Would be good if we can make it more easy (Like activity) I'll try ..
(Its just my idea!) Ignacio Rodríguez fb.com/Ignacio.Rodriguez.UY @NachoDeTodos <https://twitter.com/NachoDeTodos> [email protected] 2014-06-19 7:51 GMT-03:00 James Cameron <[email protected]>: > I see what you mean. Well, if it were me, I would; > > - make a custom build with remote SSH access enabled, with a preloaded > public key, and a service that registers the laptop with a control > server, > > - write a control server that produces a list of IP addresses for laptops, > > - write a script to enable and disable the activities, > > - use a distributed shell (e.g. the Ubuntu or Debian dsh package) to > activate the script on the 25 laptops at once, > > With this preparation the daily task would be turning on the laptops, > then executing a couple of commands: > > % dsh --group laptops enable-activities > % dsh --group laptops poweroff > > I've done it this way before, though with actions other than enabling > and disabling activities. > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 04:11:32PM +0530, Rachana Katkam wrote: > > > > Hi, > > We thought about this as a solution but this will be tedious as we have > around > > 25 XO laptops. And the research duration would be almost of 3 months. So > on a > > daily basis moving activities to different folders and then getting them > back > > to Activities folder would definately become a overhead. We are looking > for an > > automation here, if possible. > > Regards, > > Rachana K > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Walter Bender <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > that'll work. It may leave some funny artifacts in the journal: > entries > > associated with missing activities, but otherwise, it is not really > any > > different than uninstalling/ reinstalling. > > > > -walter > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 6:12 AM, James Cameron <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I've had some success by renaming the Activities/Activity1 > directory to > > /home/olpc to hide an activity, and rename it back later. > > > > Requires skill with Terminal activity. > > > > e.g. > > > > mv Activities/Chat.activity ~ # to hide > > > > mv Chat.activity Activities/ # to show > > > > Might cause errors, not sure. Please test. > > > > -- > > James Cameron > > http://quozl.linux.org.au/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Walter Bender > > Sugar Labs > > http://www.sugarlabs.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > > > > > > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.linux.org.au/ > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >
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