On 05/27/2014 01:40 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Hi Israel, > See text inline and at the end ... > Best regards/Nio > > 2014-05-27 18:29, Israel skrev: > >> I wonder if we should use a simple browser for some of those common >> things, rather than including a lot of other things. >> Of course imagemagick is light and fast. It has the ability to take >> screen shots, and display images, etc.. So it might be good to include >> for that.... >> though we'd need a script to use the screen shots capability in a sane >> way for users, to assign a filename, and increment it if they take >> multiple shots. >> something like Screenshot-$date.jpg where $date it the time/date stamp. > It is definitely worth considering If I have time I might write a script to test out... *IF* so many things going on in both real life and GNU/Linux life >> >> What are you using for the graphics? Is it ncurses or something else? >> I am asking to know if it can it be themed differently? >> It would be nice to make a really solid user experience where Tori OS >> can have a specific 'branding' >> from the first moment of installation to the first boot into the OS. >> >> And also... which Virtual Machine program works the best for this, can I >> just use Virtual Box, or do you suggest VMWare, or something else. >> I don't have a PAE machine to use right now... though, and my old PPC >> wont work with this. Of course I get 'broken' computers from people >> when they get a new one. >> And I fix them (usually only requires installing a version of Ubuntu, >> which I choose based on Hardware and user expectations) >> and give them to someone who has a REALLY broken computer, and cannot >> afford to buy a new computer right away (or at all). >> > The 9w installer itself can run in text mode or graphics mode. The > default graphical desktop environment is LXDE (as it is in Debian). I > have only changed the background picture. > > The menu system is using the 'dialog' package, a script-interpreter > which provides a set of curses widgets. It works in text mode as well as > reasonably well in terminal windows (where for example mouse clicks > work; dialog works with X/Open curses). It is similar to whiptail (which > I think is used in the alternate installer). I like dialog, so use it. > > -o- > > I think it is easier to perform the branding in a fully graphical > desktop environment. It is possible to translate the dialog scripts to > work with zenity. They are similar but not the same. (I have used > kdialog some years ago, but never zenity.) > > Of course it is possible (and probably more flexible) to use python, but > I have no experience of using it. I started with a tutorial, but there > was no time for it. > > -o- > > I think most virtual machines work with 9w. I have tested it in > VirtualBox and KVM + virt-manager. I made screenshots recently in > VirtualBox, where you can set the properties of the virtual cpu and to > limit the RAM to low values. Use VirtualBox that you know already! > > One good feature with KVM + virt-manager is that guest machines can boot > from USB and from image files (dd dumps of block devices) in the host > computer. > > -o- > > 'I don't have a PAE machine to use right now...' OOPS... :)
> You can't be serious :-D > > Yes, I know what you mean. I hope you find a non-pae computer that is > 'broken' but not really broken :-) I do think there is one lying around somewhere at my in laws house. The last time I saw it I tried booting Lubuntu on it to no avail, as the memory was unreasonably small for Lubuntu. Puppy worked fine with it, though. > I have an IBM Thinkpad T42 with Pentium M. It lacks a PAE flag, but has > PAE capability. Lubuntu 14.04 LTS works well with Phill's non-pae kernel > as well as with the generic PAE kernel and the boot option forcepae. > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~torios Post to : torios@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~torios More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
