Linux Desktop implementation on large scale takes a longer time.
Facilitating users with there specific needs is even more
time-consuming. For eg. in any enterprise when open office is installed
along with Linux there are many macros, shorcut keys and formatting
styles which are, many times, common for almost all users. We can simply
do it by copying user profiles.
We can create those facilities in one users PC and apply them to all other users’.
You can Follow these easy steps to save your time on same :
Create all your macros, shortcut keys and formatting styles in open office on one desktop.
Thereafter open nautilus (file browser) and go to home folder of the user
Note : all the operations performed here-after are to be performed as a root or an administrative user.
Example :
if user xyz have customized open office elements then go to “/home/xyz/”
Note : “.(d0t)” indicates that file is hidden. To see hidden files in nautilus press ctrl + h
or if user root have customized open office then go to /root/
copy .openoffice.org folder
Paste .open office.org folder to different users folder (on a same computer or different computer doesn’t matter)
Example :
if the other user is abc then go to “/home/abc”
rename .openoffice.org to .openoffice.org.old
and paste .openoffice.org folder there (in /home/abc)
so now you will have two folders .openoffice.org and .openoffice.org.old in /home/abc
Important note :
You will have to change ownership of newly pasted folder
We can do it from nautilus (file browser) but it doesn’t affect all
the enclosed folders so it will unnecessarily be a lengthy process.
So its better to do it from pseudo terminal
Press alt + F2 - type gnome-terminal - press enter (or click on run button)
type following command in pseudo terminal
chwon -R abc:abc /home/abc/.openoffice.org
do it in same way for other users
You can also follow same procedure for other applications also
Applications like mozilla firefox and evolution also have their profile folders in user’s home folder.
In case of Mozilla firefox we can provide smiliar themes, bookmarks and toolbar buttons to all users
In case of evolution we can provide similar structure of folders and rules to all users.
