Difference between revisions of "Customizing Linux Systems"
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In most cases it is sufficient to apply minor changes to a standard system | In most cases it is sufficient to apply minor changes to a standard system | ||
to make it work as intended. Also, please, keep in mind to apply changes | to make it work as intended. Also, please, keep in mind to apply changes | ||
with minimum side effects, | with minimum side effects, for example by making them optable. | ||
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A default lightning installation usually comes with US type date time | A default lightning installation usually comes with US type date time | ||
representation | representation. | ||
To make lightning have it's default date time representation changed | To make lightning have it's default date time representation changed | ||
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One way to accomplish this by keeping the goals described above results | One way to accomplish this by keeping the goals described above results | ||
in a | in a minor modififaction to the thunderbird executable main script | ||
( | (e.g. /usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird.sh). | ||
Using the | Using the following lines near the top of the file: | ||
# read customized system environment | # read customized system environment | ||
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environmental settings. | environmental settings. | ||
A user willing to change her thunderbird's and | A user willing to change her thunderbird's and thus her lightning's date | ||
time representation to a 24 h scheme a would place the following lines in | time representation to a 24 h scheme a would place the following lines in | ||
a file named .thunderbird/.sysconfig in her home directory. | a file named .thunderbird/.sysconfig in her home directory. | ||
LC_TIME=de_DE | |||
export LC_TIME | |||
[[Category:System Administration]] | [[Category:System Administration]] | ||
Revision as of 13:33, 22 July 2013
This page will show you how to customize certain aspects of a Linux system, be it a desktop or a server.
In most cases it is sufficient to apply minor changes to a standard system to make it work as intended. Also, please, keep in mind to apply changes with minimum side effects, for example by making them optable.
Thunderbird
Custom / 24 Hour Time Format for Lightning
A default lightning installation usually comes with US type date time representation.
To make lightning have it's default date time representation changed environmental variables may be set accordingly.
One way to accomplish this by keeping the goals described above results in a minor modififaction to the thunderbird executable main script (e.g. /usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird.sh).
Using the following lines near the top of the file:
- read customized system environment
sys_config=/etc/sysconfig/$MOZ_APPNAME [ -f $sys_config ] && . $sys_config usr_config=${HOME}/.${MOZ_APPNAME}/.sysconfig [ -f $usr_config ] && . $usr_config
will allow to read in no, user specific or system wide thunderbid related environmental settings.
A user willing to change her thunderbird's and thus her lightning's date time representation to a 24 h scheme a would place the following lines in a file named .thunderbird/.sysconfig in her home directory.
LC_TIME=de_DE export LC_TIME