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ModNote™: Threads on this topic merged. Subject changed from: "Introducing the lazyeeepc pack." See information about the English version in reply #16. --mkrishnan
In Taiwan, a great eeepc user Yuren Ju has written a lazyeeepc pack that automates steps for easy customisation (of your choice) on the eeepc. These customizations are mainly for Chinese users (the scripts have Chinese dialog boxes too), but the ease of how this can be easily done for newbies is something we should aim at.
For example, in the lazyeeepc pack, there is a script that automatically add Debian repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list
#!/bin/bash
# name: Add Debian Repositories
# description: Add Debian Repositories for online installation of more programs
# category: enhancement
echo "Backup source.list"
t=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak-${t}
HAS_TWAREN=`grep 'deb http://ftp\.twaren\.net\.tw/debian/ etch main contrib non-free' /etc/apt/sources.list`
if [ -n "$HAS_TWAREN" ]; then
echo "Already have Debian repositories"
exit
fi
HAS_DEBIANRESP=`grep -e '^[^#].*debian.*' /etc/apt/sources.list`
echo "Comment original Debian repositories"
if [ -n "$HAS_DEBIANRESP" ]; then
sudo sed -i -e 's/\(^[^#].*debian.*\)/#\1/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
fi
echo "Adding Debian repositories"
sudo chmod go+w /etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb http://ftp.twaren.net.tw/debian/ etch main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo chmod go-w /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get updateTo download this pack, here is the link
Last edited by albkwan (2008-01-23 8:07:57 am)
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As a newbie myself, this sounds like everything I'm looking for!
If an English translation can be made, I think an awful lot of people like me would be extremely grateful - and also much less likely to cop out and switch to Windows!
Many thanks
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I read Chinese and I am using this, this is really handy.
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I made one of these for myself not too long ago. Quite useful when you have a lot of system tweaks to make if you have to F9 restore the thing.
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... I take it that means that one of you guys will be writing an equivilent in English, complete with installing instructions then 
... Pretty please?
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Even if you do not read Chinese, you can still enjoy the benefit of part of this script.
To install, just download the script from the link above, save it to "My Home", right click on the file and select "Extract All" from the popup menu. Then enter into the new folder created and double click on the file "lazyeeepc.py". This will give you a dialog box (in Chinese) with selection check boxes similiar to this:
The menu items translated into English are:
Enhancements
[ ] setup advanced desktop
[ ] add Debian repositories to more softwares online [NB. Debian mirror in Taiwan]
[ ] add "More tools" shortcut in "Work" tab [NB. Similiar to a start menu]
Internet
[ ] install PCManX BBS: popular BBS client in Taiwan
[ ] install latest Skype that support webcam
Utilities
[ ] add desktop shortcut for Superuser File Manager
[ ] add desktop shortcut for Synaptic package manager (in 'More Tools", for installing softwares)
[ ] add "noseeing" Chinese input method in gcin
[ ] install Stardict and some Chinese dictionaries
[ ] replace scim with gcin [NB. better Chinese input XIM]
Multimedia
[ ] config smplayer (default media player) to display Chinese subtitles
[ ] install w32codecs <-- Windows media codecs. Read here regarding legal issues.
[ ] install realplayer9 codecs
[ ] install beep-media-player (support Chinese mp3 labels)
NB. Those I have put in grey are Chinese customisations only and will not be useful to English users.
After you made your selection, click on "Apply" button and the script will proceed to download and install the programs. So, be sure to have Internet access enabled.
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Good stuff, from what I can tell.
I did hit one problem: in installing rp9codecs, I got an error mentioning that it couldn't do something with respect to "/home/user/My". I suspect that this is because I downloaded and unpacked the script in the default directory, "/home/user/My Documents", and the script couldn't handle a path with a space in it.
I also got an Information popup at the end with text in Chinese and an OK button. I clicked it (nervously) and it appeared to run the whole script again. Any idea what it said?
This looks like it could be qute widely useful. I look forward to ports of the script into other languages, including English.
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Uh-oh. After running this and rebooting, Skype is gone from my Internet screen, though I can still run it from my command line. Any hints as to how to restore it?
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jzitt wrote:
Good stuff, from what I can tell.
I did hit one problem: in installing rp9codecs, I got an error mentioning that it couldn't do something with respect to "/home/user/My". I suspect that this is because I downloaded and unpacked the script in the default directory, "/home/user/My Documents", and the script couldn't handle a path with a space in it.
Better download it to "My Home", i.e. /home/user/. I never have problem running the install script from there.
jzitt wrote:
I also got an Information popup at the end with text in Chinese and an OK button. I clicked it (nervously) and it appeared to run the whole script again. Any idea what it said?
Oh! I forget to mention. At the end, there is a dialog box saying "Installation completed. Please reboot".
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jzitt wrote:
Uh-oh. After running this and rebooting, Skype is gone from my Internet screen, though I can still run it from my command line. Any hints as to how to restore it?
Strange! I don't have this problem. Anything go wrong during the installation?
The file for desktop icons is: /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc. You can open this file with the default text editor and check if there is this section:
<parcel simplecat="Internet" extraargs="/usr/bin/skype.sh"
icon="skype_norm.png"
selected_icon="skype_hi.png" packages="skype asus-usbhandset">
<name lang="en">Skype</name>
<name lang="zh_TW">網路電話</name>
<name lang="zh_CN">Skype</name>
<name lang="es_AR">Skype</name>
<name lang="de_DE">Skype</name>
<name lang="es_ES">Skype</name>
<name lang="fr_FR">Skype</name>
<name lang="it_IT">Skype</name>
<name lang="nl_NL">Skype</name>
<name lang="pt_PT">Skype</name>
<name lang="ru_RU">Skype</name>
<name lang="th_TH">Skype</name>
<name lang="tr_TR">Skype</name>
<desc lang="en">Skype is free Internet telephony that just works.</desc>
</parcel>To edit this file, however, you will need administrator right. You have to open a terminal (by Ctrl-Alt-T) and type this command:
sudo kwrite /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc
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thanks, this worked like a charm.
i might add that your translations are out of order, dont match the order of the tabs or the check boxes so i had to sleuth that one.
anyway like i said, worked great. i realy am enjoying the advanced desktop mode and hope it stays from now on on every boot.
now i just gota find a way to get games on my usb hdd to work on xandros, can starcraft run on it?
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Be sure to backup the file /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc. It will be lost when you do "Add/Remove Software".
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Hello all. I am a new eee user. I installed the lazyeeepc pack and I can't seem to find anywhere I can change my input method. Need help. Thanks.
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Is it safe to execute the Debian repositories script in the first post on a somewhat tweaked eeepc running on safe mode without any known adverse effects?
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hi, I'm lazyeeepc author.
0.0.5.1 english version is cooming soon 
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Lazyeeepc contain easy-to-use GUI and a scripts collection, which can use to install software and enhance EeePC easily.
lazyeeepc 0.0.5.2 is a first english version release, but we are release for traditional chinese many times. lazyeeepc 0.0.5.2 contains a lot of script to improve EeePC, and a easy-to-use user interface to execute this scripts, 0.0.5.2 contains some important features:
* Install Launcher Tools
* aMSN (and support webcam)
* auto download and install ie6
* add xepc.org repository, which is a eeepc compatibility repository.
* Fix Asus add/remove software shortcut reset problem
* Enable Advance mode
* add start menu and add many common use shortcut
* install codecs
lazyeeepc come from Taiwan, so it contains a lot of chinese issues scripts, you can skip this script (like pcmanx, java chinese font fix, chinese subtitle support, etc.)
finally, thanks billy3321 (雨蒼) help me to translation lazyeeepc to english. My english is really poor 
just download it, decompress it, and double click lazyeeepc.py!
Lazyeeepc SF.net download page
Last edited by yurenju (2008-02-27 9:02:09 am)
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Thanks, yuren.
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Many THANKZzz...
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Thanks yurenju! I had begun doing the same thing, but then got sidetracked on other issues. Thanks very much for translating this for us.
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Oke, i want to removed it, but how do i do that? (py-file)
Amsn doens't work here...
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Nice work! I'd offer to help with localization if I still had Xandros....
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Windkracht13 wrote:
Oke, i want to removed it, but how do i do that? (py-file)
Amsn doens't work here...
if you want to remove amsn, enter the command:
sudo apt-get remove amsn
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Hi,
I'd like to remove the start menu that I've added usign lazyeeepc, how can I do that?
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Hi,
I'd like to remove the start menu that I've added usign lazyeeepc, how can I do that?
[sorry for posting the same question on an older thread]
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