[Newbies] squeak eToys on the Acer Aspire One w/Linpus linux?

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 08.06.2009, at 14:06, Steinar Bang wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've just bought my kids (7 and 8 years old) Acer Aspire One netbooks
> with Linpus linux.
>
> I've found this useful link, that helped me "unlock" the Linpus, to
> let me install other applications (e.g. TuxType2 and TuxPaint).
> 	http://the.taoofmac.com/media/Acer/Aspire%20One/AA1notes.html
>
> However, neither squeak, nor eToys, were in the list of available
> applications in the installaller.
>
> A quick google search hasn't given me any obvious solutions.
>
> Has anyone on the list tried something similar?  Linpus is Fedora  
> based,
> but I'm not sure of the version (probably fairly old, though.  The
> bundled Firefox is a 2.xx version).
>
> Pointers welcome!


Try

sudo rpm -Ivh http://squeakland.org/content/installers/EtoysInstaller.rpm

To launch, type "etoys", or add it to the Acer launcher.

- Bert -