Hi Nio, Thanks for your reply. Normally I don't sell PC, I work with customers device and a standard Lubuntu. The average age of computers is over 7 year, Pentium4 or Pentium D normally, with 512mb ram. One of my services is to powerup this computers finding used parts (or new one if not avaiables) to the maximum possible to gain more horsepower. Again is not for money, it's a mission! ;-) In this situation Lubuntu is the best choice, I know I could use Ubuntu/Kubuntu for a more eyecandy experience, but Lubuntu as the advantage to be very light and with a very good level of configuration. So I will stick with this flavor even if with some issue like the one with samba share on pcmanfm ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcmanfm/+bug/1174571 ) but, you know, Gigolo is your friend! :-) Think on it: different customizations using a very light composite manager let it have a good interface with minimum efforts. Let me be clear: I don't want Compton on our distro obviously, Lubuntu target is not eyecandy, is speed and quality. But... I'm still using my old 2002 notebook, a Dell C400 (P3 866mhz / 768mb ram) to use Lubuntu! Need to use an old kernel due to a bug with Intel xorg package ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186800 ) but I can run it smoothly. And I'm really happy with it. :-)
F. On 2013-06-29 00:14, Federico Leoni wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm Federico, an 41 y.o. Italian guy who's living in Brasil and a proud > linux user since 2006, when I've started to use Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake > over WindowsXP. > Many years after I'm still use *buntu distro but just this year I fallen > in love with Lubuntu and now I'm spreading the word. > > Ali, don't know if is a "start ubuntu" related argument or if is better > write directly on ubuntuforum. You decide. > > Last year I've started a business here in Brasil and I'm offering > Lubuntu as a solution for home use and for small offices, but I'm losing > customers because of the standard interface. > Some users asked me for an OSX style, others for a Windows7 style. > Please don't underestimate this aspect, we can reach many more users in > this way, even if with more powerful computers, and is very important > for who would migrate. Eye candy is a good thing too. > Using Cairo Dock (more OSX style) or Dockbarx (for W7), both with > Compton enabled, even with some glitches and some specific themes I did > the job. > TThings starts to be complicated when I tried to create my custom > session beside the exixting one for the "standard" Lubuntu. I mean, I > know I need to create sessions in /usr/share/xsessions/ to see them on > LightDM, for example I create a new session called LubuntuCMP.desktop > based on Lubuntu.desktop already present on the folder. This is the content: > > [Desktop Entry] > # The names/descriptions should really be better > Name=LubuntuCMP > Comment=Lubuntu - Lightweight X11 desktop environment based on LXDE > Exec=/usr/bin/startlubuntucmp > # Icon= > Type=Application > > Then I created my personal /usr/bin/startlubuntucmp pointing to a > session folder called LubuntuCMP. Worked, I can set a theme for icons > and windows editing the desktop.conf file but I can't change the > position of the panel without modify it on other sessions, nor I can get > autostart file to work. Compton and the specific dock simply doesn't > start. Here an help would be much appreciated because I think there is > another configuration file. > Then finally I'll start to think how to create my custom lubuntu CD. > Before someone ask: no, I'm not asking money for this nor I'll change > the name of the disto, it's just a custom setup to help me in my job. > I'm ready to discuss about it in more detailed way with anyone interested. > > Thanks, > > F. > > Hi Federico, I wish you good luck with your business in Brasil offering Lubuntu as a solution for home use and for small offices :-) If you answer to a couple of questions it might be easier to help. - Do you install Lubuntu into computers, that are already owned by the customers, or do you sell computers with Lubuntu (your tweaked version) installed? - In each case, how much horsepower is there in the computer? I mean, are the computers old with slow CPU or low RAM, or new? (Without knowing your answer I think it is OK to install an Ubuntu flavour with more eye candy into a newer computer: Xubuntu, Ubuntu with Unity or Kubuntu. It is 'within the family'.) Best regards Nio
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