-----Help file for 3MX linux release candidate 2-----

Currently there is no working battery meter, but
dont worry too much. At about 10% battery a pop
up box will warn you that your battery is low.

Gkrellm is a system monitor with many uses. You may
want to run that at startup also as it contains cpu
info, ram info, wireless signal and volume controls.
Its located at Utilities --> System Monitor

There is also a minimalistic webserver built in. You
can start and stop it from the menu. You can add
files and your own index.html into the directory
/etc/mini-httpd

The system is no longer capable of using the software
installer. I'm looking into a solution for it. (dpkg?)

NOTE: Not every application is listed in the menu. There are
a few console applications and tools laying around in the
filesystem. (python, tcl/tk, nmap, streamripper, etc)

Firefox is now upgraded to firefox 3. (borrowed from xenium)
I also installed a few firefox plugins like adblock plus,
greasemonkey, video download helper, and media connectivity.

With the desktop up you can switch to 4 virtual consoles
by hitting ctrl+alt+F2 - F5. Log in as root, no password.
To switch back to desktop hit ctrl+alt+F6.

I also removed most all docs and man pages to help save some
space. If you require them i suggest googling for online
documentation and manpages.

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Here's a list of 'some' of the installed applications.

galculator, gnumeric, gqview, linvideos, nedit, pcmanfm,
pidgin, rgbpaint, stardict, sylpheed, vlc, xrick, bitchx, 
antiword, aircrack-ng, bluefish, calcurse, gftp, gkrellm, 
gmemo, python2.4, leafpad, links, madplay, mc, minicom, 
mrxvt, transmission, nmap, pan, rdesktop, screen, openssh, 
streamripper, mocp, vncviewer, wistumbler2, wmweather,
xarchiver, xchat, xterm, tcl/tk8.4, medit, etc etc.

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Known bugs:

*Once wifi is started there is no way to disable it except
 to reboot/powerdown the computer.

*Keyboard occasionally disables use of shift/fn keys. It seems
 to be a hardware issue. External keyboards work just fine.

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Tips 'n hints:

I would suggest creating a root password right away. The system
will still boot as root into the desktop, but for security reasons
its good to have outside access blocked from having root access.
Do this by typing: passwd root , then enter a password.

The directory /root/Desktop holds the .desktop files that will 
be shown on the desktop. The remaining .desktop files reside in
/share/applications. Just copy over what you want.

The little bars by the clock are cpu and ram monitors. The green
bar is cpu usage and the red bar is ram usage. Pay attention to
it as large apps like firefox take 30 seconds to start and you
might think it didnt. The green cpu bar will say otherwise. ;)

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Thank you's:

Thanks to Debian mipsel repositories for alot of packages.
Thanks to Open Embedded for making cross compiling fairly easy.
Thanks to Lee Hancock and xenium which i borrowed some packages.
Thanks to littlelinuxlaptop.com for a great website and resources.
Thanks to google.com for helping me find info on these notebooks.
And last but not least, thank you for actually using 3MX!

3MX Release Candidate 2 built 02/22/09