You have a windows and Ubuntu dual boot pc?

Or you install UBuntu on the windows partition disk?

You can try Ubuntu or Debian.

You can use dropbox, eclipse and browsing on this distros.

If you dont like Gnome try Xubuntu or kde.

My Xubutu Remaster

Hello, i remaster many times Debian/UBuntus... and with this distros the remastering is a easy task.

But remastering is a tremendous work for any person, and each distro and each environment - Gnome Xfce KDE requires different methods (paths, scripts,) of remasering.

In the last remasters i choose Xubuntu because Gnome is a new method and in development, and KDE is weighted to old pcs (pcs with more than 7 years).

You can choose others environmets like openbox, iceWm etc... but you must choose a solid base system if you choose an ubuntu and put Xfce and then proceed to remaster you allways need install the xubuntu interface so you need a good base distro to remaster.

I f you choose Xubuntu you easily can remaster him in 2 days.

In Ubuntu this is possible because exists tools with GUI mode to remastering - i suggest the most better tool is -> http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/ubuntu.html many distros use this tool to proceed to do the final ISO of distro concept.

You can add remastersys (install) to your Buntu with the method of repository on sources list.
As root - issue 'sudo su' in the terminal window prior to the following command.
Download and apply the repository gpg key.
wget -O - http://www.remastersys.com/ubuntu/remastersys.gpg.key | apt-key add -

Open your -> /etc/apt/sources.list and add your repo for example for an Ubuntu 12.04 is

#Remastersys Precise
deb http://www.remastersys.com/ubuntu precise main

Now just apt-get update

So before you use remastersys i put in follow lines the method i use to remaster xubuntu->

Certify you use a clean base to remaster (without an /home path with data of you etc), i suggest you down xubuntu install and start the reamster process with follow lines before use remastersys.

1- Install Remastersys

2- Make your custom configs, like install some program you have intention the final ISO have etc, scripts (put on a ./) path on home, conky options etc...

For example
If you need put some new Icons pack on your future ISO->
Down or make the icons and put them on /usr/share/icons

If you need put some new Themes on your future ISO ->
Down or make the theme and puit them on /usr/share/themes

If you want custom the appearance background of LightDm you need open with leafpad or other text editor ->
/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf and edit the follow line
background=/your path i suggest /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/your image

If you want change the avatar of login session on the login of xubuntu you need change the image in->
/usr/share/lightdm-gtk-greeter/gnome/scalable/apps/computer.svg

DOnt change the name of svg file maintain computer.svg (simply create one image in svg format on gimp and repalce the existent.

If you want change the skins of avantwindownavigator or cairo or other search the folder of this tools on /usr/share

example /usr/share/avant-window-navigator and put here your theme of AWN in the inside folder "themes".

If you want decorate firefox with your own startpage you can do one and put the content on / example= /startpage
Or simply redifining the startpage on firefox, to when users open firefox open certainly page (like your blog or other maybe Linux.com)

PLymouth make your plymouth or change the existent on /usr/lib/plymouth/themes
and install the new with this commands
sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/"name"plymouth/"name"plymouth 100

sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
choose your preferred

sudo update-initramfs -u

sudo update-grub2

Make other design customs...

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3- probably you use many times terminal so you dont like if your final ISO go out with lines you put on terminal and commands so you need clean the history of terminal each time you open terminal and put orders to clean terminal history uses->
history -c
In Xubuntu the terminal have a problem i dont have idea how solve - the terminal have allways the history, is a little problem maybe if you use tilda with terminal this problem is solved.

4-m the big Step-> /etc/skel this is the path with the responsability to define the next definitions of your distro (is like the next user home environment)

so open terminal open your window manager (example sudo thunar) and do this:

Copy all content in your /home path to /etc/skel.
include the ./conky , ./scripts (only if you have a properly config of conky for example)

I suggest to you try verify if in your home dont have any data, private data to dont spread private content of you to others.

5- Now open once more terminal and put this command on terminal
sudo chown -R root /etc/skel

And now
history -c (to clean the history of terminal)

6- Done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7- OPen remastersys and choose DistIso mode and leave the program work in make your ISO.

When he stop if you go to your /home/remastersys you see you new ISO.

- IN remastersys you can change the name of your future ISO the user of live session etc, so take a good look in this extraordynary program.

Please if you spread in net you ISO refer the remastersys tool, because without he you cant make your ISO so easily.

An example of Remasters, my remasters->

T.à.S

Flavitu

Try this please->

open terminal shell -

write this command:
evince

and give the path your path pdf file example /home/user/downloads/some.pdf

its equal like this-

evince /home/user/downloads/some.pdf

 

all you need is give to the command the exact path of your pdf and opens probably, if this dont solve your problem please give us more info about your problem, like after this you can open pdf files? Are you using Ubuntu and add new users to group users? In your Ubuntu have installed some PDF reader?

Welcome.

Sometimes the proprietary drivers corrupted with actualizations or instllation of graphic utilities.

Probably this cause your problem.

When you have try work in safe mode the login is your user and then password.
Or root / password.

If your pc is good i recomend to you take a look on Ultimate Edition and OZ unity edition , amazing remasters of Ubuntu.

Greetings.

New Plymouth with theme Linhux Foundation-> LF-PLYMOUTH

Steps to install->
[ sudo nautilus]

move the folder plymouth to /lib/plymouth/themes

[sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/portaro-plymouth/portaro.plymouth 100]

[sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth]

[ sudo update-initramfs -u]

[ sudo update-grub2]

To test plymouth look->

sudo plymouthd ; sudo plymouth --show-splash ; sleep 10 ; sudo plymouth --quit
Done

Visit reference on my blog-> http://tux-a-solta.blogspot.pt/2012/05/new-plymouth-theme-linux-foundation.html

OK, i find the solution.

THe problem is xorg edgers, the history, yesterday i take the day to reformat one o fmy pcs, my desktop office pc, this pc have the graphic i mentioned and he was with gentoo.

I rememeber that is pc in past had Ubuntu (after gentoo) but i dont remember if the graphics works well with this ubuntu or not.

SO yesterday i tested install ubuntu 10.04, and the problem i related appear because i install the xorg edgers ppa, the 12.04 ubuntu is recently and i take the decision to teste him.

Down and install but problem unity is a big .... i dont like, i dont like gnome 3 alternatives is lxde or xfce.

So i thinking, if new ubuntu is unity and gnome 3 probably i feel more confortable with gnome 2 (fallback) and he is qorks well with compiz only with gnome 2, so i use a ubuntu 10.04 remaster and install it but i dont install xorg edgers and voilá the game appears good.

So problem is solved.

I believe this problem probably is a repercution of install xorg edgers because vids also appear with shadows, its strange.

In this moment i down calculate Linux because new unity ubuntu is very bad.
so in this machine i uninstall ubuntu and take calculate or other distro / or use old ubuntu 10.04.

THanks for your answer