I've discovered that the Administration menu is hidden in GNOME on the
XO-1.5 for the simple reason that there are no administration
applications installed. It reveals itself once you install something
that places an icon there.
For example, you can install Fedora's GUI installer via the command line. First,
connect to the Internet, then open a terminal. I normally just press
Ctrl+Alt+Neighbourhood-View to get a console. Type this command:
# yum install gnome-packagekit
Answer Yes to all the questions, and it will download and install the
relevant packages. After it has finished, reboot.
If you aren't already in GNOME, switch to it. Click on the System menu
at the top and you'll now see the Administration sub-menu.
In that menu, click "Add/Remove Software". You may need to be patient
while it is loading and waiting for system processes. If it is doing
something, it will be reported in the bottom-left corner, just above
the Help button.
Once it's up and running, you can browse through the categories or use
the search bar.
Sridhar Dhanapalan
Technical Co-ordinator
One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Australia
p: +61 425 239 701
w:
http://laptop.org.au