Welcome!
My tiny Debian package repository…
Purpose
Sometimes I feel like making some Debian packages with the strange idea in mind that it could also be useful for some other people. My packages are not very complicated indeed, they mainly focus on ease of setting up a Debian box for children. Oh yes, you may have always been thinking that Debian is just for servers and Linux experts? A simple advice in this case: just reread the Debian homepage, “Debian, a universal system”, so children love it too![1]
What you will find
My packages are splitted into 2 repositories:
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doudoulinux[2] is the main repository. It contains my Debian customisations to get an operating system suitable for my children. There are special sessions that just start an application (gamine, pysycache, childsplay, gcompris or tuxpaint). You will also find some artwork based on teddy bears and children draws.
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eeepc is obviously dedicated to this very small computer. The hosted packages make it possible to have a 800x600 pixels resolution on a 800x480 screen for example (see Panning utility for the eeePC). Therefore children can play pysycache and childsplay again (they can't with a 800x480 resolution).
Please note that I build my packages for use with Debian Lenny. They may also work with Debian Etch or any recent Debian-derived Linux but I must confess I don't know…

The DoudouLinux connection manager
Installing
Quick howto
To use my repositories you should first import my GPG key to avoid installing altered packages. To do this you have 2 options:
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Download pubkey.txt then import it:
$ wget http://philipjm.free.fr/debian/pubkey.txt $ sudo apt-key add pubkey.txt
- Search key servers for my key then import it:
$ gpg --recv-keys C1F87C52 $ gpg --armor --export 0xC1F87C52 | apt-key add -
When you are done, you have to modify your /etc/apt/sources.list
file in order to add the following lines:
# doudoulinux repository deb http://philipjm.free.fr/debian/doudoulinux/ ./ deb http://philipjm.free.fr/debian/eeepc/ ./Now you can update your package list and install the packages you are interested in!