is hot code and a lot of experimental things are in. We can start talking about the incredibly new Geutheme, able of uploading and downloading themes for the user, so that a huge theeming community can be created! Than we can talk about the new GUI, with, finally, an integrated and functional system tray :)
And so many more features and on their way to be released. Just wait and you'll see.

Contents 1 Important NOTES 2 Getting Started 3 Using Synaptic (or Adept in KDE) 4 Using a normal Terminal Emulator 5 Final Configurations 5.1 VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:

[edit] Important NOTES

you can give a shot to this version but using it on a production machine is not recommended yet. Plus, some apps are already known not to work properly, such as our custom configurations tool, which has some problems we're gonna solve shortly when you try to start the wizard. Nothing which will freeze your system, it just doesn't work ;)
Another IMPORTANT thing to remember is, don't try to upgrade from Luna Serena for now! It will break your system, we are creating a completely new upgrade manager for this and more problems to be solved, so, if you want to upgrade at all costs, please follow these steps to be safe:

1. Install another session of any kind (Gnome, KDE; Xfce, any other will do);

2. Completely remove enlightenment and opengeu from your system when running another session (only for advanced users). The packages you need to remove are: e17, e17-data, opengeu-desktop, enlightenment

3. Change your repos to these new repos and also change any intrepid entry in your /etc/apt/sources.list file to jaunty

4. apt-get update and apt-get install opengeu-desktop again :)

[edit] Getting Started

The first step now is to download and install the repo key. With this key you will always know that our packages are trusted by Synaptic. Remember that this is an important passage, do it! Just open up a terminal and run the following command, than you can proceed with the procedure.

wget -q http://opengeu.linuxfreedom.com/ubuntu/dists/repo.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -

If it does not work try

  sudo wget --output-document=FILE http://opengeu.linuxfreedom.com/ubuntu/dists/repo.key
  sudo apt-key add FILE

Also, remember not to shut down or restart your machine during the installation!

[edit] Using Synaptic (or Adept in KDE)

you'll just have to move to the menu option: Settings --> Packages repositories (or just repositories). Now you'll have to move to the "Third Party software" tab. Now click on the "+Add" button and copy / paste the following deb line in the newly opened window:

  deb http://opengeu.linuxfreedom.com/ubuntu jaunty opengeu main extras

Remember, the entire line has to be pasted, not only the simple link. Now click on the "+Add Source button."

Synaptic will warn you that the repos have changed and the system has to be updated each time you'll add a deb line. Now you can click on the update button; click on the Mark all updates button and then on apply. After the update has been completed, you'll just have to click on the search button and search for opengeu. Double click on opengeu-desktop, this will mark it and all of its dependencies for install (remember that if you want entrance, you'll have to search for opengeu-entrance-themes and mark it for installation too)! Confirm what you're doing in the newly opened window, click on the Apply button and the installation will begin! Now have a cup of coffee and when the installation will be completed, move to the "Final Configurations" Chapter on this page.</p>

[edit] Using a normal Terminal Emulator

Keep your terminal opened and enter the following commands, press enter for each command of course.

  sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
 

Instead of gedit, write kate if you use KDE or mousepad if you use Xfce. If you want to modify the file from terminal, then write nano instead of gedit.

In the text editor, reach the end of the file and add the following text:

## OpenGEU
 deb http://opengeu.linuxfreedom.com/ubuntu jaunty main extras opengeu

Be sure to leave an empty line at the end of the text file, save it and close the text editor you've been using. Now, from the terminal, enter the following commands:

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get upgrade
  sudo apt-get install opengeu-desktop
 

Agree to any request from aptitude and in a few minutes the OpenGEU system will be installed. Now have a cup of coffee and when the installation will be completed, move to the "Final Configurations" Chapter on this page.

[edit] Final Configurations

In order to complete our OpenGEU installation, we now have to click on the menu entry: Configuration-->Configuration Panel-->System-->OpenGEU Default Configuration: you'll be asked to enter the system password. At this point, if you where on Enlightenment, the system will ask you to log out, do it. If you where in another Sessions, just Log out manually. When you'll be on the login page again, remember that you now have the option, clicking on the Sessions button, to choose Enlightenment. This will start an OpenGEU session.

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VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:

Remember to only run OpenGEU-configuration once for each user booting OpenGEU! If you run it again, any configuration you did to Enlightenment will be lost and E17 will return to the standard and initial OpenGEU configuration. This tool can also be used if you messed things up in E17 and don't know how to revert to a safe configuration: in this case, just run OpenGEU-configuration from any session, even from Gnome or KDE. Then you'll be able to log to E17 again with the default configurations.