Ubuntu Ultimate

[TheeMahn2003]

For those that don't know what Ubuntu Ultimate is you can learn about the distro from my website (http://ubuntusoftware.info/faq.html#ultimate).

I will be editing this post to keep people informed:

10/25/07 I will no longer be updating this post it is now being updated on my News & Events (http://forumubuntusoftware.info/viewforum.php?f=2) section of my forum. Just to give a heads up U.U.E. 1.6 is really close to "official" release. Those that are registered on my forum will get it even before it has a webpage even written, you can learn the benefits of registering here (http://forumubuntusoftware.info/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=27). So please take the time and register (http://forumubuntusoftware.info/ucp.php?mode=register), before it is too late.

10/22/07 I don't have time to update both forums, I suggest you read the News & Events (http://ubuntusoftware.info/forum/posting.php?mode=edit&f=2&p=3) on my forum, you will want to register as soon as you see yesterdays post. I am uploading U.U.E. 1.6 as I type this. Only registered users will be able to see when it goes "Hot for release" & download it directly from a hidden post (viewable only by registered users) on my forum. It will be posted to the main site later after I write a webpage for it.

10/20/07 Work on Ubuntu Ultimate 1.6 is going slow however I am posting from the Live DVD, which works perfectly thus far about 300MB of nothing but updates. Thought I would toss down a few screenshots (can be viewed in News & Events (http://ubuntusoftware.info/forum/posting.php?mode=edit&f=2&p=3) section on my forum). Wallpaper login etc. are subject to change based on your vote (http://ubuntusoftware.info/forum/viewforum.php?f=16).

10/19/07 Yes, I know Gusty Gibson has been released as final and have been building from it to make 1.6 no easy task (http://ubuntusoftware.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=43). If you would like to learn how the release cycle works with U.U.E. you can learn about that here (http://ubuntusoftware.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=30&p=79&hilit=Happy+harry#p79). I highly suggest you take the time and register on my forum, those that do will be able to view a thread that guests cannot see. It will be under News & Events (http://ubuntusoftware.info/forum/viewforum.php?f=2) a release before even a webpage is written for 1.6, most likely days in advance.

10/16/07 Our forum is now online (http://ubuntusoftware.info/forum/) and open for registration and posts, please bare in mind there will be some initial growing pains... Enjoy !!!

10/06/07 Got talent? Graphic artists wanted, would you like to have your work seen by 100's of thousands of people? I have set up a poll read more about that here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=568585).

10/04/07 I know it has been a long time since I posted, got a job takes up alot of my time not that I have not been busy pre-building what will be 1.6 (Gusty Gibson based), I have made a new grub splash, Usplash theme, GDM theme, wallpaper and theme for it, you can read more about that here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3473502&postcount=1286). Been setting up our own forum as well not ready for mainstream traffic yet, will keep you informed.

09/22/07 1.5 has been released (http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ubuntu_Ultimate_1.5/)!!! I will not post it internally until torrent is brought online, so as it sits right now a ubuntuforum exclusive enjoy. Funny an admin moved my thread today, an admin told me to post it where it was.

09/20/06 WOW an idiot I am.. . I may have openly said so as far as corruption jfg69, brought it to my attention (Think that is his nick). Perhaps as I indeed have said in the past, the upload is corrupted seen it first 2nd hand, sorry I will now name snaple he took the "Pepsi challenge" and is no new comer to traffic. I am re-uploading it as I type this. Did not want you to think I was B.S. ing (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3398400&postcount=1107) you.

09/18/06 It simply blows my mind the pounding going on across the board, I have spoken with a gentleman this eve (no names mentioned) he holds the "key" on the release of 1.5, currently all servers including mine are at max capacity with 1.4 (2.6 TB this week), this guy if he is up to the "Pepsi" challenge wiill feel a huge punch from the snap. Even if he does not accept, we will still have a release but it will be slow (Irregardless I suggest you torrent to help others).
1 of 10 *can you imagine what ccal has seen, or other mirrors?:
6135179.23 MB of 250000.00 MB (2454.07%)

09/15/07 Due to the many repeated questions I have decided to create a Forum based F.A.Q. (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3370885&postcount=1041) This will take some time to complete perhaps your question is already answered there. I should be spending my time writing a webpage for 1.5 it is uploaded and ready for release.

09/14/07 I have discussed it with ccal and he does not care (he has unlimited bandwidth and pays the same no matter how many people "hit" him") there will be a 1.5 release (uploading it now), however I will be unable to host my own release, a lot of weight will be on his shoulders. Ccal deserves a huge thanks, he is about to be at max capacity for a long time to come, I will adjust the script to remove his repo from your list 200 people at a time is more then anyone should ask for. After traffic calms down I will update the script and put it back in, the script update will be no time soon, obviously I have "bigger fish to fry", I wish people could see what I do.

09/12/07 I have completed and am currently running UUE 1.5 (Gnome, KDE, Enlightenment, Window Maker & XFCE included) each environment 9 in all are selectable from the login window. I have made a short screencast (http://ubuntusoftware.info/screencasts/kde.avi) of the KDE environment & posted a few screenshots (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3354935&postcount=994) of Gnome environment. With the current amount of traffic (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3355692&postcount=996) it is unknown when / if it will even be released the servers are at maximum capacity, if traffic slows down perhaps we will have a release; those of you that run 1.4+ will want to wait for the script update, this will allow you to upgrade to 1.5 w/o having to download the 2.2 Gig 1.5 release. Will post more info as it becomes available.

09/07/07 Updated Super Tweaking Ultimate (http://ubuntusoftware.info/Howto_tweak_ubuntu_ultimate.html) page, now have UUE 1.4 Gamers booting into gnome in 15 secs ;) Bonus tip added for those with dual core CPU's. If and only if you like the end results, please provide me a few kudos. (http://digg.com/linux_unix/Super_Tweaking_Ultimate_Feisty). Probably by the time you read it fully a thing of the past, a large webpage ;)

09/04/07 Paid for the repo & download server to be put back online, repo problems should now be a thing of the past. The download server however will take at least 24 hours to refill (unless ccal helps me out).

08/30/07 Due to the great work of Ccal as always. Ubuntu Ultimate 1.4 Gamers is now available for download (http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ubuntu_Ultimate_1.4_Gamers/), screencast (http://youtube.com/watch?v=duhAtZT11vw). Enjoy!!! His repo is now online as well downloading from it now ;) If you have time I'd appreciate a few diggs (http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_Ultimate_1_4_Gamers_Edition_i386_DVD_Now_Av ailable_at_LinuxTracker). Lets see if ccal can handle the digg effect ;)

08/29/07 Ubuntu Ultimate 1.4 Gamers edition (64 Bit) is now uploaded, 18 hours to upload 1.4 Gamers X86 (16 1/2 left).

08/28/07 Repo is now mirrored via ccal, 2 standard repo mirrors and one on the way ;) Will be set in motion in a few days. UUE 1.4 Gamers Edition (AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) has been built and is uploading as I type this for those of you with 64 bit CPU's. There is also a standard X86 release (already done and ready for upload) for those with intel or don't want to run a 64 bit O/S, a huge download most games are integrated on the DVD. You can read more about it here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3266670&postcount=862). If you would like to see the list of games included you can read more about that from my website (http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ubuntu_Ultimate_1.4_Gamers/) please note this page is under construction as of time of this post, don't expect the download links to work yet, screenshots and screencast are from 1.4 DVD not Gamers yet.

08/21/07 Repo and download server are down here is why (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3225468&postcount=725), please don't click on the upgrade Icon until they are back up, will take days in just re-uploading, thanks for your patience and sorry for the inconvenience.

08/18/07 Even though a re-built Ubuntu Ultimate Gamers 1.4 (smaller & windows users happy), I will not release (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3212131&postcount=699) anything that cant be downloaded, no matter the OS you run; release has been uploaded to main server, there will be no "official" release until ccal comes back from Italy (1 week and & 5 days), or someone PM's me with unlimited bandwidth and ability to serve a hungry crowd.

Example:
Bandwidth: 4579333.41 MB of 2000000.00 MB (228.97%)

This release will exceed that manifold... Not just in size (4GB) but demand. If you have 4GB of space and unlimited bandwidth (what you see above is Terabytes not Gigabytes of bandwidth, thought I would shut down the PM's before started), please message me.

08/14/07 I have written a How to Super Tweak Ultimate (http://ubuntusoftware.info/Howto_tweak_ubuntu_ultimate.html) page, even though it is written specifically with Ubuntu Ultimate in mind I see no reason why a Feisty Fawn user can't use it as well. Enjoy!!!

08/12/07 Sorry to inform you that we may not have a release exempt a ubuntuforum exclusive. You most likely will not be able to download Gamers unless you run linux. Due to the limitation in Windows (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3175230&postcount=543)
this is the best case situation, I may have to re-build it all.

08/10/07 Gamers Edition is done!!! You can read more about it that here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3168828&postcount=511). Will probably be 2 days before you can download it between uploading & mirroring a release of this size.

08/07/07 I wrote a brief howto (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3149537&postcount=472) covering installation of UUE DVD & Nvidia Driver installation. Testing a build of Gamers Edition a bit over 4GB!!! Download server has exceed it's bandwidth limits after almost 400,000 downloads of UUE 1.4 DVD and almost 200,000 of 1.4 CD, simply crazy and done in short order.

08/04/07 I thought I would shttp://hare with you all the making of UUE 1.4 Gamers, most wont be able to view it unless you run UUE 1.4 or have the codecs installed, first beginning (http://ubuntusoftware.info/test/starting), and midstride (http://ubuntusoftware.info/test/midstride) along. Please note no extension *nix doesn't need them ;) Going quite well thus far. 245,517 downloads of 1.4 DVD from main download server only. Not bad for 2 days ;) Massive traffic (http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=39812&d=1186257394). Progress on UUE 1.4 Gamers Edition (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3134528&postcount=423). We really could use some mirrors, post if you can help.

08/03/07 Mirror & torrent now setup. Please feel free to give me a few "diggs (http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_Ultimate_Edition_1_4_DVD_Gnarly_Gnome_Relea sed)", I dugg my own website I want to see if it remains up, the propose of having 3 to begin with. Thanks.

08/02/07 Ubuntu Ultimate 1.4 DVD (http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ubuntu_Ultimate_1.4/) is available for download enjoy!!!. Screencast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLUXjXo7MuU). Mirrors & torrents will be set up tomorrow.

07/31/07 Ubuntu Ultimate Edition 1.4 DVD (http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ubuntu_Ultimate_1.4/) is now uploading ~2GB will take nothing short of 9 hours to upload, mirrors please stand by. Many wireless issues (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3063468) have been addressed and integrated onto the DVD (screenshots (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3111424&postcount=379)).

I would like to apologize if I do not immediately get back with you, I hope you can understand I am a very busy Mahn :), I do try and respond to each and every post.

Looking for help or answers please view our old thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=309704). Still can't find an answer? Please feel free to post.

Below are screen shots of 1.4 DVD version... And a screencast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLUXjXo7MuU), a bit choppy sorry about that happened when converted from oog / vorbis to avi..

[justin whitaker]

Good to hear! Will there be a massive torrent that I can jump on over the weekend?

[TheeMahn2003]

Good to hear! Will there be a massive torrent that I can jump on over the weekend?

I have yet to post the news to ccal my #1 torrent / mirror man, but I will now send him a PM. I'm actually hoping this to not be slammed as bad as prior releases, it is a beta and not linked from my site. Last release knocked my site offline I'm hoping to avoid that please bare in mind a beta.

[ALBERT6]

looking forward :p

[TheeMahn2003]

I just paid to upgrade downloadubuntusoftware.info to 2TB enjoy, probably burnt up in 1 day ;) copy past just 4 u :)
downloadubuntusoftware.in
fo
Hosting Login: ***********
Server IP Address: 68.178.254.187
Dedicated Hosting IP:
Billing Date: 6/22/2007
Status: Pending Account Change
Disk Space: 1707.00 MB of 200000.00 MB (0.85%)
Bandwidth: 5.02 MB of 2000000.00 MB (0%)

The pending will go away...

[TheeMahn2003]

Just updated the website now all pages point to this thread since the other thread is closed, send the forums a bit of traffic ;) Also added a link on all pages pointing to the repo.

[ccal]

Just updated the website now all pages point to this thread since the other thread is closed, send the forums a bit of traffic ;) Also added a link on all pages pointing to the repo.

Happy to see you back ;)
I am currently mirroring iso file from the main site. Mirror link available online in few hours.

http://uu.enarel.eu/iso/ubuntu-ultimate-beta.iso

Do you want I post on Linuxtracker.org too ?

[ccal]

http://uu.enarel.eu/iso/ubuntu-ultimate-beta.iso



Link is up. Let's burn some bandwidth ;)

[TheeMahn2003]

Happy to see you back ;)
I am currently mirroring iso file from the main site. Mirror link available online in few hours.

http://uu.enarel.eu/iso/ubuntu-ultimate-beta.iso

Do you want I post on Linuxtracker.org too ?

Page has been updated. Sure why not toss it on Linuxtracker, send me the link once you have it up.

I suppose I'll link the page from my homepage as well prepare for some traffic ;)

[ccal]

Sure why not toss it on Linuxtracker, send me the link once you have it up.


Torrent posted on LinuxTracker.org, link http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=4192

Have fun ;)

[adewale]

hello,
its a relief to hear that the project isn't dead. i would like to know that would this only come with Gnome, why not include KDE also and something to help install the nvidia driver from the cd or better still pre-installed. Thanks

[apamau]

glad to hear that.. actually for newbies like us who's not familiar with ubuntu and also.. don't have much time to spend to dig into more details.. the ultimate has been our only hope... when the launch of 7.04, we are actually not that excited... as nothing much for us.. , but all of my friends are waiting for ultimate... coz it really solve our problem.. it's the real linux for the people.. hope in future ubuntu standard will be offering an ultimate version... i know it is impossible.. but for mass market..(who really want to use but not techies), it's the only version. Thanks ultimate !!!

[Scruffynerf]

Interesting to hear that the Ultimate based off Feisty is around.

Whilst I am here, I'd just like to thank TheeMahn2003 for this release - vanilla ubuntu's never installed on my system, just used to hang on install. Ultimate (1.3 - Edgy release) has been a dream - as a newbie, I've never had to do a re-install, and most things worked out of the box.

Would highly recommend this project for those looking to migrate from windows.

cheers

Scruffy.

[TheeMahn2003]

hello,
its a relief to hear that the project isn't dead. i would like to know that would this only come with Gnome, why not include KDE also and something to help install the nvidia driver from the cd or better still pre-installed. Thanks

KDE has not been included YET, however when 1.4 goes final it will be included, the nvidia driver or ati can be installed from the live cd or after installation using a tool called envy (http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html) this is automatically ran for you if you choose to install video drivers see screenshot here (http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ultimate_Beta/Screenshots/Screenshot-1.png).

[TheeMahn2003]

Interesting to hear that the Ultimate based off Feisty is around.

Whilst I am here, I'd just like to thank TheeMahn2003 for this release - vanilla ubuntu's never installed on my system, just used to hang on install. Ultimate (1.3 - Edgy release) has been a dream - as a newbie, I've never had to do a re-install, and most things worked out of the box.

Would highly recommend this project for those looking to migrate from windows.

cheers

Scruffy.

Thank you for your kind comments, this release (running it currently) by being based off Feisty has been a real chore to build, it is no where near complete the script I need to finish to allow it to fit on a cd is a lot of work. IMHO I feel Ultimate 1.2 to be the best release I have put out it was very stable and everything just worked w/o having to add this or that. I am glad to hear you have had such great success with 1.3, the main enhancements added to 1.3 was security, however I think I overdid it I bought a book yes I do find time to read on occasion ;) called Hardning Linux a great book if you are looking to secure your box. One of the security enhancements in 1.3 encrypted a disk I burnt for a buddy and he couldn't read it when I put it back in my system it read fine, all though some may call that a security enhancement I call it an annoyance.

Thanks again for your comments

[TheeMahn2003]

glad to hear that.. actually for newbies like us who's not familiar with ubuntu and also.. don't have much time to spend to dig into more details.. the ultimate has been our only hope... when the launch of 7.04, we are actually not that excited... as nothing much for us.. , but all of my friends are waiting for ultimate... coz it really solve our problem.. it's the real linux for the people.. hope in future ubuntu standard will be offering an ultimate version... i know it is impossible.. but for mass market..(who really want to use but not techies), it's the only version. Thanks ultimate !!!

It is comments like these that motivate me to write the next release. I'm sure you may find this hard to believe but I had only been running linux for a few months before building my first distro, I guess my brain is like a sponge.

Thanks again,

[adewale]

thanks a zillion. i've been using edgy christmas edition and the only problem i couldn't overcome was getting 3d for my nvidia Geforce 2 mx 400 i tried envy and all drivers i knew but still freezes my pc anytime the driver is enabled

[TheeMahn2003]

thanks a zillion. i've been using edgy christmas edition and the only problem i couldn't overcome was getting 3d for my nvidia Geforce 2 mx 400 i tried envy and all drivers i knew but still freezes my pc anytime the driver is enabled

I did a search to try and find a fix for your video card problem, my buddy had a 400 and had the same exact problem he fixed it by adding something to do with agp to the drivers section. When I get a chance to talk to him I will find you a solution.

[Scruffynerf]

Odd, I had the same problem with 3D on my Geforce 6600GT. Envy broke the GUI (Xorg?), however an install from Synaptic and a quick perusal of a HOWTO elsewhere on the forums worked.

It's the only thing that didn't initially work for me in the 1.3 release. Everything else was peachy!

Thanks again for doing this.

cheers

[TheeMahn2003]

I have just opened a launchpad (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu.ultimate/) account for Ubuntu Ultimate not that I will have time to maintain it... I am looking for people to maintain bug reports per distro. If you would like appointed the position please message me. Links for each distro are coming.

[lukeo]

Feisty 7.04 installs fine on my PC, basic specs Nforce 4 ultra, 4800+, 2GB ram, 8800gts. Ultimate gives me a X failed to start and it will not boot off the DVD. Shame really.

[TheeMahn2003]

Feisty 7.04 installs fine on my PC, basic specs Nforce 4 ultra, 4800+, 2GB ram, 8800gts. Ultimate gives me a X failed to start and it will not boot off the DVD. Shame really.

I'm really surprised your 8800gts works with feisty a search (http://www.google.com/search?q=8800gts+ubuntu&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS225US225) in google shows all sorts of problems. perhaps ctrl-alt-f2 as its booting login and run:
envy -t

and select nvidia.

[kelvin spratt]

O dear what have you done i downloaded Ultimate 1.4 this morning the live image was great as i expected so i installed u 1.4 all went well till reboot then i got the message? THE KERNAL IS IN PANIC MODE, i had lots of flashing lights on my keyboard and optical mouse but nothing else
and nothing else would boot up on my computer so i tried super grub disk and Fiesty and xp still
would not boot and mbr would not repair till i removed Ultimate 1.4 then all was well whats gone wrong Fiesty and all previous versions of Ultimate have always worked from the box

[TheeMahn2003]

O dear what have you done i downloaded Ultimate 1.4 this morning the live image was great as i expected so i installed u 1.4 all went well till reboot then i got the message? THE KERNAL IS IN PANIC MODE, i had lots of flashing lights on my keyboard and optical mouse but nothing else
and nothing else would boot up on my computer so i tried super grub disk and Fiesty and xp still
would not boot and mbr would not repair till i removed Ultimate 1.4 then all was well whats gone wrong Fiesty and all previous versions of Ultimate have always worked from the box

I would like to start off by saying this is a beta, many bugs and omissions, but work in progress. In the past I have released only what I consider stable, however I feel, I should allow people a chance to participate in creating what will be Ubuntu Ultimate 1.4, codename: Gnarly Gnome. I may go back to the ways of the past depending how this works out.

I have thought about scraping Feisty Based all together it has been a huge problem to build from the snap and going back to edgy, where I seem to have a lot less problems. I installed the beta w/o a hitch, it is a beta, I fully expect people as well as myself to have problems on my homepage I clearly state it is not for everyone, I'm sorry your mileage was not as great as mine.

[spitingcamel]

I normally rely on Ultimate Ubuntu as I find it excellent and has all the necessary programs I need so after the recent upgrade I thought I'd wait for the Ultimate edition,so a bit disappointed to see this is a beta as I am a complete newbie to linux and prefer to have everything handed to me on a plate like windows,at the moment am running Windows Vista Basic on a Sony Viao IGB Ram ATI Graphics card which of course I cant upgrade the graphics card to get the glass effects of vista,but with Ubuntu and Beryl I find it a thousands times better than vista,strange how I have no problem with 3D effects with Beryl but denied it with vista,yes I know vista basic does not have aero,I also have vista premium,yes I like to waste money,anyway tried your Ultimate Ubuntu Beta from the DVD and was very much impressed,was even able to play my videos from the windows folder all from the DVD,wont install yet untill the stable version is released,so please don't give up,your doing a great job!

[TheeMahn2003]

I normally rely on Ultimate Ubuntu as I find it excellent and has all the necessary programs I need so after the recent upgrade I thought I'd wait for the Ultimate edition,so a bit disappointed to see this is a beta as I am a complete newbie to linux and prefer to have everything handed to me on a plate like windows,at the moment am running Windows Vista Basic on a Sony Viao IGB Ram ATI Graphics card which of course I cant upgrade the graphics card to get the glass effects of vista,but with Ubuntu and Beryl I find it a thousands times better than vista,strange how I have no problem with 3D effects with Beryl but denied it with vista,yes I know vista basic does not have aero,I also have vista premium,yes I like to waste money,anyway tried your Ultimate Ubuntu Beta from the DVD and was very much impressed,was even able to play my videos from the windows folder all from the DVD,wont install yet untill the stable version is released,so please don't give up,your doing a great job!

Thank you, it is indeed far from final all I was looking for is a chance to let others "test it out" just as you have done. I think I would be hesitant to install the beta as well, however I have no choice ;) Scripting it to the CD version is a long way away, but I look for it to be the best solution allowing the end user to pick and choose what they would like installed, grabbing all the packages & prerequisites from the internet & playing music as it does so; if the end user opts for it. By the time it's done the music it plays now as it downloads drivers etc. "Halloween" may be fitting. I have downloaded 120,000 mods, s3m etc. so I may have a poll for what you would like to hear as it "takes care of business" this also will be in the future.

I would have to agree with you on the beryl thing it is really something to see as it has much lower requirements then for vista, I have recently purchased 2 nvidia geforce 7800gts (SLI mode) with tripple view (probably when I have the $ gonna buy 3 of these (http://www.antaresdigital.com/customer/product.php?productid=16758&cat=359&page=2) to go with it), have yet to hook up a third monitor; it impresses everyone who has seen it and makes vista look like a joke.

I'm sorry to announce that I have gotten another job (roofing) now 4 jobs if you include building Ubuntu a job so progress will be much slower unless someone else would like to pay my bills ;)

Thanks again

[kelvin spratt]

let put things in perspective i'm not bitching like so many do on this forum, only trying to let you
know there is a major problem with this Beta, all your releases up to date have been excellent and worked straight from the box on my computer and so has all Ubuntu releases and if i get a problem then it is a problem, as in the past i have recommended you in this forum and when you release a beta that i can boot up i shall be giving it another spin hopefully you can sort this out
in the near future and let me know, so i can test it out and give an honest opinion on a Ubuntu friendly system.

[burt_57]

How can I had a mirrior for download?
Am very new at Linux, but would like to help if a mirror for download
is possible.
Burt

[TheeMahn2003]

How can I had a mirrior for download?
Am very new at Linux, but would like to help if a mirror for download
is possible.
Burt

How much bandwidth do you have?

[TheeMahn2003]

I thought I would share a bit of the scripts progress this will only work currently with the Ubuntu Ultimate Beta please feel free to try it yourself. I will soon attach screenshots. Below is the code for the bash script currently Gamers Edition and Custom only work.

#!/bin/bash
# Ubuntu Ultimate Edition Easy upgrade script Via TheeMahn
#
#
# Copyright (c) 2006 Ubuntusoftware Team <http://ubuntusoftware.info>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
if [ ! -e "/usr/bin/zenity" ]; then
gksudo apt-get install -y zenity
fi

#Check for update to script here


#is it running off the Live CD?
if [ $USERNAME = "ubuntu" ]; then
`zenity --window-icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png --info --text="This upgrade scipt can only be ran after hard disk installation." --title="Ubuntu Ultimate Edition"`;
exit 1
fi

# Are we running on Feisty?
if ( ! grep "Ubuntu 7.04" /etc/issue >/dev/null 2>&1); then
`zenity --window-icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png --info --text="This scipt can only be ran on Feisty based distros." --title="Ubuntu Ultimate Edition"`;
exit 1
fi

timidity -Os -A130 -p3 -Ei5 -module=2 -q20 -T140 /usr/share/ultimate/halloween_theme.s3m&choice="$(zenity --window-icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png --width=400 --height=180 --title "Ubuntu Ultimate Edition" --text "Choose distro path" --list --radiolist --column "Install" --column "Distro" true 'Ubuntu Ultimate Gamers Edition' false 'Ubuntu Ultimate Edition' false 'Custom')"

warn() {
if ! zenity --question --title "Distro selected" --text "${choice}
Do you wish to grab the default packages for the above distro?"; then
exit 0
fi
}

baseinstall() {
gksudo apt-get update | zenity --width=400 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Updating source list"
gksudo apt-get upgrade -y --allow-unauthenticated | zenity --width=400 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Upgrading base distro..."
}

debinstall() {
INSTALLED=$(apt-cache policy $1 | grep '^ *Installed: ' | sed -e 's/ *Installed: *//')
echo "INSTALLED = \"$INSTALLED\""
if [ $INSTALLED = "(none)" ]; then
echo "installing $1"
#download it
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/$2 2>&1 | sed -u 's/.*\ \([0-9]\+%\)\ \+\([0-9.]\+\ [KMB\/s]\+\)$/\1\n# Downloading \2/' | zenity --width=400 --height=100 --progress --auto-close --title="Downloading $3..."
#install it
sudo dpkg -i $2 2>&1 | zenity --width=400 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing $3..."
gksudo rm $2
sudo apt-get -f --force-yes -y install | zenity --width=400 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Grabing $3 Dependancies"
else
echo "$3 Already installed"
fi
}

gamers() {
Action_Cube
Alien_Arena
Open_Arena
Scourge
Glest
Boswars
Sauerbraten
Secret_Maryo_Chronicles
Vdrift
UFO_AI
Warsow
Mania_Drive
Supertux
Astromenace
Blob_and_conquer
Dark_Oberon

killall timidity
}

################################################## ###### GAMEZ ##############################################

Action_Cube() {
#actioncube
debinstall actioncube actioncube_0.92-1getdeb1_i386.deb Action_cube
}

Alien_Arena() {
#alien Arena
debinstall alienarena2007 alienarena2007_6.04-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Alien_Arena
}

Open_Arena() {
#open arena
debinstall openarena openarena_0.6.0-1getdeb1_i386.deb Open_Arena
}

Glest() {
#glest
debinstall glest-data glest-data_2.0.0-0~getdeb1_all.deb Glest_Data
debinstall glest glest_2.0.0-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Glest
}

Scourge() {
debinstall scourge scourge_0.18-1~getdeb1_i386.deb Scourge
debinstall scourge-data scourge-data_0.18-1~getdeb1_all.deb Scourge_Data
}

Boswars() {
debinstall boswars boswars-data_2.3-0~getdeb1_all.deb Boswars
debinstall boswars-data boswars_2.3-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Boswars_Data
}

Sauerbraten() {
debinstall sauerbraten-data sauerbraten-data_0.0.20070415-0~getdeb1_all.deb Sauerbraten_Data
debinstall sauerbraten sauerbraten_0.0.20070415-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Sauerbraten
}

Secret_Maryo_Chronicles() {
debinstall smc-data smc-data_0.99.6-0~getdeb1_all.deb Secret_Maryo_Chronicles_Data
debinstall smc smc_0.99.6-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Secret_Maryo_Chronicles
}

Vdrift() {
debinstall vdrift-full vdrift-full_0.0.2007.03.23-0~getdeb1_all.deb Vdrift_Data
debinstall vdrift vdrift_0.0.2007.03.23-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Vdrift
}

UFO_AI(){
debinstall ufoai ufoai-data_2.1-0~getdeb1_all.deb UFO_AI
}

Warsow() {
debinstall warsow-data warsow-data_0.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb Warsow_Data
debinstall warsow warsow_0.3-1~getdeb1_i386.deb Warsow
}

Mania_Drive() {
debinstall maniadrive-data maniadrive-data_1.2-0~getdeb1_all.deb Maniadrive_Data
debinstall maniadrive maniadrive_1.2-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Mania_Drive
}

Supertux() {
debinstall supertux-data supertux-data_0.3.0-1getdeb1_all.deb Supertux_Data
debinstall supertux supertux_0.3.0-1getdeb1_i386.deb Supertux
}

Astromenace() {
debinstall astromenace astromenace_0.46b-1getdeb1_i386.deb Astromenace
}

Blob_and_conquer() {
debinstall blobandconquer-data blobandconquer-data_0.90-1~getdeb1_all.deb Blob_and_conquer_data
debinstall blobandconquer blobandconquer_0.90-1~getdeb1_i386.deb Blob_and_conquer
}

Dark_Oberon() {
debinstall dark-oberon-data dark-oberon-data_1.0.1+1.0.2RC1-0~getdeb1_all.deb Dark_Oberon_Data
debinstall dark-oberon dark-oberon_1.0.1+1.0.2RC1-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Dark_Oberon
}

Wesnoth() {
debinstall wesnoth-music wesnoth-music_1.2.4-0~getdeb1_all.deb Wesnoth_Music
debinstall wesnoth-data wesnoth-data_1.2.4-0~getdeb1_all.deb Wesnoth_Data
debinstall wesnoth wesnoth_1.2.4-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Wesnoth
}


case "${choice}" in
"Ubuntu Ultimate Gamers Edition" )
warn
#begin gamers script
baseinstall
gamers


;;
"Custom" )
ans=$(zenity --width=630 --height=460 --list --text "Custom Installation" --checklist --column "Install" --column "Program / Game" --column "Description" FALSE "Action_Cube" "ActionCube is a total conversion of Wouter van Oortmerssen´s FPS Cube." FALSE "Alien_Arena" "This game combines some of the very best aspects of such games as Quake III and Unreal Tournament" FALSE "Open_Arena" "Open-source content package for Quake III Arena." FALSE "Glest" "Glest is a 3D real-time strategy game." FALSE "Scourge" "S.C.O.U.R.G.E. is a rogue-like game in the fine tradition of NetHack and Moria It sports a graphical front-end, similar to glHack or the Falcon's eye." FALSE "Boswars" "Bos Wars is a futuristic real-time strategy game. It is possible to play against human opponents over LAN, internet, or against the computer." FALSE "Sauerbraten" "Singleplayer and multiplayer 12 game modes first person shooter, built as a major redesign of the Cube FPS." FALSE "Secret_Maryo_Chronicles" "Secret Maryo Chronicles is an Open Source two-dimensional platform game designed for Linux and Windows developed in C++. Smiliar to classic side-scrollers." FALSE "Vdrift" "A cross-platform, open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind." FALSE "UFO_AI" "UFO:AI is a 3d turn based strategy game inspired by the X-Com series by Microprose." FALSE "Warsow" "Warsow, is a multiplayer first-person shooter computer and video game." FALSE "Mania_Drive" "A great game for driving fans. Good physics system, 3D engine, and fun are all integrated in this driving simulator." FALSE "Supertux" "SuperTux is a classic 2D jump and run arcade sidescroller game." FALSE "Astromenace" "Collect money and upgrade your spaceship to destroy your enemies." FALSE "Blob_and_conquer" "Blob and Conquer is a 3rd person action shooter." FALSE "Dark_Oberon" "Dark Oberon is an open source real-time strategy game similar to Warcraft II released under GPL." FALSE "Wesnoth" "Polished turn based strategy game featuring fantasy characters and modular plots.");

#parse choices made
if echo "$ans" | grep "Alien_Arena" ; then
Alien_Arena
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Action_Cube" ; then
Action_Cube
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Open_Arena" ; then
Open_Arena
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Glest" ; then
Glest
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Scourge" ; then
Scourge
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Boswars" ; then
Boswars
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Sauerbraten" ; then
Sauerbraten
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Secret_Maryo_Chronicles" ; then
Secret_Maryo_Chronicles
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Vdrift" ; then
Vdrift
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "UFO_AI" ; then
UFO_AI
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Warsow" ; then
Warsow
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Mania_Drive" ; then
Mania_Drive
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Supertux" ; then
Supertux
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Astromenace" ; then
Astromenace
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Blob_and_conquer" ; then
Blob_and_conquer
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Dark_Oberon" ; then
Dark_Oberon
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Wesnoth" ; then
Wesnoth
fi
killall timidity
;;
esac

exit 0



It will install the following games:
Action_Cube
Alien_Arena
Open_Arena
Scourge
Glest
Boswars
Sauerbraten
Secret_Maryo_Chronicles
Vdrift
UFO_AI
Warsow
Mania_Drive
Supertux
Astromenace
Blob_and_conquer
Dark_Oberon

I will also attach the script for download. This script is far from complete I will provide options for apps and more games.

[Death_Sargent]

hello,
its a relief to hear that the project isn't dead. i would like to know that would this only come with Gnome, why not include KDE also and something to help install the nvidia driver from the cd or better still pre-installed. Thanks

keep in mind not everyone has an Nvidia card so it would have to autodetect the type of card an appropriate driver. also that would assume you don't want to use mesa.

The lack of KDE support is probubly just because of its size. that and im not sure it would be worth it without the kicker kde menu.

[TheeMahn2003]

let put things in perspective i'm not bitching like so many do on this forum, only trying to let you
know there is a major problem with this Beta, all your releases up to date have been excellent and worked straight from the box on my computer and so has all Ubuntu releases and if i get a problem then it is a problem, as in the past i have recommended you in this forum and when you release a beta that i can boot up i shall be giving it another spin hopefully you can sort this out
in the near future and let me know, so i can test it out and give an honest opinion on a Ubuntu friendly system.

It will be a while before stability settles in and when it does my original post will reflect it, I am probably going to post the cd version (also in beta state) before ironing out the problems with each.

[burt_57]

How much bandwidth do you have?
I have Asdl. 10 mgb

[TheeMahn2003]

I have Asdl. 10 mgb

I assume you are looking for a link to download it not host it. If it is the beta you seek you can get it here (http://downloadubuntusoftware.info/ubuntu-ultimate-beta.iso). The lastest stable release can be downloaded here (http://uu.enarel.eu/iso/ubuntu-ultimate1.3.iso). I highly suggest the stable release, unless you want to help with testing.

[TheeMahn2003]

Just sold the PS3 (don't have time to mess with a PS3 version of Ultimate) & ordered a new monitor (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824252008) I'm sure it will be fun to setup the xorg for trippleview. :)

[lukeo]

Strange, thanks for the reply about problems with 8800gts. Works ok in 7.04 have it up and running with nvidia drivers, beryl, enlightenment etc no problems at all. I'll wait for the next version of Ultimate as it really does look so nice. All the programs I want and more.

[adewale]

I did a search to try and find a fix for your video card problem, my buddy had a 400 and had the same exact problem he fixed it by adding something to do with agp to the drivers section. When I get a chance to talk to him I will find you a solution.
i've been away for sometime now and strangely my connection is very slow today. How's the project coming? i hope you get that fix from your pal soon. Merci tres beaucoup (Thanks a lot)

[godd4242]

I just paid to upgrade downloadubuntusoftware.info to 2TB enjoy, probably burnt up in 1 day ;) copy past just 4 u :)
downloadubuntusoftware.in
fo
Hosting Login: ***********
Server IP Address: 68.178.254.187
Dedicated Hosting IP:
Billing Date: 6/22/2007
Status: Pending Account Change
Disk Space: 1707.00 MB of 200000.00 MB (0.85%)
Bandwidth: 5.02 MB of 2000000.00 MB (0%)

The pending will go away...

Intense Intense

Is the new beta (forgive my ignorance really) 7.04?

Cause all that software preinstalled is nice, I might just have to go run out and buy a blank DVD

[TheeMahn2003]

i've been away for sometime now and strangely my connection is very slow today. How's the project coming? i hope you get that fix from your pal soon. Merci tres beaucoup (Thanks a lot)

I typically don't see him until the weekend he & I like to have a few brews together, yes I do on occasion take a little time off for myself the bad thing is it's typically in front of a computer, live, eat, and breathe comps lol

I will be sure to ask him if for some reason I don't see him this weekend I will go out of my way to see your problem through.

[TheeMahn2003]

Intense Intense

Is the new beta (forgive my ignorance really) 7.04?

Cause all that software preinstalled is nice, I might just have to go run out and buy a blank DVD

Yes, it was built from a virgin Ubuntu 7.04 disk, do not expect the same stability / problem freeness as can be found with other Ultimate releases. This is a Beta with that said... It took me hundreds perhaps 1000's of builds to get a good one, I expect Feisty to be a much larger chore. I am running it now (the beta) I have seen very few problems but none the less still problems.

[Mark Strelecki]

Greets from hot and humid Atlanta Georgia USA. :KS

Just wanted to tell you THANK YOU for all your efforts in making the Ultimate Ubuntu, and to suggest you check your spelling on those custom dialogs, in particular I noted "Grabing" (should be Grabbing) and dependancies (should be dependencies).

I know you've got a lot on your plate, but I want to help with SOMETHING, in addition to spreading the word about your wonderful development efforts here. I figure when I see something I'll just fire off a shortie and let you add it to your punchlist of stuff "2 B Done".

Have you thought about a mailing list to spread the word about your latest accomplishments?

Yeah, I know... something ELSE to add to that darned list.....

:D

Wishing you all the best success, in roofing and in software, I remain one of many "quiet" friends of TheeMahn2003. Rock on, my friend! :popcorn:


MARK STRELECKI
http://www.strelecki.com/links.html

[saj0916]

Great work on all of the Ubuntu Ultimate releases! I was wondering if the 1.31 beta can be updated to 1.4 by terminal once the stable release is available. Sorry for the noob question.

[TheeMahn2003]

Greets from hot and humid Atlanta Georgia USA. :KS

Just wanted to tell you THANK YOU for all your efforts in making the Ultimate Ubuntu, and to suggest you check your spelling on those custom dialogs, in particular I noted "Grabing" (should be Grabbing) and dependancies (should be dependencies).

I know you've got a lot on your plate, but I want to help with SOMETHING, in addition to spreading the word about your wonderful development efforts here. I figure when I see something I'll just fire off a shortie and let you add it to your punchlist of stuff "2 B Done".

Have you thought about a mailing list to spread the word about your latest accomplishments?

Yeah, I know... something ELSE to add to that darned list.....

:D

Wishing you all the best success, in roofing and in software, I remain one of many "quiet" friends of TheeMahn2003. Rock on, my friend! :popcorn:


MARK STRELECKI
http://www.strelecki.com/links.html

Good to see you again Mark, taking on a new roofing job has really slowed me down; have to pay the bills somehow. Time permitting the mailing list and perhaps a RSS feed does sound like a good idea. I will correct the punctuation, thanks for the heads up.

Best regards,

[TheeMahn2003]

Great work on all of the Ubuntu Ultimate releases! I was wondering if the 1.31 beta can be updated to 1.4 by terminal once the stable release is available. Sorry for the noob question.

That I won't know until I work out the script, sorry I could not directly answer the question. I will make every effort to make that happen, however the script is in its infancy.

[TheeMahn2003]

Got my monitor & have it working in xinerama trippleview when I screenshot it it only shows the first 2 perhaps I need to tweak my xorg ;)

Xorg:
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu May 3 16:03:51 PDT 2007

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu May 3 16:02:56 PDT 2007

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"

# Removed Option "Xinerama" "0"
Option "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync source: xconfig, VertRefresh source: xconfig
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Gateway VX720"
HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 130.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync source: xconfig, VertRefresh source: xconfig
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "CRT-0"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "ENVISIONEN-710e"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 7600 GT"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 7600 GT"
BusID "PCI:6:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1024x768_85 +1024+0, CRT-1: 1024x768_85 +0+0; CRT-0: 1024x768 +0+0, CRT-1: NULL"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "CursorShadow" "1"
Option "Coolbits" "1"
Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "63"
Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2"
Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "4"
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x1024 +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1024x768_85 +1024+0, CRT-1: 1024x768_85 +0+0; CRT-0: 1024x768 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "1280x1024_60 +0+0"
EndSection



Won't actually kick into twinview because it is tripple headed maybe i am doing somthing wrong. I can slide windows across all three monitors but when I screenshot it only screenshots 1 of the 17" and the 22" wide screen seen below. Nvidia Xserver setting shows all three but the last 17" is brown for some reason see screenshot. Resolution: 4240x1050 pixels (1035x236 millimeters), now thats some pixels ;)

[burt_57]

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
What do I have to do? Am a newbie at all this.

[adewale]

hmm i hear about this double view now tripple view what is about can you plz explain i've haven't seen one. what are the advantages of having double views or evn tripple. Thanks

[TheeMahn2003]

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
What do I have to do? Am a newbie at all this.

applications>>accessories>>terminal and copy and paste the following:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

I will post to the next guy after I get off work.

[adewale]

@theeman I just remembered that i had a problem ripping cd's on linux, not a big problem though just i would like a player that plays music and can rip cd's then i did a search on a similar player and i got linux atunes you could check it out but bear in mind amarok rocks

[TheeMahn2003]

hmm i hear about this double view now tripple view what is about can you plz explain i've haven't seen one. what are the advantages of having double views or evn tripple. Thanks

I have 2 video cards (nvidia 7600GT's) running in SLI (http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2004q4/sli/index.x?pg=1) mode 16X PCI Express X2 the mainboard supports 32X in SLI mode each video card has 2 heads both are dvi . In essence I can hook up to 4 monitors up to it, I have 3 hooked up now (2 X 17" and a 22" widescreen in the center), I can drag a window from one to the other and onto the last 1. This allows for much greater productivity, once you have tasted twinview it is really hard to go back to one monitor. 3 monitors so far to me seems to be overkill it will probably be that way until I get used to it. Here is an example of truely overkill (http://www.9xmedia.com/pages-Build_a_system/X-Top---5over5.html). This (http://www.cinemassivedisplays.com/Trio_21X.php) is about the same setup as I have.

If you would like to learn more about how they increase productivity please review this (http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/05/31/dual-monitor-display-increases-productivity/) article.

[TheeMahn2003]

@theeman I just remembered that i had a problem ripping cd's on linux, not a big problem though just i would like a player that plays music and can rip cd's then i did a search on a similar player and i got linux atunes you could check it out but bear in mind amarok rocks

I will look in to atunes perhaps make the cut in 1.4, if you would like to rip a cd for music Sound Juicer is included in all Ultimate releases and does just that. If you wish to make an audio cd K3b as well as serpintine will do that. If you are looking to make a copy of a cd as a image ISO Master will do that, or a trip to the terminal:

dd if=/dev/cd of=NAMEOFIMAGE.ISO

[TheeMahn2003]

BEFORE INSTALLATION LIVE CD:

I'm burning another CD version of what will be Ubuntu Ultimate 1.31 or perhaps 1.4, it appears from testing prior to installation to be almost flawless. Let's hope the end results are the same. :) 697MB and no windows apps, before it is over with I'll fill the other 3MB ;) As a live cd works almost perfect, however does not play music while it downloads currently but otherwise good to go testing installation and upgrade script.

AFTER INSTALLATION:

Still NO MUSIC why? No timidity first screenshot, will be fixed prior to availability for download, the terminal will be gone for every installation except those that require a license agreement, I plan on wiping the terminal out completely before I am done. I prefer the end user not to have to know cryptic commands in a terminal. Screenshots are taken on a widescreen monitor; BTW the distro picked it up and used at max resolution off the rip no envy even needed even though it is built in for those that may need it, nor any intervention at all on my part.

From screenshot to screenshot the games list gets larger ;) apps list will be the same way as I continue to work upon it. All will be end user selectable when finished. You build your distro ;) really brings the light of day in calling it ULTIMATE!!!

[TheeMahn2003]

i've been away for sometime now and strangely my connection is very slow today. How's the project coming? i hope you get that fix from your pal soon. Merci tres beaucoup (Thanks a lot)

Sorry for the delay in posting a solution to your problem but here it is in your drivers section of your xorg add:
Option "NvAgp" "1"

Posted to the wrong reply, but the right guy ;) This is the fix for Geforce MX 400, Enjoy !!!

[adewale]

This is my xorg

where would i fix this
Option "NvAgp" "1"

[TheeMahn2003]

This is my xorg

where would i fix this
Option "NvAgp" "1"

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NvAgp" "1"
EndSection

I have modified if for you see attachment. If you plan on using beryl (I have seen it work and quite well on a 400) please modify your screen section add the following line just as done above:
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

with your xorg it should look like this if you want beryl:
Section "Screen"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24

Let me know if you need anymore help.

[tovarichtch]

Hi,

I have trouble to remove some softwares on UUE 1.3. For example, I downloaded Pidgin 2.0.1 and I would like to remove Gaim 2 beta 6. However, it's impossible to do it trough the Add/Remove menu and it is not listed as installed in Synaptic (but I can still use it). Does somebody have a solution?

Thanks

[adewale]

@Theeman you're really the man now i enjoy beryl its great

[Slicer101]

tovarichtch

have you tried

apt-get remove gaim

Slicer

[Warpnow]

What's the latest version? 1.3? Why is it based off edgy over feisty?

Well, I'm downloading it and will give it a try.

Edit: Bluehost.com claims to sell 3 Terabytes of Bandwith for $6.95 a month. Would be very interresting to see if they actually held up to it when someone started using it...

[tovarichtch]

tovarichtch

have you tried

apt-get remove gaim

Slicer

Yes, apt-get works with most of the programs but it claims that gaim is not installed (but I can still use it)

[Slicer101]

what do you get when you do this?

dpkg -l gaim


This should list anything that the package system knows about.

Slicer

[tovarichtch]

what do you get when you do this?

dpkg -l gaim


This should list anything that the package system knows about.

Slicer

Thanks for your help Slicer,

This is what I get :

||/ Nom Version Description
+++-=========================-=========================-==================
rc gaim 2.0.0+beta6-1ubuntu4 multi-protocol instant messaging client

Do you know the meaning of the "rc" code? Does that means tha the package have been reconfigured for UUE?

Tov

[TS28]

I would like to really congratulate you on this awesome release! Great work is being done, and I really commend you for accomplishing so much.

I'm looking forward to future releases :D

[TheeMahn2003]

@Theeman you're really the man now i enjoy beryl its great

You are welcome Enjoy !!!

[TheeMahn2003]

Yes, apt-get works with most of the programs but it claims that gaim is not installed (but I can still use it)

Gaim was built (compiled in) in 1.3 the only way I could get the latest and greatest into UU1.3, unfortunately Gaim is no more and is now pidgin. If I could have seen the future I would have used the older deb, I no longer run 1.3 as I am working on what will be 1.4 so I am afraid I cannot be of much help other then to say let gaim stay installed and not use it, use pidgin I'm sorry I could not be of more help.

[TheeMahn2003]

Thanks for your help Slicer,

This is what I get :

||/ Nom Version Description
+++-=========================-=========================-==================
rc gaim 2.0.0+beta6-1ubuntu4 multi-protocol instant messaging client

Do you know the meaning of the "rc" code? Does that means tha the package have been reconfigured for UUE?

Tov

I would bet it stands for release candidate. If I get the chance after getting 1.4 finalized, Ill put 1.3 back in and figure out how to "purge" it, if the problem has not been resolved by then.

[TheeMahn2003]

I would like to really congratulate you on this awesome release! Great work is being done, and I really commend you for accomplishing so much.

I'm looking forward to future releases :D

Thanks for your kind comments.

[TheeMahn2003]

What's the latest version? 1.3? Why is it based off edgy over feisty?

Well, I'm downloading it and will give it a try.

Edit: Bluehost.com claims to sell 3 Terabytes of Bandwith for $6.95 a month. Would be very interresting to see if they actually held up to it when someone started using it...

the latest is 1.31 it is a beta (http://downloadubuntusoftware.info/ubuntu-ultimate-beta.iso) based on feisty expect problems as I work them out, I would like to let people know the beta CD version is going better then expected and may be finalized before being released (it will be 1.4). It has the ability to be directly upgraded to the "Gamers Edition" for those that play games. It also has a custom section allowing the end user to select what he/she may want installed (games / apps etc) the script is centrally located on one of my servers and will allow upgrade to 1.5 etc. when completed, instead of having to download a whole cd or dvd again. Currently it allows installation of drivers for Nvidia as well as ATI based video cards via envy (http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html) which is integrated in the CD version in works.

Current list of games in my current script are as follows:
Action_Cube
Alien_Arena
Open_Arena
Scourge
Glest
Boswars
Sauerbraten
Secret_Maryo_Chronicles
Vdrift
UFO_AI
Warsow
Mania_Drive
Supertux
Astromenace
Blob_and_conquer
Dark_Oberon
Wesnoth
Advanced_Armagetron
Amoebax
Nexuiz
Enemy_Territory
Tremulous
Americas_Army
BZFlag
Chess_Games

Current Apps section is as follows:
Adobe_Acroread
GFTP
KSnapshot
K3b
IM_Clients (currently pidgin, amsn & plugins)
Music_Players (currently Amarok, Audacious, Songbird, XMMS)
Web_Editors (amaya, bluefish, screem, gphpedit, quanta plus & webmaster tools)
Codecs (good, the bad & the ugly, windows codecs & extra codecs)
DVD_RIP_ENCODE (DeVeDe, ManDVD, Avidemux, IsoMaster, RipDVD)
IRC (KVIRC, BitchX)
Archiving_Tools (Virtually all types of archives can be handled)
NTFS (Read / Write support)
Themes (gtk, cursors, fonts, login, bootsplash)
P2P (Frostwire, Azureus, Bittornado, Bittorrent)
Beryl
Startup_Manager
Bootup_Manager
System_Info (Moaning Goat Meter, System Info, Hard Info)
Google_Picasa


These lists are constantly expanding as I add new sections to the script burn and test

[TS28]

So if I were to install the beta cd, I could keep that install with all my settings and stuff when I upgrade to 1.4 and so forth?

If so, intalling now!

[TheeMahn2003]

So if I were to install the beta cd, I could keep that install with all my settings and stuff when I upgrade to 1.4 and so forth?

If so, intalling now!

I'm working on that now, you may want to wait for 1.4 to go final be it as a cd or as a dvd, both will have the same results. Once 1.4 goes final it is all handled by a script I posted for all to try. As of today when the script is executed (an icon on the desktop that says upgrade) it checks the repo for a newer script if it is newer it will download it and replace it with the current version, inform the end user a newer version has been released and ask you to re-execute it.

For those concerned how I did it below is the code for version checking:


SCRIPT_VERSION=1.31
##Check for zenity

if [ ! -e "/usr/bin/zenity" ]; then
gksudo apt-get install -y zenity
fi

update() {
wget -O /tmp/gamers.sh http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
REMOTE_VERSION=`grep SCRIPT_VERSION /tmp/gamers.sh |head -n1 |sed 's/.*=//'`
if [ "$REMOTE_VERSION" != "$SCRIPT_VERSION" ]; then
if [[ -n $DIALOG ]]
then
dialog --yesno "Newer version of Ubuntu Ultimate has been found\n\nDo you wish to install it?" 0 0
DIALOG_EXIT_CODE=$?
if [[ $DIALOG_EXIT_CODE = 0 ]]
then
cp /tmp/gamers.sh $0
echo "Ubuntu Ultimate script has been updated to v $REMOTE_VERSION"
echo "Please re-run the script"
zenity --window-icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png --info --text='Newer version of script detected '$REMOTE_VERSION'. It has been upgraded please re-run script.' --title="Ubuntu Ultimate Edition";
exit
fi
else
cp /tmp/gamers.sh $0
echo "Newer version detected: $REMOTE_VERSION"
zenity --window-icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png --info --text='Newer version of script detected '$REMOTE_VERSION'. It has been upgraded please re-run script.' --title="Ubuntu Ultimate Edition";
exit
fi
fi
rm /tmp/gamers.sh 2>/dev/null
}

[Slicer101]

tovarichtch

This would indicate that it is not really installed.

rc gaim 2.0.0+beta6-1ubuntu4 multi-protocol instant messaging client

What I would do is check AutoMatix to make sure that it is not listed as an installed App. If it is, uninstall it via AutoMatix as well.

You can then use dpkg --purge gaim to clean things up a bit.

Then when you do a list command again you should see it listed as:

pn gaim <none> (no description available)


Hope this helps,

Slicer

[TheeMahn2003]

tovarichtch

This would indicate that it is not really installed.

rc gaim 2.0.0+beta6-1ubuntu4 multi-protocol instant messaging client

What I would do is check AutoMatix to make sure that it is not listed as an installed App. If it is, uninstall it via AutoMatix as well.

You can then use dpkg --purge gaim to clean things up a bit.

Then when you do a list command again you should see it listed as:

pn gaim <none> (no description available)


Hope this helps,

Slicer

Slicer I greatly appreciate you trying to help others, especially in an area I don't have time to do. Gaim was installed in Ultimate using a script I wrote for reconstructor below is the code:

#!/bin/sh
#
# Reconstructor Module - Gaim Beta Installer
# Copyright (c) 2006 Reconstructor Team <http://reconstructor.aperantis.com>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

RMOD_ENGINE=1.0
RMOD_CATEGORY='Software'
RMOD_SUBCATEGORY='Networking'
RMOD_NAME='Gaim Beta 6 Build'
RMOD_AUTHOR='TheeMahn'
RMOD_VERSION=0.9
RMOD_DESCRIPTION='Builds and installs Gaim beta 7 & Plugins'
RMOD_RUN_IN_CHROOT=True
RMOD_UPDATE_URL='http://reconstructor.aperantis.com/update/modules/'
echo Running $RMOD_NAME...

#grab and install build tools and prerequisites
apt-get install -y build-essential subversion gcc autoconf libtool automake1.4 automake1.9 libxcomposite-dev libxdamage-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libwnck-dev x11proto-gl-dev librsvg2-dev intltool libgnutls-dev

#Grab extract and build
wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pidgin/pidgin-2.0.0beta7.tar.bz2
tar xvf pidgin-2.0.0beta7.tar.bz2
cd pidgin-2.0.0beta7
./configure --enable-ssl
make
make install

# clean cache
cd ..
rm -R pidgin*
apt-get clean
apt-get autoclean
echo $RMOD_NAME Finished...


This is not the exact module used in 1.3. I have re-written it for pidgin but the jest is there. when an app is installed using a package manager such as Synaptic it is added to their database and can be removed likewise. When an app is downloaded as source and compiled into the OS... I think in here lies the problem and the reason he is having problems upgrading (no longer exists) or removing (not in the database). I have solved this from ever happening again by "The Script", being built now. The script currently downloads nothing but debs and installs them using dpkg. I do have plans for those that would like to try "cutting edge" beryl for example all driven by the script, this is a ways down the road stability is my first priority.

This is just for 1 program can you imagine how much time I have spent writing a module for each app included in 1.3? Irregardless of the situation I do appreciate you trying to help others, and so a KUDOS to Slicer, I feel the same way about ccal and snapel for helping the linux community. When I get time after 1.4 finalizes I will install 1.3 and find a way to purge it from the system. Thanks for your help.

I just thought I'd edit and add that I'm testing what I hope to be my last build of the cd version of Ubuntu Ultimate 1.4. :)

[Spikedad]

I have used Utimate 1.3 on a Windows machine and found it terrific. . How can I install it on a Macbook Pro? I ask because the default wide screen and graphics card scrambles the screen when the Ubuntu install screen is due to come on thus I cannot run the install process. I can, and have installed other versions of Ubuntu on it because of the text based installer in the Alternative Distro's and installed appropriate video drivers afterwards. But there ain't no alternative distro for 1.3 so I seem to be stuck. Anybody have any bright and welcome ideas?

[TheeMahn2003]

I have used Utimate 1.3 on a Windows machine and found it terrific. . How can I install it on a Macbook Pro? I ask because the default wide screen and graphics card scrambles the screen when the Ubuntu install screen is due to come on thus I cannot run the install process. I can, and have installed other versions of Ubuntu on it because of the text based installer in the Alternative Distro's and installed appropriate video drivers afterwards. But there ain't no alternative distro for 1.3 so I seem to be stuck. Anybody have any bright and welcome ideas?

I have never tried to install it on a mac... I am at a loss can someone please post to help this fella out.

[TheeMahn2003]

Burning CD for final testing phase ;) Will post results...

[burt_57]

hello,
its a relief to hear that the project isn't dead. i would like to know that would this only come with Gnome, why not include KDE also and something to help install the nvidia driver from the cd or better still pre-installed. Thanks

Agree with you, would be nice to have an install from CD or have it include in package.

[perseusbobby]

How is the testing going.

[Rice_slayer]

Ok I dont feel like reading through all the posts, but what exactly is Ubuntu Ultimate and how is it better than say edgy 6.10? Im downloading 1.3 right now because 7.04 FF wont worked with my sound, so i want to try this and it doesnt work out I will go back to edgy 6.10. My main concern is media working flawlessly, and if possible gaming(I see it comes with Wine pre-installed).

[liberatetheking]

I have a question. With Ultimate does it show the available updates in the tray and use synaptic to install them like in Ubuntu Feisty does? Or do you have to manually use terminal to sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade? Any responses or appreciated.:p

[liberatetheking]

Ok I dont feel like reading through all the posts, but what exactly is Ubuntu Ultimate and how is it better than say edgy 6.10? Im downloading 1.3 right now because 7.04 FF wont worked with my sound, so i want to try this and it doesnt work out I will go back to edgy 6.10. My main concern is media working flawlessly, and if possible gaming(I see it comes with Wine pre-installed).

Rice Slayer. Ubuntu Ultimate is just Feisty(beta) or Edgy 1.3 with added stuff onto it so you dont have to do it yourself. That is really all lol. :D

[TheeMahn2003]

How is the testing going.

It actually worked flawlessly once it completed the script however there were errors during installation with dpkg these errors are solved at the very end of installation but I want to eliminate all errors so the script will be updated again and rebuilt, which means another installation.

I did a custom installation will all programs and games selected.

Below are screenshots of the script running, the first and second is the end results, the others show the errors in the terminal window, that I am going to fix prior to release.

[TheeMahn2003]

Ok I dont feel like reading through all the posts, but what exactly is Ubuntu Ultimate and how is it better than say edgy 6.10? Im downloading 1.3 right now because 7.04 FF wont worked with my sound, so i want to try this and it doesnt work out I will go back to edgy 6.10. My main concern is media working flawlessly, and if possible gaming(I see it comes with Wine pre-installed).

You may want to try the Gamers Edition (http://ubuntusoftware.info/ubuntu_ultimate_gamers/). If 6.10 works so should Ubuntu Ultimate up to 1.3. 1.4 is based on Feisty so your mileage may vary.

[TheeMahn2003]

I have a question. With Ultimate does it show the available updates in the tray and use synaptic to install them like in Ubuntu Feisty does? Or do you have to manually use terminal to sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade? Any responses or appreciated.:p

Absolutely, I have left the internal distro name untouched to allow for updates. Furthermore all repos are enabled by default. Also included in 1.3+ is my custom repo loaded with 500+ programs available for you to add to your hearts desire. :)

[Toontwnca]

Looks interesting.
To bad no gnome version. (or is there?)

[liberatetheking]

Awesome. im definetly gonna run 1.3 then =)

[liberatetheking]

eh, scratch that... ill just wait for 1.4 because im already running 7.04 and dont want to downgrade =/. How much longer till 1.4! hahaha

[TheeMahn2003]

eh, scratch that... ill just wait for 1.4 because im already running 7.04 and dont want to downgrade =/. How much longer till 1.4! hahaha

Just to let you know how close I am getting, I have already started writing the webpage for Ubuntu Ultimate CD (http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ubuntu_Ultimate_CD/) Version which by the way will be 1.4 not beta in anyway. I will have to go back and re-build the dvd version.

No it is not uploaded yet ;)

[TheeMahn2003]

Looks interesting.
To bad no gnome version. (or is there?)

All of them are based on gnome except 1.3 which has gnome as well as kde windowmaker & enlightenment.

[liberatetheking]

damn Mahn, i want just dont want to use Edgy so i guess ill wait :( hahaha

[Rice_slayer]

You may want to try the Gamers Edition (http://ubuntusoftware.info/ubuntu_ultimate_gamers/). If 6.10 works so should Ubuntu Ultimate up to 1.3. 1.4 is based on Feisty so your mileage may vary.
How good is the gamers edition? Is it the EXACT same as Edgy but with gaming cabilities? In other words, would I be able to play Battlefield 2 on it? Feisty fawn is pathedic when dealing with audio as it just decides by itself when it does and doesnt want to work.

[burt_57]

How good is the gamers edition? Is it the EXACT same as Edgy but with gaming cabilities? In other words, would I be able to play Battlefield 2 on it? Feisty fawn is pathedic when dealing with audio as it just decides by itself when it does and doesnt want to work.

This is why I keep Windows Xp, for my games.
I could never get decent game that I have to work in Ubuntu.
I tried wine,sedeca, vrware name it I have try.

[Rice_slayer]

oic, Hopefully I have some success, I got the ISO image ready for DVD burning but its 11pm and I need to sleep, last final in school tommorow :).

[philbo]

I am wondering whether you could inform me how to upgrade from ultimate Gamers 1.3 to Ultimate 1.4?

I have downloaded the ISO and wondering whether there is a script on the DVD that I can run to upgrade from the installed 1.3 into 1.4?

thanks

Philbo

[TheeMahn2003]

I am wondering whether you could inform me how to upgrade from ultimate Gamers 1.3 to Ultimate 1.4?

I have downloaded the ISO and wondering whether there is a script on the DVD that I can run to upgrade from the installed 1.3 into 1.4?

thanks

Philbo

I think so but would initially have to be done manually. Download the script and copy it to /usr/share/ultimate from there forward it will automatically upgrade the script, however I have not tried. Let me know how it goes.

[TheeMahn2003]

How good is the gamers edition? Is it the EXACT same as Edgy but with gaming cabilities? In other words, would I be able to play Battlefield 2 on it? Feisty fawn is pathedic when dealing with audio as it just decides by itself when it does and doesnt want to work.

All the games included in gamers edition are linux specific however, wine is included with the release and some games work well I have played age of the empires 3 in the gamers edition with a few modifications I found on wines website. Wines website (http://appdb.winehq.org/) is a great place to find workarounds for a lot of games.

[philbo]

I think so but would initially have to be done manually. Download the script and copy it to /usr/share/ultimate from there forward it will automatically upgrade the script, however I have not tried. Let me know how it goes.

Can you please identify the script I need to download?

Is it on your site or on the DVD?

thanks
Phil

[TheeMahn2003]

Can you please identify the script I need to download?

Is it on your site or on the DVD?

thanks
Phil

Here is the script (http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh). Copy it to your /usr/share/ultimate/ folder. Then double click the icon on your desktop that says upgrade.

I will let you know this is untested but I'm fairly certain it should work.

[philbo]

Here is the script (http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh). Copy it to your /usr/share/ultimate/ folder. Then double click the icon on your desktop that says upgrade.

I will let you know this is untested but I'm fairly certain it should work.

Sorry Mate, I must be missing something.

First the was no /usr/share/ultimate/ folder.

Second I don't think I was clear, I am currently running Ultimate gamers 1.3 (ubuntu Edgy 6.10), I have downloaded the Ulitmate 1.4 (Ubuntu fiesty 7.04) DVD and would like to upgrade the installed ultimate 1.3 to 1.4.

I'm a bit of a linux Newb so assume the worst when relaying instructions!!!

When I try to run the script that you suggested, it stated that I required feisty to be installed first, is it possible to upgrade using the dvd rather than across the net via synaptics?

Thanks in anticipation

Philbo

[Rice_slayer]

Hopefully today i can get gaming linux on, I can fiddle with Wine to get Battlefield 2 working, it says its rendering isnt good which shouldnt matter too much, i have a PS3 for graphics lol!

[TheeMahn2003]

Sorry Mate, I must be missing something.

First the was no /usr/share/ultimate/ folder.

Second I don't think I was clear, I am currently running Ultimate gamers 1.3 (ubuntu Edgy 6.10), I have downloaded the Ulitmate 1.4 (Ubuntu fiesty 7.04) DVD and would like to upgrade the installed ultimate 1.3 to 1.4.

I'm a bit of a linux Newb so assume the worst when relaying instructions!!!

When I try to run the script that you suggested, it stated that I required feisty to be installed first, is it possible to upgrade using the dvd rather than across the net via synaptics?

Thanks in anticipation

Philbo

Don't quote me on this but I do not think that is possible 1.3 is a edgy based distro 1.4 is feisty based. If you would like to attempt a upgrade first add 1.4's repo to your sources.list. By DVD is probably not possible but by the net the following should work.

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

remove edgy based repos and add:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
deb http://repoubuntusoftware.info/ feisty all

save and close.

If you would like to be the first 1 to try a upgrade to 1.4 open a terminal and enter the following...

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get -f install && sudo dpkg --configure -a

After and IF it finishes graciously reboot and perform the following in a terminal...

mkdir /usr/share/ultimate
cd /usr/share/ultimate/
rm -R *
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/tunez/blackcry.mod
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/tunez/halloween_theme.s3m
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/tunez/NIN_HEAD.S3M
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/bootscript.sh
wget http://ubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/ubuntu_ico.png
chmod +x gamers.sh
mkdir /etc/skel/Desktop
apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated envy
#create Shortcut
echo "Creating Upgrade shortcut..."
# create desktop shortcut for Upgrade
echo "[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Upgrade
Type=Application
Exec=gksudo sh /usr/share/ultimate/gamers.sh
Icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png
Terminal=True
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Application;System;" > ~/Desktop/Upgrade.desktop

# chmod shortcut
chmod a+x ~/Desktop/Upgrade.desktop

I would not attempt any of the above unless you are willing to accept a possible failure (this could cause a re-install or clean install of 1.4 however you want to view it). So please use at your own risk. I would not do so on a production machine.

I hope I have been of some help.

[TheeMahn2003]

Hopefully today i can get gaming linux on, I can fiddle with Wine to get Battlefield 2 working, it says its rendering isnt good which shouldnt matter too much, i have a PS3 for graphics lol!

The best results I see on wines site for battlefield 2 is a silver (means not too good) there are also a few garbages, Perhaps you can find something that nobody has found yet and get it working properly, if you do post to their site so others can reap the benefits.

Best of luck,

[Toontwnca]

All of them are based on gnome except 1.3 which has gnome as well as kde windowmaker & enlightenment.


OK. Thanks. Looking at the screenshots, I just assumed they were KDE.:redface:
My eyesight is not what it used to be.

[ice60]

it looks good, i like more minimal stuff though, but after looking through the added apps you might be interested with a qemu frontend. i have it on another computer, but i think this is the home page -
http://qemulator.createweb.de/
http://qemulator.createweb.de/index.php4?mengroup=main&haupt=Screenshots&typ=richdoc&doccount=214

[TheeMahn2003]

it looks good, i like more minimal stuff though, but after looking through the added apps you might be interested with a qemu frontend. i have it on another computer, but i think this is the home page -
http://qemulator.createweb.de/
http://qemulator.createweb.de/index.php4?mengroup=main&haupt=Screenshots&typ=richdoc&doccount=214

I have seen many qemu front ends, none of which I see that take care of business as I see it and add Qemu acceleration, I will integrate this into your OS, please be patient as I write the script. By all means I encourage someone else to write it. I am 1 mahn most companies which I am not, have plenty of time on their hands. I have written a rmod that does just that, I build for the people. Please excuse me when I say I have been down that road and I present you the code:

#!/bin/sh
#
# Reconstructor Module - QEMU & KQEMU Accelerator
# Copyright (c) 2006 Reconstructor Team <http://reconstructor.aperantis.com>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

RMOD_ENGINE=1.0
RMOD_CATEGORY='Software'
RMOD_SUBCATEGORY='Virtualization'
RMOD_NAME='QEMU & KQEMU Accelerator'
RMOD_AUTHOR='TheeMahn'
RMOD_VERSION=0.4
RMOD_DESCRIPTION='Installs QEMU & KQEMU Accelerator'
RMOD_RUN_IN_CHROOT=True
RMOD_UPDATE_URL='http://reconstructor.aperantis.com/update/modules/'
echo Running $RMOD_NAME...
#apt-get update
apt-get install -y wget
wget http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-0.9.0.tar.gz
tar xvf qemu-0.9.0.tar.gz
wget http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/kqemu-1.3.0pre11.tar.gz
tar xvf kqemu-1.3.0pre11.tar.gz
cd qemu-0.9.0
./configure
cd kqemu-1.3.0pre9
./configure
make
./install.sh

# All good mount it up

modprobe kqemu

echo Installing kqemu accelerator module ...
# Load kqemu module on each bootup so that you don’t have to manually load the module
# every time you start qemu:

#load the kqemu kernel module
echo /sbin/modprobe kqemu >> miscboot.sh

#create thekqemu device

echo mknod /dev/kqemu c 250 0 >> miscboot.sh

#grant rw permissions to all users

echo chmod 666 /dev/kqemu >> miscboot.sh

# Install to init.d

install -c -m 0755 miscboot.sh /etc/init.d/miscboot.sh

echo Cleaning up ...
# clean up

rm miscboot.sh
cd ..
rm -R kqemu-1.3.0pre9
rm kqemu-1.3.0pre9.tar.gz
# clean cache
apt-get clean
apt-get autoclean
echo $RMOD_NAME Finished...

The same can be executed as a bash script. We can argue till we are blue in the face but results are the same. Probably does not work anymore, I have focused my attention in developing an OS that suits the people and when I say the people I mean broad based. I do take in consideration what you have said and is within something I should add with in my main script. A GUI based QEMU I could write for you, but why "re-create the wheel", a theory I live by. I have written many a program for windows utilizing the API, which is BTW a joke.

I will try to integrate software as far as qemu is concerned, however not top on my list. I wish you could see what I do.

[TheeMahn2003]

Woot almost 10,000,000 hits, probably will break that tomorrow or the next day ;) Not bad for a little over 4 months. At peak over 1 million in 2 days ;)

[-Vampyre-]

Bit the bullet. I had fiesty on an hp dv8000 with ati express 200m. Installed ultimate 1.4. Kernal panic error with .16, but it starts up fine with .15

[joe.turion64x2]

I would like to post to let all know, I have not died and Ubuntu Ultimate is still in the works as a matter of fact I'm here to post that a new "beta" will soon be available for download, uploading now. This post will change to keep people informed of current works in progress. If you would like to learn more about the beta distro please view this page (http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ultimate_Beta/). Details etc. as it is finalized will be updated here. The distro is based on Feisty Fawn.

It is now uploaded, enjoy.

For those that don't know what Ubuntu Ultimate is you can learn about the distro from my website (http://ubuntusoftware.info/ultimate/).

I will be editing this post to keep people informed:

06/26/07 Great news... Ubuntu Software now has a dedicated webmaster, something I don't have time for. Look for pages to start appearing that were "under construction" soon & those not finished to be completed. Everyone give a big thanks to rakansen (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=284994). We are also looking for a wikipedia writer for Ubuntu Ultimate, I will provide most of the information. If you can help please post or pm me.

06/25/07 A huge stumbling block has been hit in trying to remove gaim and compiz from the live cd (was going to replace them with pidgin and beryl) due to dependencies with the ubuntu-desktop metapackage, I have so far failed. I am working on resolving this issue. There is no bug report listed as it is not seen as a bug unless you are building it as a live cd. Once built it will ask for a login and password from the live cd (should not do this, should auto login). This issue can be seen by attempting to remove gaim it will also remove ubuntu-desktop which is an essential package for the live cd. Adding it back after removal will also install gaim.

06/18/07 The script (http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh) is now good enough to start building for release. When executed it will compare its version to the version on the server if the one on the server is newer it will download it overwriting it with the new one and inform the end user to re-start the upgrade process. Works like a charm ;) Currently set to version 1.31 at time of posting.

06/10/07 just a bit of an update (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2819407&postcount=52) on the progress of the CD version.

06/09/07 I have updated the script and am now using what will be the CD version please be forewarned there are bugs in the script, that will be ironed out well prior to any release be it as a beta or as final, I will post progress.

06/06/07 For those that are currently running it (Ultimate 1.31 beta installed) please try this script (http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh) it is work in progress, I have purchased a separate hosting account, domain & the packages to take the load off the main server as it is being tested. The script will constantly be changing as I work on it.

I would like to apologize if I do not immediately get back with you, I hope you can understand I am a very busy Mahn :), I do try and respond to each and every post.

I would like to post the source for all to view of the current script in works:

#!/bin/bash
# Ubuntu Ultimate Edition Easy upgrade script Via TheeMahn
#
#
# Copyright (c) 2007 Ubuntusoftware Team <http://ubuntusoftware.info>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
SCRIPT_VERSION=1.32
##Check for zenity

if [ ! -e "/usr/bin/zenity" ]; then
gksudo apt-get install -y zenity
fi

#Music?
zenity --question --title "Ubuntu Ultimate Edition" --text "Would you like to listen to music as Ubuntu Ultimate downloads and installs software for you? Not exactly killer music but free, OK to listen, cancel to install without.";
if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes --allow-unauthenticated timidity | zenity --width=400 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Timidity Music Player..."
TIMIDITY="1";
fi


update() {
wget -O /tmp/gamers.sh http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
REMOTE_VERSION=`grep SCRIPT_VERSION /tmp/gamers.sh |head -n1 |sed 's/.*=//'`
if [ "$REMOTE_VERSION" != "$SCRIPT_VERSION" ]; then
if [[ -n $DIALOG ]]
then
dialog --yesno "Newer version of Ubuntu Ultimate has been found\n\nDo you wish to install it?" 0 0
DIALOG_EXIT_CODE=$?
if [[ $DIALOG_EXIT_CODE = 0 ]]
then
cp /tmp/gamers.sh $0
echo "Ubuntu Ultimate script has been updated to v $REMOTE_VERSION"
echo "Please re-run the script"
zenity --window-icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png --info --text='Newer version of script detected '$REMOTE_VERSION'. It has been upgraded please re-run script.' --title="Ubuntu Ultimate Edition";
exit
fi
else
cp /tmp/gamers.sh $0
echo "Newer version detected: $REMOTE_VERSION"
zenity --window-icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png --info --text='Newer version of script detected '$REMOTE_VERSION'. It has been upgraded please re-run script.' --title="Ubuntu Ultimate Edition";
exit
fi
fi
rm /tmp/gamers.sh 2>/dev/null
}




#is it running off the Live CD?
if [ $USERNAME = "ubuntu" ]; then
`zenity --window-icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png --info --text="This upgrade scipt can only be ran after hard disk installation." --title="Ubuntu Ultimate Edition"`;
exit 0
fi

# Are we running on Feisty?
if ( ! grep "Ubuntu 7.04" /etc/issue >/dev/null 2>&1); then
`zenity --window-icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png --info --text="This scipt can only be ran on Feisty based distros." --title="Ubuntu Ultimate Edition"`;
exit 0
fi

#Check for update to script here
update

if [ $TIMIDITY = "1" ]; then
timidity -Os -A130 -p3 -Ei5 -module=2 -q20 -T140 /usr/share/ultimate/halloween_theme.s3m&choice="$(zenity --window-icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png --width=400 --height=220 --title "Ubuntu Ultimate Edition" --text "Choose distro path" --list --radiolist --column "Install" --column "Distro" true 'Ubuntu Ultimate Gamers Edition' false 'Ubuntu Ultimate Edition' false 'Custom')"
else
choice="$(zenity --window-icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png --width=400 --height=220 --title "Ubuntu Ultimate Edition" --text "Choose distro path" --list --radiolist --column "Install" --column "Distro" true 'Ubuntu Ultimate Gamers Edition' false 'Ubuntu Ultimate Edition' false 'Custom')";
fi


warn() {
if ! zenity --question --title "Distro selected" --text "${choice}
Do you wish to grab the default packages for the above distro?"; then
exit 0
fi
}

baseinstall() {
gksudo apt-get update | zenity --width=400 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Updating source list"
sudo apt-get upgrade -y --allow-unauthenticated | zenity --width=400 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Upgrading base distro..."
}

debinstall() {
INSTALLED=$(apt-cache policy $1 | grep '^ *Installed: ' | sed -e 's/ *Installed: *//')
echo "INSTALLED = \"$INSTALLED\""
if [ $INSTALLED = "(none)" ]; then
echo "installing $1"
#download it
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/$2 2>&1 | sed -u 's/.*\ \([0-9]\+%\)\ \+\([0-9.]\+\ [KMB\/s]\+\)$/\1\n# Downloading \2/' | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --auto-close --title="Downloading $3..."
#install it
sudo dpkg -i $2 2>&1 | zenity --width=400 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing $3..."
sudo rm $2
sudo apt-get -f --force-yes -y install | zenity --width=400 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Grabing $3 Dependancies"
else
echo "$3 Already installed"
fi
}

webinstall() {
INSTALLED=$(apt-cache policy $1 | grep '^ *Installed: ' | sed -e 's/ *Installed: *//')
echo "INSTALLED = \"$INSTALLED\""
if [ $INSTALLED = "(none)" ]; then
echo "installing $4"
#download it
wget -c $2 2>&1 | sed -u 's/.*\ \([0-9]\+%\)\ \+\([0-9.]\+\ [KMB\/s]\+\)$/\1\n# Downloading \2/' | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --auto-close --title="Downloading $3..."
#install it
sudo dpkg -i $3 2>&1 | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing $4..."
sudo rm $3
sudo apt-get -f --force-yes -y install | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Grabing $4 Dependancies"
else
echo "$3 Already installed"
fi
}

terminstall() {
INSTALLED=$(apt-cache policy $1 | grep '^ *Installed: ' | sed -e 's/ *Installed: *//')
echo "INSTALLED = \"$INSTALLED\""
if [ $INSTALLED = "(none)" ]; then
echo "installing $1"
#download it
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/$2 2>&1 | sed -u 's/.*\ \([0-9]\+%\)\ \+\([0-9.]\+\ [KMB\/s]\+\)$/\1\n# Downloading \2/' | zenity --width=400 --height=100 --progress --auto-close --title="Downloading $3..."
#install it
sudo xterm -e gdebi $2 2>&1 | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing $3..."
sudo rm $2
sudo apt-get -f --force-yes -y install | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Grabbing $3 dependencies"
else
echo "$3 Already installed"
fi
}

prog() {
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes --allow-unauthenticated $1 | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing $2..."
echo $2 " installed."
sudo apt-get -f --force-yes -y install | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Grabbing $2 dependencies"
}

Finish_upgrade() {
sudo apt-get -f --force-yes -y install hal linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic linux-restricted-modules-generic | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Finalizing distro"

Inform() {
zenity --window-icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png --info --text="It is highly recomended you restart your computer after installing video drivers." --title="Ubuntu Ultimate Edition"; }
if [ $? ! 0 ]; then
exit 0
else
envy -g
fi
}

Ultimate() {
Adobe_Acroread
GFTP
KSnapshot
K3b
IM_Clients
Music_Players
Web_Editors
Codecs
DVD_RIP_ENCODE
Kvirc
Archiving_Tools
NTFS
Themes
P2P_Tools
Beryl
SUM_BUM
System_Info
Picasa
EasyTag
Video_Players
}

gamers() {
Action_Cube
Alien_Arena
Open_Arena
Scourge
Glest
Boswars
Sauerbraten
Secret_Maryo_Chronicles
Vdrift
UFO_AI
Warsow
Mania_Drive
Supertux
Astromenace
Blob_and_conquer
Dark_Oberon
Wesnoth
Advanced_Armagetron
Amoebax
Nexuiz
Enemy_Territory
Tremulous
Americas_Army
BZFlag
Chess_Games
killall timidity
}

##################### GAMEZ ##################
Action_Cube() {
#actioncube
debinstall actioncube actioncube_0.92-1getdeb1_i386.deb Action_cube
}

Alien_Arena() {
#alien Arena
debinstall alienarena2007 alienarena2007_6.04-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Alien_Arena
}

Amoebax() {
debinstall amoebax amoebax_0.1.1-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Amoebax
}

Open_Arena() {
#open arena
debinstall openarena openarena_0.6.0-1getdeb1_i386.deb Open_Arena
}

Glest() {
#glest
debinstall glest-data glest-data_2.0.0-0~getdeb1_all.deb Glest_Data
debinstall glest glest_2.0.0-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Glest
}

Advanced_Armagetron() {
debinstall armagetron armagetronad_0.2.8.2.1-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Advanced_Armagetron
}

Scourge() {
debinstall scourge scourge_0.18-1~getdeb1_i386.deb Scourge
debinstall scourge-data scourge-data_0.18-1~getdeb1_all.deb Scourge_Data
}

Boswars() {
debinstall boswars boswars-data_2.3-0~getdeb1_all.deb Boswars
debinstall boswars-data boswars_2.3-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Boswars_Data
}

Sauerbraten() {
debinstall sauerbraten-data sauerbraten-data_0.0.20070415-0~getdeb1_all.deb Sauerbraten_Data
debinstall sauerbraten sauerbraten_0.0.20070415-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Sauerbraten
}

Secret_Maryo_Chronicles() {
debinstall smc-data smc-data_0.99.6-0~getdeb1_all.deb Secret_Maryo_Chronicles_Data
debinstall smc smc_0.99.6-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Secret_Maryo_Chronicles
}

Vdrift() {
debinstall vdrift-full vdrift-full_0.0.2007.03.23-0~getdeb1_all.deb Vdrift_Data
debinstall vdrift vdrift_0.0.2007.03.23-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Vdrift
}

UFO_AI(){
debinstall ufoai ufoai-data_2.1-0~getdeb1_all.deb UFO_AI
}

Warsow() {
debinstall warsow-data warsow-data_0.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb Warsow_Data
debinstall warsow warsow_0.3-1~getdeb1_i386.deb Warsow
}

Mania_Drive() {
debinstall maniadrive-data maniadrive-data_1.2-0~getdeb1_all.deb Maniadrive_Data
debinstall maniadrive maniadrive_1.2-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Mania_Drive
}

Nexuiz() {
prog nexuiz-data Nexuiz_Data
prog nexuiz-music Nexuiz_Music
prog nexuiz Nexuiz
}

Enemy_Territory () {
if test -f et-linux-2.60.x86.run
then
sudo sh ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run 2>&1 | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Enemy Territory..."
else
wget -c http://ftp.games.skynet.be/pub/wolfenstein/et-linux-2.60.x86.run 2>&1 | sed -u 's/.*\ \([0-9]\+%\)\ \+\([0-9.]\+\ [KMB\/s]\+\)$/\1\n# Downloading \2/' | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --auto-close --title="Downloading Enemy Territory..."
sudo chmod +x et-linux-2.60.x86.run
sudo sh ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run 2>&1 | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Enemy Territory..."
fi
#update
if test -f et-linux-2.60-update.x86.run
then
sudo sh ./et-linux-2.60-update.x86.run 2>&1 | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Enemy Territory Update..."
else
wget -c http://ftp.games.skynet.be/pub/wolfenstein/et-linux-2.60-update.x86.run 2>&1 | sed -u 's/.*\ \([0-9]\+%\)\ \+\([0-9.]\+\ [KMB\/s]\+\)$/\1\n# Downloading \2/' | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --auto-close --title="Downloading Enemy Territory Update..."
sudo chmod +x et-linux-2.60-update.x86.run
sudo sh ./et-linux-2.60-update.x86.run 2>&1 | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Enemy Territory Update..."
fi
sudo apt-get -f --force-yes -y install | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Grabbing Enemy Territory dependencies"
}

Tremulous () {
if test -f tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run
then
sudo sh ./tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run 2>&1 | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Tremulous..."
else
wget -c http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tremulous/tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run?download 2>&1 | sed -u 's/.*\ \([0-9]\+%\)\ \+\([0-9.]\+\ [KMB\/s]\+\)$/\1\n# Downloading \2/' | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --auto-close --title="Downloading Tremulous..."
sudo chmod +x tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run
sudo sh ./tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run 2>&1 | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Tremulous..."
fi
sudo apt-get -f --force-yes -y install | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Grabbing Tremulous dependencies"
}

Supertux() {
debinstall supertux-data supertux-data_0.3.0-1getdeb1_all.deb Supertux_Data
debinstall supertux supertux_0.3.0-1getdeb1_i386.deb Supertux
}

Astromenace() {
debinstall astromenace astromenace_0.46b-1getdeb1_i386.deb Astromenace
}

Blob_and_conquer() {
debinstall blobandconquer-data blobandconquer-data_0.90-1~getdeb1_all.deb Blob_and_conquer_data
debinstall blobandconquer blobandconquer_0.90-1~getdeb1_i386.deb Blob_and_conquer
}

Dark_Oberon() {
debinstall dark-oberon-data dark-oberon-data_1.0.1+1.0.2RC1-0~getdeb1_all.deb Dark_Oberon_Data
debinstall dark-oberon dark-oberon_1.0.1+1.0.2RC1-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Dark_Oberon
}

Wesnoth() {
debinstall wesnoth-music wesnoth-music_1.2.4-0~getdeb1_all.deb Wesnoth_Music
debinstall wesnoth-data wesnoth-data_1.2.4-0~getdeb1_all.deb Wesnoth_Data
debinstall wesnoth wesnoth_1.2.4-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Wesnoth
}

Warzone_2100() {
debinstall warzone2100-data warzone2100-data_2.0.6-0~getdeb1_all.deb Warzone_2100_Data
debinstall warzone2100 warzone2100_2.0.6-0~getdeb1_i386.deb Warzone_2100
}

The_Goonies() {
debinstall goonies goonies_1.0.1-0getdeb1_i386.deb The_Goonies
}

Americas_Army() {
if test -f armyops250linux.run
then
sudo sh ./armyops250linux.run 2>&1 | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Americas Army..."
else
wget -c http://d3.strategyinformer.com/files/40f29ff3/americasarmyspecialforces/armyops250linux.run 2>&1 | sed -u 's/.*\ \([0-9]\+%\)\ \+\([0-9.]\+\ [KMB\/s]\+\)$/\1\n# Downloading \2/' | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --auto-close --title="Downloading Americas Army..."
sudo chmod +x armyops250linux.run
sudo sh ./armyops250linux.run 2>&1 | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Americas Army..."
fi
sudo apt-get -f --force-yes -y install | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Grabbing Americas Army dependencies"
}

BZFlag() {
prog bzflag BZFlag
}

Chess_Games() {
prog 3dchess 3D_Chess
prog brutalchess Brutal_Chess
prog dreamchess Dreamchess
prog eboard EBoard_Games
prog eboard-extras-pack1 Eboard_Extras
prog glchess GL_Chess
prog gnome-chess Gnome_Chess
prog gtkboard Board_Games
prog knights Knights
}

Legends() {
prog legends Legends_Game
}


#####################APPZ#######################
Adobe_Acroread() {
terminstall acroread acroread_7.0.9-0.0_i386.deb Adobe_Acroreader
terminstall acroread-escript acroread-escript_7.0.9-0.0_i386.deb Adobe_Acroread_Escript
terminstall acroread-plugins acroread-plugins_7.0.9-0.0_i386.deb Adobe_Acroread_Plugins
}

GFTP() {
debinstall gftp gftp_2.0.18-16ubuntu2seveas1_all.deb GFTP
prog kasablanca Kasablanca
}

KSnapshot() {
prog ksnapshot KSnapshot
}

Burning() {
debinstall k3b k3b_1.0.1-1~getdeb1_i386.deb K3b_Burning software
prog gnomebaker Burning_GnomeBaker
prog graveman Burning_GraveMan
}

IM_Clients() {
debinstall pidgin pidgin_2.0.0-1~getdeb1_i386.deb IM_Client_Pidgin
debinstall pidgin-guifications pidgin-guifications_2.14-1~getdeb1_i386.deb Pidgin_Guifications
prog amsn IM_Client_AMSN
prog kopete IM_Client Kopote
prog skype IM_Client Skype
}


Music_Players() {
debinstall amarok amarok_23a1.4.5-0ubuntu7+medibuntu1_i386.deb Amarok_Music_Player
debinstall amarok-engines amarok-engines_23a1.4.5-0ubuntu7+medibuntu1_i386.deb Amarok_Engines
debinstall amarok-xine amarok-xine_23a1.4.5-0ubuntu7+medibuntu1_i386.deb Amarok_Xine
prog audacious Audacious_Music_Player
prog audacious-plugins Audacious_Plugins
prog audacious-plugins-extra Audacious_Plugins_Extra
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes libvisual-* | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Visual Plugins..."
prog songbird Songbird_Music_Player
prog xmms-* XMMS_Player_and_plugins
}

Web_Editors() {
debinstall amaya amaya_wx-9.53-1_i386.deb Amaya_Web_Editor
debinstall bluefish bluefish_1.0.7-1_i386.deb Bluefish_Web_Editor
debinstall screem screem_0.16.1-4ubuntu1_i386.deb Screem_Web_Editor
debinstall gphpedit gphpedit_0.9.91-3ubuntu1_i386.deb GPHP_Editor
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes quanta quanta-data cervisia kompare kxsldbg tidy | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Webmaster tools..."
}

Codecs() {
debinstall w32codecs w32codecs_20060611-0.0_i386.deb Windows_Codecs
prog gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly Codecs_ugly
prog gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad Codecs_bad
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse gxine libxine-main1 libxine-extracodecs ogle ogle-gui | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Extra Codecs..."

}

DVD_RIP_ENCODE() {
prog devede DeVeDe
prog mandvd ManDVD
prog avidemux Avidemux
prog isomaster Isomaster
prog ripdvd Ripdvd
prog lemonrip LemonRip
prog vcdgear VCDGear
prog k9copy K9Copy
prog mencoder Mencoder
}

Kvirc() {
prog kvirc IRC_Kvirc
prog bitchx IRC_BitchX
}

Archiving_Tools() {
sudo apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated rar unrar arj advancecomp bzip2 lha p7zip p7zip-full unace unzip unzoo zip zoo | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing archiving tools..."
}

NTFS() {
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes --allow-unauthenticated ntfs-3g libfuse2 fuse-utils ntfstools ntfs-config | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing NTFS Support..."
echo fuse | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
sudo addgroup ntfs
modprobe fuse
}

Themes() {
sudo apt-get install -y gnome-art blubuntu-look comixcursors crystalcursors edgy-gdm-themes gcursor gdm-themes metacity-themes peace-look tropic-look artwiz-cursor gdm-themes gnome-themes-extras industrial-cursor-theme industrialtango-theme peace-look metacity-themes gnome-icon-theme-* | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Extra Themes..."
sudo apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated ubuntu-artwork outdoors-theme gtk-theme-switch gtk-theme-switch gtk-clearlooks-* enlightenment-theme-* gtk-engines-* gtk2-engines-* | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Theme Engines..."
sudo apt-get remove -y --purge gtk-engines-eazel | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Purging Bad Engine..."
sudo apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-freefont ttf-arphic-bkai00mp gsfonts-x11 ttf-devanagari-fonts ttf-farsiweb ttf-sjfonts ttf-punjabi-fonts ttf-indic-fonts ttf-kochi-gothic-naga10 ttf-thai-tlwg ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-bangla-fonts ttf-bengali-fonts ttf-mgopen ttf-nafees ttf-kannada-fonts ttf-xfree86-nonfree-syriac ttf-unfonts ttf-bpg-georgian-fonts ttf-uralic t1-xfree86-nonfree ttf-fossfonts ttf-f500 ttf-isabella ttf-larabie-deco ttf-larabie-straight ttf-larabie-uncommon ttf-staypuft ttf-summersby ttf-ubuntu-title xfonts-artwiz xfonts-intl-european ttf-dustin | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Extra Fonts..."
}

P2P_Tools() {
terminstall frostwire frostwire_4.13.1.5-0_getdeb1_all.deb P2P_Frostwire
terminstall azureus azureus_2.5.0.0repack1-0ubuntu1.1~proposed1_all.deb P2P_Azureus
prog bittornado P2P_Bittornado
prog bittornado-gui P2P_Bittornado_GUI
prog bittorrent P2P_Bittorrent
prog bittorrent-gui P2P_Bittorrent_GUI
}

Beryl() {
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes --allow-unauthenticated beryl beryl-plugins emerald beryl-plugins-unsupported | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Beryl and plugins..."
}

SUM_BUM() {
prog startupmanager Startup_Manager
prog bum Bootup_Manager
prog grub-splashimages Grub_Splash_Images
prog kubuntu-grub-splashimages Kubuntu_Grub_Images
}

System_Info() {
prog mgm Moaning_Goat_Meter
prog sysinfo System_Info
prog hardinfo Hardinfo
}

Picasa() {
webinstall picasa http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/pool/non-free/p/picasa/picasa_2.2.2820-5_i386.deb picasa_2.2.2820-5_i386.deb Google_Picasa
}

EasyTag() {
prog easytag EasyTag
}

Video_Players() {
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes --allow-unauthenticated vlc-plugin-alsa vlc-nox | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing VLC Player and plugins..."
prog mplayer MPlayer
prog istanbul Istanbul
sudo apt-get remove -y --purge totem-mozilla | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Purging Totem Plugin..."
sudo apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated mozilla-mplayer | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing MPlayer plugin..."
}

IPOD_Software() {
prog yamipod IPOD_YamiPod
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes --allow-unauthenticated gtkpod gpixpod ipodslave | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing IPOD Software..."
}

Google_Earth() {
terminstall googleearth googleearth_4.0.2091-1cafuego3_i386.deb Google_Earth
}

Capture_Card_Software() {
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes --allow-unauthenticated tvtime dvr ivtv-utils gatos xawtv | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Capture Card Software..."
}

GDesklets() {
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes --allow-unauthenticated gdesklets gdesklets-data xmms python-xmms libwww-search-perl python-soappy python-feedparser | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Gdesklets and Plugins..."
}

Financial() {
prog gnucash GNUCash
prog kmymoney2 KMyMoney
}

File_Sharing() {
prog samba Samba_File_Sharing
prog nfs-client NFS_Sharing
}

Nautilus_Scripts() {
cd ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/
wget -c http://ubuntusoftware.info/scripts/Nautilus_scripts.tar.gz 2>&1 | sed -u 's/.*\ \([0-9]\+%\)\ \+\([0-9.]\+\ [KMB\/s]\+\)$/\1\n# Downloading \2/' | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --auto-close --title="Downloading Nautilus Scripts..."
tar xvf Nautilus_scripts.tar.gz
rm Nautilus_scripts.tar.gz
sudo chmod +x *
##Grab scripts
sudo apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated nautilus-script-* nautilus-open-terminal lame

#enable them
nautilus-script-manager enable ConvertAudioFile
nautilus-script-manager enable Subversion
cd ~
}

Screensavers(){
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes --allow-unauthenticated brightside kdescreensaver-aasaver kscreensaver kscreensaver-xsave* ktux xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl-extra screensave* kcometen3 | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Extra Screensavers..."
}

Build_Tools(){
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes build-essential subversion gcc autoconf libtool automake1.4 automake1.9 libxcomposite-dev libxdamage-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libwnck-dev x11proto-gl-dev fakeroot debhelper librsvg2-dev intltool libmetacity-dev libgnome-window-settings-dev libgnomeui-dev libgnome-desktop-dev | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Subversion & Build tools..."
}

Emulation() {
prog wine Wine
prog qemu Qemu
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes --allow-unauthenticated wget build-essential gcc-3.4 libsdl1.2-dev checkinstall zlib1g-dev linux-headers-$(uname -r) | zenity --width=600 --height=100 --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Installing Qemu dependencies..."
}

##Process choice
case "${choice}" in
"Ubuntu Ultimate Gamers Edition" )
warn
#begin gamers script
baseinstall
gamers
Finish_upgrade
Inform

;;
"Ubuntu Ultimate Edition" )
warn
baseinstall
Ultimate
Finish_upgrade
Inform
;;

"Custom" )
ans=$(zenity --width=630 --height=460 --list --text "Custom Installation" --checklist --column "Install" --column "Program / Game" --column "Description" FALSE "Action_Cube" "ActionCube is a total conversion of Wouter van Oortmerssen´s FPS Cube." FALSE "Advanced_Armagetron" "Multiplayer game in 3d that attempts to emulate and expand on the lightcycle sequence from the movie Tron. It's an old school arcade game slung into the 21st century." FALSE "Americas_Army" "America's Army, the Official US Army Game (AA), provides young Americans with a virtual web-based environment in which they can explore Army career. PLEASE NOTE THIS GAME IS HUGE Could take hours to download." FALSE "Alien_Arena" "This game combines some of the very best aspects of such games as Quake III and Unreal Tournament" FALSE "Amoebax" "Amoebax is a free Puyo Puyo-style puzzle game for up to two players." FALSE "BZFlag" "Battle Zone capture the Flag is a three dimensional first person tank shooting game." FALSE "Open_Arena" "Open-source content package for Quake III Arena." FALSE "Chess_Games" "Installs various Chess and board games." FALSE "Enemy_Territory" "Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is an online multiplayer game, where the players interact with each other over a network in two teams (axis and allies) to defend or destroy mission objectives." FALSE "Glest" "Glest is a 3D real-time strategy game." FALSE "Scourge" "S.C.O.U.R.G.E. is a rogue-like game in the fine tradition of NetHack and Moria It sports a graphical front-end, similar to glHack or the Falcon's eye." FALSE "Boswars" "Bos Wars is a futuristic real-time strategy game. It is possible to play against human opponents over LAN, internet, or against the computer." FALSE "Sauerbraten" "Singleplayer and multiplayer 12 game modes first person shooter, built as a major redesign of the Cube FPS." FALSE "Tremulous" "Tremulous is a stand-alone game based on the ioquake3 source which draws inspiration from the popular Quake2 mod Gloom." FALSE "Secret_Maryo_Chronicles" "Secret Maryo Chronicles is an Open Source two-dimensional platform game designed for Linux and Windows developed in C++. Smiliar to classic side-scrollers." FALSE "Vdrift" "A cross-platform, open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind." FALSE "UFO_AI" "UFO:AI is a 3d turn based strategy game inspired by the X-Com series by Microprose." FALSE "Warsow" "Warsow, is a multiplayer first-person shooter computer and video game." FALSE "Mania_Drive" "A great game for driving fans. Good physics system, 3D engine, and fun are all integrated in this driving simulator." FALSE "Supertux" "SuperTux is a classic 2D jump and run arcade sidescroller game." FALSE "Astromenace" "Collect money and upgrade your spaceship to destroy your enemies." FALSE "Blob_and_conquer" "Blob and Conquer is a 3rd person action shooter." FALSE "Dark_Oberon" "Dark Oberon is an open source real-time strategy game similar to Warcraft II released under GPL." FALSE "Wesnoth" "Polished turn based strategy game featuring fantasy characters and modular plots." FALSE "Warzone_2100" "Warzone 2100 is a real-time strategy game, comparable to Earth 2150." FALSE "The_Goonies" "Adventure game in which teams compete by solving puzzles." TRUE "Adobe_Acroread" "Adobe PDF files Reader." TRUE "Music_Players" "Amarok, audacious and songbird music players and plugins.." TRUE "Web_Editors" "Installs a large suite of web editors." TRUE "Codecs" "Installs commonly used codecs." TRUE "Burning" "K3b and Gnomebaker are a comfortable CD/DVD writing suite for Linux/KDE." TRUE "GFTP" "gFTP is a free multithreaded ftp client for *NIX based machines running X11R6 or later." TRUE "IM_Clients" "Multi-protocol Instant Messaging clients that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once." TRUE "KSnapshot" "KSnapshot is a simple applet for taking screenshots." TRUE "DVD_RIP_ENCODE" "Dvd ripping and encoding software." TRUE "Kvirc" "Internet relay chat program." TRUE "Archiving_Tools" "Installs virtually all archive handlers." TRUE "NTFS" "Installs support for reading / writing to NTFS partitions." TRUE "Themes" "Installs extra themes and cursors." TRUE "P2P_Tools" "Installs several Peer to peer tools." TRUE "Beryl" "Beryl is an OpenGL accelerated desktop that seeks to provide a free, open source desktop experience to the community that reflects the wishes of the users." TRUE "SUM_BUM" "Start-up and Bootup manager, allows customization and control of services." TRUE "System_Info" "Various system information tools." TRUE "Picasa" "Installs Google Picasa photo re-touching software." TRUE "EasyTag" "EasyTAG is an utility for viewing, editing and writing tags of your MP3, MP2, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, MusePack and Monkey's Audio files." TRUE "Video_Players" "VLC Player and Mplayer movie players" FALSE "IPOD_Software" "Software for conectivity and handling IPODS." TRUE "Google_Earth" "Provides directions, interactive maps, and satellite/aerial imagery of the United States." FALSE "Capture_Card_Software" "Installs Prograps for watching TV on your PC for capture cards." TRUE "GDesklets" "Pretty System Info tools rss etc. and plugins." FALSE "Financial" "Installs GNU cash similar to MS Money." TRUE "File_Sharing" "Installs support for File sharing across a network." TRUE "Nautilus_Scripts" "Various Nautilus scripts that help in productivity." TRUE "Screensavers" "Installs Extra Screensavers." FALSE "Build_Tools" "Installs subversion and tools necessary to build your software." TRUE "Emulation" "Installs Qemu and wine Emulators.");

#Base Installation
baseinstall

#parse choices if an app
if echo "$ans" | grep "Adobe_Acroread" ; then
Adobe_Acroread
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Emulation" ; then
Emulation
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "GDesklets" ; then
GDesklets
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Build_Tools" ; then
Build_Tools
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Screensavers" ; then
Screensavers
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "File_Sharing" ; then
File_Sharing
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Nautilus_Scripts" ; then
Nautilus_Scripts
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Financial" ; then
Financial
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Capture_Card_Software" ; then
Capture_Card_Software
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "IPOD_Software" ; then
IPOD_Software
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Google_Earth" ; then
Google_Earth
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Music_Players" ; then
Music_Players
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Video_Players" ; then
Video_Players
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "EasyTag" ; then
EasyTag
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "GFTP" ; then
GFTP
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Burning" ; then
Burning
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Web_Editors" ; then
Web_Editors
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Codecs" ; then
Codecs
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "IM_Clients" ; then
IM_Clients
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Picasa" ; then
Picasa
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "KSnapshot" ; then
KSnapshot
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "System_Info" ; then
System_Info
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "DVD_RIP_ENCODE" ; then
DVD_RIP_ENCODE
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Kvirc" ; then
Kvirc
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Archiving_Tools" ; then
Archiving_Tools
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "NTFS" ; then
NTFS
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Themes" ; then
Themes
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "P2P_Tools" ; then
P2P_Tools
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Beryl" ; then
Beryl
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "SUM_BUM" ; then
SUM_BUM
fi


#parse choices made if a game
if echo "$ans" | grep "Alien_Arena" ; then
Alien_Arena
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Amoebax" ; then
Amoebax
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Action_Cube" ; then
Action_Cube
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "BZFlag" ; then
BZFlag
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Chess_Games" ; then
Chess_Games
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Americas_Army" ; then
Americas_Army
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Advanced_Armagetron" ; then
Advanced_Armagetron
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Enemy_Territory" ; then
Enemy_Territory
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Open_Arena" ; then
Open_Arena
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Glest" ; then
Glest
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Scourge" ; then
Scourge
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Tremulous" ; then
Tremulous
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Boswars" ; then
Boswars
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Sauerbraten" ; then
Sauerbraten
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Secret_Maryo_Chronicles" ; then
Secret_Maryo_Chronicles
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Vdrift" ; then
Vdrift
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "UFO_AI" ; then
UFO_AI
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Warsow" ; then
Warsow
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Mania_Drive" ; then
Mania_Drive
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Supertux" ; then
Supertux
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Astromenace" ; then
Astromenace
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Blob_and_conquer" ; then
Blob_and_conquer
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Dark_Oberon" ; then
Dark_Oberon
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Wesnoth" ; then
Wesnoth
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "Warzone_2100" ; then
Warzone_2100
fi
if echo "$ans" | grep "The_Goonies" ; then
The_Goonies
fi
#Inform the user

;;
esac

killall timidity
exit 0




Looking for help or answers please view our old thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=309704). Still can't find an answer? Please feel free to post.

Below are screen shots of the CD version in progress...
Why should Linux distros continue emulating Windows? Windows came with Ultimate and there we go...hope MS does not have a patent for that.

[TheeMahn2003]

Just a bit of an update... If I have to use compiz why not compizfusion (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1405505248277861212&q=compiz+fusion&total=53&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0) ;) Already loaded into the repo (http://repoubuntusoftware.info/) for feisty. BTW makes compiz and beryl look like a joke still no fix for gaim unless I script it in.

[TheeMahn2003]

Bit the bullet. I had fiesty on an hp dv8000 with ati express 200m. Installed ultimate 1.4. Kernal panic error with .16, but it starts up fine with .15

Thats a beta for ya sorry about that, glad I did not remove the old kernel ;) On the CD version I am not going to upgrade the kernel at all the script will do it for you. May do the same with the final DVD build as well. I think it may have had something to do with depmod running.

Not an excuse for a final but I feel I was fairly clear in forewarning people about the beta as it says "Expect Problems" ;) Expect it gone in the final release. Sad to say but the CD Version will be completed prior to the DVD, from what I see thus far the CD version beats the DVD beta hands down, but I am not going to release it until all bugs are worked out. As it sits now it displays errors but fixes all them at the end of the operation, I want them fixed as they happen, in case the user decides to cancel as it is upgrading. Don't want to leave the end user with a broken system.

This is the reason it has taken me as long as it has, especially when 1 takes in to account the 10 of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of times just 1.3 has been downloaded, makes one really strive for perfection.

I would like to ask all to be please be patient with me, I do have a life beyond linux as well, not much BTW ;)

[GMU_DodgyHodgy]

Oh goodness. I have been with Ubuntu Feisty since it came out and am very happy. it does everything I need thus far.

When I thought I could not find anything new - Here is Ubuntu ultimate. I reviewed your website and the screen shots and I am very interested in what I see. It is obvious that you have done a tremendous amount of work.

I wait for the final release!!

[bghost1979]

I'm glad to see that the cd version is getting very close to being complete. it was a pain taking the dvd player out of my wife's computer to install 1.3 on my computer.

[-Vampyre-]

Oh it isn;t a problem. I decided to give gamer a try. Haven't done any edgy ones yet. It ran flawlessly. I would have kept useing th old kernal with 1.4, but it wouldn't update and such. I keep all my data on my old ntfs drive. So the Os is irrelevant and I change at wil. Really liking 1.3. If I get bored I may try and update from 1.3 and see what happens.

[TheeMahn2003]

Oh goodness. I have been with Ubuntu Feisty since it came out and am very happy. it does everything I need thus far.

When I thought I could not find anything new - Here is Ubuntu ultimate. I reviewed your website and the screen shots and I am very interested in what I see. It is obvious that you have done a tremendous amount of work.

I wait for the final release!!

I would like to thank you personally, it feels great to know my work has not gone unnoticed. This I find funny my profile (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=74770) has pagerank ;) My site is powerful at returning the favor, a 3 but no other site I know of points to that page. My page rank is about to go up to 6, internal pages have nothing less then a 4, unless new. Pretty impressive to me, I have had sub 10,000 traffic rank. Think about this for a few, there are billions of websites and of all those billions I have achieved at peak above top 10,000 in the world (million+ hits in 2 days). Done by 1 Mahn ;)

I understand this has nothing to do with my work other then the website, but gives me chills. I provide information on how to do it yourself, welcome aboard linux mint (http://linuxmint.com/). I am all about education, If I have time. Time is not a commodity I have. I wish I could help everyone in the world.

My Ultimate goal is to make NIX easier then windows, even as much as I love the terminal I am going to kill it, or so make it optional. Even though this feature has not been implemented as of yet an example of it can be seen here (http://ubuntusoftware.info/ubuntu_games/RTCW_Enemy_Territory.html). Notice the script installer, eventually will be MIME type; one click and done. Will write and integrate it into the OS, the extention will change but results yielded will be the same. I understand this has been done before "Click & run" software, however they charge for this feature, I have no intention of charging for anything I offer.

I do however intend to offer a donation page and a sponsor section. This money is used to help absorb the costs of bandwidth, BTW I have seen 1 1/2 TB, yes thats TB not MB ;) smoked in a day, and becomes quite expensive. That was peak and boils down to $1,500 a day, imagine that, thanks to ccal, torrent and others, I would like to say at this point welcome aboard our new African mirror. These people are truly responsible for you being able to obtain it to begin with. My costs have gone down due to this. The purchasing of other sites download and repo has trippled my cost overall, when download gets close to exceeding the 2TB limit I cancel and pay for a new one, 2TB for $15 is much better then $1.49 per gig, if I catch it in time.

This was probably information overload, I know you didn't ask about the other info, I just wanted it off my chest. Thanks again.

Best regards,

TheeMahn

[TheeMahn2003]

I'm glad to see that the cd version is getting very close to being complete. it was a pain taking the dvd player out of my wife's computer to install 1.3 on my computer.

I have not tried it as of yet, answering posts.... No matter how long it takes, I will make it perfect prior to release, in which I pre-apologize for any what some may consider a delay, even though my last build works perfectly by results yielded at the end, I won't have any errors, and would greatly appreciate patience. Rest assured perfection as with prior releases, please bare in mind I am 1 man<<-pun intended there.

I would also like to inform you if you want the games that will be pre-loaded in 1.4 DVD the CD version takes a long time to complete even at 600KBPS here, some games are huge. Apps are not an issue, I do look for bandwidth to be chewed up in short order from the repo with the introduction of games, currently only hosted by me, with very few exceptions. Good thing I bought a 4th host http://testubuntusoftware.info 2TB there as well i may utilize that for upgrades, wait for the final release and see.

Sorry you had to pull out your wives DVD player CD will be the answer just don't reinstall a bunch of times I have "stroked" 120GB of bandwidth in just testing and I am 1 MAHN :) I must highly suggest the DVD which is further down the road. As said in previous posts bandwidth is expensive.

[TheeMahn2003]

Oh it isn;t a problem. I decided to give gamer a try. Haven't done any edgy ones yet. It ran flawlessly. I would have kept useing th old kernal with 1.4, but it wouldn't update and such. I keep all my data on my old ntfs drive. So the Os is irrelevant and I change at wil. Really liking 1.3. If I get bored I may try and update from 1.3 and see what happens.

Let me know how it goes, have not heard back from the other fella and it was all "beta", if it works please write a howto I'll post it initial post and give you credit, currently I don't have time. If you can't figure it out I will go back and do so as I promised a fella here. After building cd and dvd version is done howto scrap gaim from his os and replace with pidgin, after all I am dedicated :)

EDIT: I now post screenshots... Why am I not happy? Worked perfectly as a live CD... Speed not even out yet, yet the server is already being abused... 40K a sec... Evidently we have tons of testers... I will see bandwidth stats tommorrow.

[TheeMahn2003]

Went through next to perfect. sed problems means nothing to me (shows transfer rate) however initial upgrade is done, and done so w/o a progress indicator, which is a show stopper to me... most will close the window can't have that, hoping not to have a window at all when finished. A script fix is in order to me as well as a rebuild not that I have to the script will update itself. Will not be released prior. Funny thing is prior releases do the same work perfectly minus initial upgrade. The newest and greatest script although the same version, people should not be testing it as I am, but I feel is happening (due to bandwidth, have the ability to send to 1,000 ppl @ a time). Please be patient or I will strip it and not post where it is. Nothing personal, I can see the hit it is gonna have. In the past I have asked not to be "used" as "the website" that is home to it, asking for traffic to be pressed away from me. Today I believe I can at the very least handle web traffic, downloads not at all, repo traffic will probably get hit in the mouth as well, I really wish people can see what I see. This release w/o a doubt will cripple me, not in hits I have seen but raw bandwidth, I pray I can count on mirrors, and I feel for them. I only hope I have is a chance to mirror my repo and that come down to ccal or that of others... Or im @ loss, funny thing and I will express to you all I have 8 TB (across 4 hosts) of bandwidth for a month, 2 I thought I would not expunge, repo is about to be "stroked" and I will explain why the CD version of Ultimate the "script" you all download it feels the feeling. Which "was" my last of concern at time of posting.

I will let things go by as "they were", I suggest you quit or I have no choice but to shut it down. Sometimea I appreciate that you care as much as you do as to continue as you have been, however the bottom line remains you all have the ability to wipe me off the net, no matter how many websites I buy.

[-Vampyre-]

I never got to that point. I couldn't get my wireless to work. It didn't seem to like ndiswrapper on edgy. I went back to fiesty until your version is ready. Then I will probably try that one.

[red_team316]

Great work TheeMahn. Ultimate Ubuntu is great. I like it although it's quite a bit overkill for me. I am using 1.3 now, as I yet again borked my last install of kubuntu(lol). I hope to see many more modules from you in the future, even if they dont point to the correct repositories (4 sites, wow).

Put a reconstructor link in your sig, there are never too many of those ;)

[TheeMahn2003]

Great work TheeMahn. Ultimate Ubuntu is great. I like it although it's quite a bit overkill for me. I am using 1.3 now, as I yet again borked my last install of kubuntu(lol). I hope to see many more modules from you in the future, even if they dont point to the correct repositories (4 sites, wow).

Put a reconstructor link in your sig, there are never too many of those ;)

Actually 5 websites one not posted to the public. Will let all know I have updated the script. Overkill in linux is called an added feature there is no such thing as bloat as there is in the windows world, more you add the slower it gets in windows, has no effect on *NIX. So it should not matter if there is 6 music players etc. unless of course space is limited. In linux no matter how many programs you install does not slow down overall performance, minus services of course.

BUM (http://ubuntusoftware.info/bum.html) is included in any release to allow removal of unnecessary services, what may be necessary to one may not to be to you, please review carefully before removing any service. I have been working hard to allow users the ability to allow you, yes you and everyone else to build your own distro, selecting only what you would like with descriptions of what those apps / games are; welcome aboard the CD version running it now, currently spits me errors and fixes them at the end, however can not have that as some may click cancel & bork their system and blame me ;)

I have not forgot about reconstructor, I'm actually overdue to drop them a ton of modules, I just currently have priority's and #1 to me right now is to drop a CD for the world ;) If you would like to submit them for me all modules current are here (http://ubuntsoftware.info/rmods/modules.tar.gz), has not been updates since June 26th. Please don't repost what I have already posted.

A sig for reconstructor? I have helped write their python and get 0 credit, I am starting to see what I wrote a long time ago "experimental" is what they call it today, they should have just accepted me to their team then, I still write rmods but no python, reconstructor would have been 10 fold where it is today they want to remove rmods and have python take care of it all... I believe Nucleus is behind this thought, a great guy and quite smart. Well it would not effect me I know python, but others... I guess in essence I am not a part of the "reconstructor" team. If necessary I will branch from it. I tried to be straight I just was not taken seriously. So a sig is currently out of the question.

[TheeMahn2003]

I never got to that point. I couldn't get my wireless to work. It didn't seem to like ndiswrapper on edgy. I went back to fiesty until your version is ready. Then I will probably try that one.

Well I am gonna try an be straight to the point, if edgy works for you so should all releases up to and including 1.3 nothing has been removed from 1.3 for example using 1.3 as a stepping stone only upgraded and software added... in essence better then edgy in that aspect. When I used 1.3 I had wired and wireless both or which were picked up and setup accordingly as the same can be said for edgy. I have never seen anyone say edgy works but my distro does not, as it is built from edgy I do not remove wireless drivers to save space... And IF such a situation arrived it is and due to an upgrade.

Lets take a step forward, and what I assume you are referring to, ndiswrapper is what grabs my attention. I have yet to include that in the CD version I am building, however may be well within consideration, After all no net you are done in the CD version. Easily taken care of in any DVD version when space is not something one takes into consideration. I assume and assume will make an a** out of you and me, not once but twice ;) Your wireless card is not natively picked up in feisty,

[TheeMahn2003]

Canonical Ltd. Can hire me anytime now ;)

[TheeMahn2003]

Well my, my... page 3 top viewed thread here in community cafe (http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=11&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=30&page=3),, not bad for less then a month pressed here. #4 overall in feistys closed thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=179&daysprune=-1&order=desc&sort=views), I have steep competition here #1 seeing as of current 258,556 views, at time of post... Can I bury that? Highly doubtful, lets see how it turns out, I do have a high understanding of SEO, Almost like a game for me, talent being wasted... PR6 on the way BTW. Eventually I will not be able to "talk to the little people", just a forewarning. I could have sold my website for more then most make in a year, however I am in for the long hull.

Answer this:

I don't wanna be your hero, I don't want to ever let you down.
NO I don't want to let you down.

I can try to take you higher, but I don't want to wear your broken crown.
you know it brings me down.

Don't think you'll ever understand me, I don't even understand me.
Don't have the power to anoint you, and I don't want to disappoint...

Winner recieves Ultimate prior to others

[bghost1979]

TheeMahn2003

well i went out and got a dvd bruner for my computer tonite/morning (depending on weather or not you have gone to be bed yet), so no more borrowing the dvd drive from my wife's computer.

[Scruffynerf]

*deleted*
Whilst I'm possibly the first, someone else can have it. I love 1.3, and will probably help seed for a fair while at least 1.4 when it's ready, I think that someone else will probably want it more! :D

One question though, could I upgrade from 1.3 to 1.4 via the CD?

[Russty of Oz]

I know that Ultimate 1.4 is still just Beta, but I was wondering if there is any known reason why I can't get connected with my wireless laptop? I had just the plain version of 7.04 and once I installed ndiswrapper it worked fine, but with Ultimate 1.4 I can't get any wireless to work, it doesn't even find any wireless networks, but there are a number of them in my area, including my own.

Any ideas as to what I need to do, or is this just a Beta problem?

Russty

[xguy2gk]

Theemahn, you are the man! ubuntu ultimate was the answer to my prayers and is definately one of the easiest distros i've used. i got a question, i had 1.3 installed and upgraded to feisty in 1.3 by dis-abling your repos, and re-enabling them when it was done but beryl stopped working only compiz was working, do you know why?
i tried uninstalling,re-installing,changing my Xorg,switching between Nvidia drivers.

[Scruffynerf]

Probabyl because Beryl seems to be a distro specific - ie: you had the Edgy version. There may be a version specific to Feisty, however as Beryl's been canned possibly not.

Although, if you have Feisty, you could try out compiz-fusion....

[jazzybob]

Installed Ultimate on my Dell 5100 (Turion64 Dual core) - A-OK - non-event.

Replaced Edubuntu with ultimate on Athalon 64 dualcore - running the 64 bit version of edubuntu on a second drive. Problem: Network Services recognized with all other flavors of UBUNTU, except Ultimate.

Any help, direction, link or comments are appreciated. Ubuntu Ultimate is truly a great distro (it's replaced other UBUNTU Distros on my work Laptop AND my personal laptop - I owuld really like to get the desktop network hook to work . . . THANKS

[xguy2gk]

Probabyl because Beryl seems to be a distro specific - ie: you had the Edgy version. There may be a version specific to Feisty, however as Beryl's been canned possibly not.

Although, if you have Feisty, you could try out compiz-fusion....

i had went to the beryl website and got the repo for feisty from there, i installed it and ran it it...then the window borders disappeared. and i didn't have that problem before.
but anyway when 1.4 comes out i'll re-format and start fresh with compiz-fusion,thanks

[Russty of Oz]

I know that Ultimate 1.4 is still just Beta, but I was wondering if there is any known reason why I can't get connected with my wireless laptop? I had just the plain version of 7.04 and once I installed ndiswrapper it worked fine, but with Ultimate 1.4 I can't get any wireless to work, it doesn't even find any wireless networks, but there are a number of them in my area, including my own.

Any ideas as to what I need to do, or is this just a Beta problem?

Russty

Well it seems it had something to do with Windows. Windows hadn't been properly shut down before installing Ultimate, or something like that, as it resumed as if from hibernation, then for a while it too couldn't find any networks but after a while it began to work, sot I shut Windows down (it also installed an update) and then booted into Ultimate and the wireless worked immediately! Problem solved!:D

[B()X_BREAKER]

If there is still an opening for first tester of the final release of 1.4 I would like to have that spot. I have installed and used every version of Ultimate since Christmas Edition was first released. I have several of my customers using 1.3 and have many more systems waiting for 1.4 to hit.

[red_team316]

I have not forgot about reconstructor, I'm actually overdue to drop them a ton of modules, I just currently have priority's and #1 to me right now is to drop a CD for the world ;) If you would like to submit them for me all modules current are here (http://ubuntsoftware.info/rmods/modules.tar.gz), has not been updates since June 26th. Please don't repost what I have already posted.

Well the link is either wrong, bandwith blown, or wrong site lol, i cant find it no matter what i type in.

[Warpnow]

http://ubuntusoftware.info/rmods/modules.tar.gz

He left out the second u. obvous typo. ;) be bright, people

[red_team316]

I try :p sometimes the answer is in the last place you look.

*covers face in embarrassment, grabs rmods, and runs away before anyone can recognize me*


EDIT: Adding what I can, it's kinda hard as it's all in one folder. I take it that it's just copied from the modules folder in reconstructor. Sub-folders would have been great :P (for the source code, that is)

[TheeMahn2003]

TheeMahn2003

well i went out and got a dvd bruner for my computer tonite/morning (depending on weather or not you have gone to be bed yet), so no more borrowing the dvd drive from my wife's computer.

Congrats brother, all computers should have a dvd burner just my opinion, third world countries not a open commodity I am sure, and the main point of the CD version.

Tell your wife I say cheers. ;) Now she keeps your old one, I assume my old lady has my hand me down Plextor sata DVD burner, happens all the time here. Don't buy one BTW sata has issues in CD/DVD with mainboards. Bought a 18X Dual layer... hmm they don't make 18X disks ;) You really have to take time to review products prior to purchase and make a decision based on how you use it.

[Rice_slayer]

Well, i tried everthing, but Battlefield 2 wouldnt co-operate with me :(. Oh well, I do loving ubuntu ultimate's interface and will update it to 1.3 :).

[TheeMahn2003]

*deleted*
Whilst I'm possibly the first, someone else can have it. I love 1.3, and will probably help seed for a fair while at least 1.4 when it's ready, I think that someone else will probably want it more! :D

One question though, could I upgrade from 1.3 to 1.4 via the CD?

1.4 makes 1.3 look like a joke in what I had to do to make it, I will be forthcoming with that information. The CD version will be able to upgrade to any version when finished. I will update the CD version only once every 6 months when completed. However the script will be constantly updated to allow new features.

As far as your question 1.3 to 1.4 only after tested would I post a how to... I initially had no intension of posting a howto or allow an upgrade. I hate to see people mad at me because their "upgrade" did not go through. I have felt the "feeling" on a personal level trying to build a CD, which now hangs at 69%, happens every time irregardless. I may be hard pressed into making the script make almost all happen. At time of posting I injected 116 upgrades on to the CD, I suppose means nothing if it hangs... I do have older builds which by the way work flawlessly minus the errors it spits as it "takes care of business"., I can't have users hitting cancel and blaming me. I wish you could see what I do. To have an understanding.

So in conclusion, I really can not answer your question as of now, it is something I do consider, my priority is the CD, perhaps I can move from there. Eventually it won't matter... eventually the script will take care of all.

[TheeMahn2003]

I know that Ultimate 1.4 (actually called 1.31) is still just Beta, but I was wondering if there is any known reason why I can't get connected with my wireless laptop? I had just the plain version of 7.04 and once I installed ndiswrapper it worked fine, but with Ultimate 1.4 I can't get any wireless to work, it doesn't even find any wireless networks, but there are a number of them in my area, including my own.

Any ideas as to what I need to do, or is this just a Beta problem?

Russty



I am trying, put yourself in my shoes... I am hoping the CD version of Ultimate will be your have all, all in one distro, followed by a DVD release, I know I have not included Networking in DVD beta, perhaps my prioritys are not within motion, however I DO strive to make a 1 distro does all but we are far from that. Everyone is my on my a** excuse that statement to put it out, ask yourself this... Would you like me to put out an OS far below par just to get it out, or one that fulfills your need and that of others?

[TheeMahn2003]

Theemahn, you are the man! ubuntu ultimate was the answer to my prayers and is definately one of the easiest distros i've used. i got a question, i had 1.3 installed and upgraded to feisty in 1.3 by dis-abling your repos, and re-enabling them when it was done but beryl stopped working only compiz was working, do you know why?
i tried uninstalling,re-installing,changing my Xorg,switching between Nvidia drivers.

You are facing a problem I once faced... My repo will break your compiz as of today all because of 1 package... I will fix it, compiz fusion will be your answer when I am done. Edgy based repo does not get messed with (why break what is not broken), however feisty based is "cutting edge" as of today- to me. I will continue support but fusion will not be there any time soon or until it is stable.

I know others may say Gusty... Compiz fusion is not there.... Do the math ;) And quite frankly my distro is not there yet. Beryl was my love of life, I felt that way until I seen comiz fuzion. Does it crash yes on occasion, something I am willing to accept currently. If you are looking for stabilty 1.3, you know the answer otherwise.

I want to inform you disabling / enabling repos will have 0 effect in my shiny new CD/DVD when completed as all are enabled from the rip.

[TheeMahn2003]

Probabyl because Beryl seems to be a distro specific - ie: you had the Edgy version. There may be a version specific to Feisty, however as Beryl's been canned possibly not.

Although, if you have Feisty, you could try out compiz-fusion....

No and I know where the problem arises, you people should not be raping my repo ;)

[TheeMahn2003]

Installed Ultimate on my Dell 5100 (Turion64 Dual core) - A-OK - non-event.

Replaced Edubuntu with ultimate on Athalon 64 dualcore - running the 64 bit version of edubuntu on a second drive. Problem: Network Services recognized with all other flavors of UBUNTU, except Ultimate.

Any help, direction, link or comments are appreciated. Ubuntu Ultimate is truly a great distro (it's replaced other UBUNTU Distros on my work Laptop AND my personal laptop - I owuld really like to get the desktop network hook to work . . . THANKS

See previous posts...

[Scruffynerf]

No and I know where the problem arises, you people should not be raping my repo ;)

Um, what? Sorry TheeMahn, but I've not used you repo's. At least, not after a week or so. Ages ago they errored when re-building my sources.list, and I removed them. I tend to run off Internode's repos, which are my local ISP's mirrors of the official repo's. (My ISP does this for pretty much all the linux distro's - but only Internode customers can access them.)

I was suggesting Fusion to the other fellow, based on what I read about it on various fora, and what I thought was an educated guess as to what the problem may have been.

cheers

Scruffy

[philbo]

What an adventure!!!

First of tired to run upgrade from 1.3 to 1.4 and it failed saying it will only work with feisty installed! (not Edgy which I installed via 1.3).

Then I tried installing from DVD from scratch and again no joy it failed on restart "Kernel Panics VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)" after editing the fstab and grub still couldn't get it to work so quit and started again.

This time install vanilla feisty and followed steps listed above it has 'sort-of' worked it took 2days to complete, is there any way to add /y switch to your script so it doesn't site there waiting for me to type in y all the time is loads a new app???

It appears to be up and running however it doesn't have the same package list that 1.3 has so I don't believe it has installed correctly, but then that simply could be the difference do you have a app list so that I can check to see if everything installed correctly?

If the above method didn't work I was going to run dist-upgrade from utlimate 1.3, but I think I've leave it as it is running!

hope that may help in your beta testing, if not it was 'fun'!

Philbo

[TheeMahn2003]

i had went to the beryl website and got the repo for feisty from there, i installed it and ran it it...then the window borders disappeared. and i didn't have that problem before.
but anyway when 1.4 comes out i'll re-format and start fresh with compiz-fusion,thanks

Brother here is your answer... open a terminal applications>accessories>terminal
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

goto the "screen section and add the following:

Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

It should look similar to this:
Section "Screen"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT]"
Monitor "CMC 22 W"
DefaultDepth 24

Make sure default depth is 24

save and exit press ctrl-alt-backspace to restart xserver Beryl should work fine;) Enjoy!!!

[TheeMahn2003]

Um, what? Sorry TheeMahn, but I've not used you repo's. At least, not after a week or so. Ages ago they errored when re-building my sources.list, and I removed them. I tend to run off Internode's repos, which are my local ISP's mirrors of the official repo's. (My ISP does this for pretty much all the linux distro's - but only Internode customers can access them.)

I was suggesting Fusion to the other fellow, based on what I read about it on various fora, and what I thought was an educated guess as to what the problem may have been.

cheers

Scruffy

Speaking of Compiz Fusion (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1405505248277861212&q=compiz+fusion&total=53&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0)... It is now on Ultimate 1.31+ repo (http://repoubuntusoftware.info/#1.4) (feisty based) hosted on a separate server, however 1 package was missing and is now fixed prior to "official release. For those running Ultimate 1.31+ or just feisty and would like to try it below is how to get compiz fusion running. Please test at your own risk, just because it works on mine is no guarantee it will work on yours.

Step 1 remove old compiz and desktop effects:
sudo apt-get remove compiz-core desktop-effects

Step 2 with Ultimate 1.4+ repo (http://repoubuntusoftware.info/#1.4) enabled (does not exist on Ultimate edgy based repo) update and install compiz fusion.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install compiz compiz-gnome compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-extra libcompizconfig-backend-gconf


Step 3 Fire it up... In a terminal
compiz --replace

Just some notes of interest as with previous posts adding the following to your screen section may be necessary to get "window decorations" to work, typically NVIDIA cards:

open a terminal applications>accessories>terminal
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

goto the "screen section and add the following:

Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

It should look similar to this:
Section "Screen"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT]"
Monitor "CMC 22 W"
DefaultDepth 24

Make sure default depth is 24

save and exit press ctrl-alt-backspace to restart xserver. Compiz fusion should now work fine;) Enjoy!!!

[TheeMahn2003]

Moving right along from bottom of page 3 to page 2 (http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=11&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=30&page=2), seeing almost 1,000 views just today here on the forums ;) My my people, are you waiting for me to release something? I uploaded a video to youtube showing the CD upgrade process as I played with apps, compiz fusion, etc. Followed by a video of games being played, however youtube has now capped a video to the length of 10 minutes :(, so both failed. May still post them on my site.

[Warpnow]

put it on revver.com, they pay you ad revenue when your vid is watched. :D Buy you some bandwith.

[TheeMahn2003]

put it on revver.com, they pay you ad revenue when your vid is watched. :D Buy you some bandwith.

I tried... I will not open another email address... I have prolly more then I like to keep track of as it is, bandwidth I do not sweat the load over as the largest linux native oog/vorbis file is 6MB but 13 minutes of video, funny find a mov or mpg that exceeds 10 minutes at that size, should tell you a lot firsthand.


What does revver.com, say to me?

This must be the email address you use at gravatar.com. What's this?


BTW youtube, pays as well. youtube used to be hosted in Japan or similar I believe... since it's acquisition in excess of 1 billion $ and over a mill in bandwidth costs each month (I thought I had it bad) welcome aboard deep pockets Google... But maybe I don't know what I'm talking about ;)

[red_team316]

Section "Screen"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT]"
Monitor "CMC 22 W"
DefaultDepth 24

Make sure default depth is 24

save and exit press ctrl-alt-backspace to restart xserver. Compiz fusion should now work fine;) Enjoy!!!

Can it be 32 bit? I don't know a whole lot about the prog, but 32 bit surfaces blit much faster than 24.

[TheeMahn2003]

Can it be 32 bit? I don't know a whole lot about the prog, but 32 bit surfaces blit much faster than 24.

I'm unsure you can try if it doesn't work you can revert back to 24.

[gabeyg]

Hey, where can I find source code of Ubuntu Ultimate? I was searching the ubuntu ultimate site for 1 month...
**By the way, how did you manage to make musics to play in installer?

[TheeMahn2003]

Hey, where can I find source code of Ubuntu Ultimate? I was searching the ubuntu ultimate site for 1 month...
**By the way, how did you manage to make musics to play in installer?

The source of what makes Ultimate current edition based on feisty is a script (http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh) I wrote. For 1.3 or less I used a standard Ubuntu disk you can obtain all source from their website (http://www.ubuntu.com/products/WhatIsUbuntu/desktopedition) and reconstructor (http://reconstructor.aperantis.com/). If you would like to learn how I made it please review my FAQ (http://ubuntusoftware.info/faq.html#distro).

Music... I used software called timidity to play it. I pre-injected the music onto the disk they are not mp3's they are .mods and s3m's similar to, but better then a midi, but not copy written.

the statement in the script that plays the music is:

timidity /usr/share/ultimate/playlist.m3u

Currently just works with the cd version. Will work with the official 1.4 DVD as well. Or perhaps in your case:

timidity /usr/share/ultimate/halloween_theme.s3m

The script now dynamically updates itself from my repo by version checking the one on the server, unfortunately I had not written that section until after release of the beta dvd. So any build / release from here on out will be able to be upgraded without downloading 2 GB each time, however I will still offer a DVD version of both Ultimate as well as gamers edition. Look for the gamers edition to fill an entire DVD, America's Army (http://www.americasarmy.com/) for example is 775.8 MB and thats just 1 of the many games that will be included.

I can not count how many times I have built the CD version and currently hangs at either 54% or 69% of being installed. This issue will be resolved before release.

If you are running the beta DVD below is a way to force it to update the script... once done 1 time will not have to be done again as the script will do it for you in a terminal:

cd /usr/share/ultimate/
sudo rm gamers.sh
sudo wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh


Click on the upgrade icon on the desktop and enjoy your new features.

[abrichr]

I apologize if the answers to my questions have been posted somewhere, but I haven't been able to find them.

1) Is there a 64-bit version of Ubuntu Ultimate? Are there plans for one in the future?

2) Are you still maintaining Ubuntu Ultimate Gamer's? Will there be one based on Feisty or Gutsy?

I'm interested in testing/using Ubuntu Ultimate or Ubuntu Ultimate Gamer's, but I like to know that I'm getting the most out of my hardware and the best software available.

Thanks in advance.

[TheeMahn2003]

I apologize if the answers to my questions have been posted somewhere, but I haven't been able to find them.

1) Is there a 64-bit version of Ubuntu Ultimate? Are there plans for one in the future?

2) Are you still maintaining Ubuntu Ultimate Gamer's? Will there be one based on Feisty or Gutsy?

I'm interested in testing/using Ubuntu Ultimate or Ubuntu Ultimate Gamer's, but I like to know that I'm getting the most out of my hardware and the best software available.

Thanks in advance.

I have made valiant attempts at making a 64 bit version, which failed to build more times then I can count, this was in the edgy days, I have not however tried to build it in feisty. I have my hands full and do not currently have time to attempt another build, may be something I re-attempt in the future.

Ubuntu Gamers Edition is 3 full releases away, CD version which has been a bear to me followed by a final build of 1.4. Then Gamers Edition, for those that don't want to wait for the Gamers Edition DVD the CD Version is upgradeable to any version including grabbing the games off the net and installing them for you, fully customizable. Main reasons for creating the CD version are:

1. Script able engine allowing enhancements, adding apps /games from a centrally served script (not having to download 2GB when Ultimate goes to 1.5 etc.)
2. Not everyone has a DVD burner
3. Customization (hand pick what you would like installed)

Negatives:

1. Each person that installs it sucks a ton of bandwidth from my repo currently hosts most packages, Some packages (games) are huge.
2. If someone screws up their OS and reinstalls see #1 ;)

Gusty? I currently have no intention, each release I have released in the past were built off stable Ubuntu images and meant to be stable, and have stood up to it. Perhaps time permitting in the future that may happen, but I have quite a workload ahead of me currently.

[TheeMahn2003]

I would like to point out something I have never seen on any other website; I would love someone to point out another site that is this way. My home page (http://ubuntusoftware.info/) has a Google PR5, my Ultimate 1.3 page (http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ubuntu_Ultimate_1.3/) buried in my site 3 clicks to get to it has a PR6, I have never seen a site with higher internal pagerank then a sites homepage. I used to SEO a long time ago, what I changed yesterday will increase virtually all pages across the board, most have 0's because of this until next update.

Probably should post this in a SEO forum.

[raid517]

So I'm curious. I want to download and install Ubuntu - but I would prefer to download Ubuntu Ultimate - as it probably means less work for me.

However how far into the beta program is Ubuntu Ultimate and has there been any activity in updating the most recent .ISO - and also would it be better to wait for a final Ultimate release, if in fact such a release is likely to be imminent?

How soon, or how far into the future is a final release likely to be - and is the Beta so unstable that I would be better at this point just to go with a standard (non Ultimate) Ubuntu install?

[TheeMahn2003]

So I'm curious. I want to download and install Ubuntu - but I would prefer to download Ubuntu Ultimate - as it probably means less work for me.

However how far into the beta program is Ubuntu Ultimate and has there been any activity in updating the most recent .ISO - and also would it be better to wait for a final Ultimate release, if in fact such a release is likely to be imminent?

How soon, or how far into the future is a final release likely to be - and is the Beta so unstable that I would be better at this point just to go with a standard (non Ultimate) Ubuntu install?

Well as far as progress I just burnt another attempt onto a CDRW if it works it will be released today. If not I will re-build and re-burn as many times as necessary until it is perfect.

If you "just have to have" a feisty based release I would wait on the cd or use standard feisty until release. If you don't mind edgy based I would download and use 1.3, I have little faith in the beta some people have seen kernel panics in 1,31 and the reason it is beta.

I probably should not say that as the beta has been downloaded 17,153 times as of yesterday recorded at downloadubuntusoftware.info over 1/2 a Terabyte. I have had 2 negative reports concerning it not a bad ratio I guess both kernel based problems. Fixed by hitting escape on boot and selecting the older kernel.

[adewale]

i've been away for some time now how's it coming. Yesterday i installed beryl on a friend's laptop and when we both ran it our jaws dropped with the burn effect i had never seen it before. hopefully when fiesty comes out i'll give it to him. Right now we are trying to get his verizon wireless EV-DO wireless working

[TheeMahn2003]

i've been away for some time now how's it coming. Yesterday i installed beryl on a friend's laptop and when we both ran it our jaws dropped with the burn effect i had never seen it before. hopefully when fiesty comes out i'll give it to him. Right now we are trying to get his verizon wireless EV-DO wireless working

07/06/07 THE CD VERSION IS DONE!!! Great news works absolutely fabulously minus no music during upgrade process will be scripted in before you can ever download it (fixed). What is the CD Edition? It is Ubuntu Feisty Fawn customized, injected with compiz fusion & a upgrade script allowing full customization of your OS. It is uploading now look for it in the next 24 hours. I love it ;)

I have bad news for you if feisty does not work for you neither will this as far as wireless drivers. I did not add any drivers to the disk (700MB is hard to work with). Compiz Fusion (not compiz... compiz fusion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fbk52Mk1w) is a combination of the best of both worlds of Beryl & Compiz) makes Beryl look like a joke and is integrated on the disk.

[raid517]

Great news! I can't wait! Please let us know as soon as it has been uploaded... ;)

[Warpnow]

So...the cd version is Ubuntu 7 with compiz fusion and an upgrade script that lets you pick from software and other things? Do you have any screenshots of this script? How is it different than a package manager?

[adewale]

thanks but like how big would the dvd be ? so that i can start making arrangements 4 downloading it, Thanks and i really hope you'll be able to fix the wireless card issue

[TheeMahn2003]

So...the cd version is Ubuntu 7 with compiz fusion and an upgrade script that lets you pick from software and other things? Do you have any screenshots of this script? How is it different than a package manager?

Yes 7 & compiz fusion ,a few other enhancements, and the ability to choose what you would like installed. Screenshots are on my initial post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2763429&postcount=1). 3rd screenshot on over. It is not a package manager, however may work it into that as such.

[TheeMahn2003]

thanks but like how big would the dvd be ? so that i can start making arrangements 4 downloading it, Thanks and i really hope you'll be able to fix the wireless card issue

I have in the past fixed many wireless issues in for example UUE 1.3, however fiesty is a bear in just upgrading the kernel, something I will make happen... I would estimate the DVD to be around 2GB and the Gamers Edition to be over 4GB. I have not started on either Edition I have to get the CD version out to the public first, as well as mirrored.

CD edition:
File size: 685.6 MB (718,888,960 bytes)
MD5SUM: 307063359ce3ca54ade625a9a51068dd ubuntu-ultimate-1.4-cd.iso

If you would like to view the page (http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ubuntu_Ultimate_CD/) for it however the information above will have to be updated, and there is no download link YET.

[TheeMahn2003]

Amazing... I just posted it is coming a few hours ago and now my main server is down ... as well as transfer has failed uploading it.

Connection to downloadubuntusoftware.info timed out
Disconnecting from site downloadubuntusoftware.info
Could not download /media/BigMac/ubuntu-ultimate-1.4-cd.iso from local filesystem

Now I get to start over.

To make things worse...

The connection has timed out













The server at ubuntusoftware.info is taking too long to respond.








* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

[TheeMahn2003]

Amazing... I just posted it is coming a few hours ago and now my main server is down ... as well as transfer has failed uploading it.

Connection to downloadubuntusoftware.info timed out
Disconnecting from site downloadubuntusoftware.info
Could not download /media/BigMac/ubuntu-ultimate-1.4-cd.iso from local filesystem

Now I get to start over.

To make things worse...

The connection has timed out













The server at ubuntusoftware.info is taking too long to respond.








* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

This is something I expect when dugg not as I upload it...

Results of that action:
DELE /ubuntu-ultimate-1.4-cd.iso

250 Deleted /ubuntu-ultimate-1.4-cd.iso
Loading directory listing / from server (LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8)
PASV

227 Entering Passive Mode (68,178,254,187,110,34)
LIST -aL

Now re-upload. 550MB toast as well as my time ;)

[Warpnow]

Do you need us to make threatening calls to your datacenter admin?

[TheeMahn2003]

Do you need us to make threatening calls to your datacenter admin?

May be in-appropriate at this time ;) Why they both went down same time I have no explanation for they are hosted on separate servers. It is re-uploading so all is well.

But thanks anyway Warpnow :)

[Warpnow]

You're right...inappropriate...we need to escalate...

We'll need some fake license plates and some baseball bats...

[TheeMahn2003]

You're right...inappropriate...we need to escalate...

We'll need some fake license plates and some baseball bats...

lol, don't make me break kneecaps ;)

[TheeMahn2003]

I will most likely remove the beta DVD shortly, it is burning up bandwidth as of current ... would like to reserve the 1 3/4 TB (bandwidth is based on a month). I can almost assure this release will exceed that of 1.3 as far as downloads, as well as a big punch on the repo, will probably have to pay to upgrade that as well. I have never "coordinately" asked for money but may do so in the future because of this. I will try to make your OS and host the packages as long as I can take it. I do have alot of money going out and very little coming in as of now.

[Spikedad]

So set up an address where we can make some contribition via Paypal or something. I'll be happy to send my "Widow's Mite" as will a hell of a lot of others.

[EnGorDiaz]

i am extremely impressed with this distro of linux good work but i need to activate opengl subsystem lol to un certain games:popcorn:=D>=D>=D>

[abrichr]

What's in the DVD that the CD doesn't have? And vice versa?

[adewale]

@Themann I was wondering if you've had luck with the wireless issue ? cause its giving us hell of a time here. If you've please help us out

[raid517]

Still no word of a finished upload?

I don't want to seem impatient or anything - but I have been waiting since Fiesty Fawn was releasd for this.

I deliberately didn't install it (or any Linux distro) after my last install scewed up because I was hopeful that I would eventually see an ultimate release.

[Warpnow]

Still no word of a finished upload?

I don't want to seem impatient or anything - but I have been waiting since Fiesty Fawn was releasd for this.

I deliberately didn't install it (or any Linux distro) after my last install scewed up because I was hopeful that I would eventually see an ultimate release.

Same here :D

I am going to be attempting to make a complex install because my pc is so linux unfriednly and I figured it wasn't worth it until ultimate came out :D

[adewale]

don't know what happened but by fluke or whatever the laptop is online using the same wireless card. Thank God that nightmare is over. I just wish these hardware manufacturers would start supporting linux

[TheeMahn2003]

It is uploaded it is now being mirrored please stand by for official release.

[mrdeath.swe]

That's sounds sweet :biggrin:

[TheeMahn2003]

CCal is on top of it. CCAL IS THE BOMB!!! I would also like to welcome aboard our new mirror compliments to jpfinne (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=51660). I am uploading it to his server as I type this 3 TB of bandwidth. Give him a big thanks and a welcome aboard.

[TheeMahn2003]

What's in the DVD that the CD doesn't have? And vice versa?

The DVD version does not require you to download anything it is all there off the rip. The cd version is Feisty Fawn with compiz replaced by compiz fusion, customized and a upgrade script (icon on your desktop) that downloads and installs the software you select from the web. You can read more about it here (http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ubuntu_Ultimate_CD/).

[TheeMahn2003]

I feel this is in order... At each release I drop some lyrics and ask who is the artist and the title, the reward? Ubuntu Ultimate 1.4 before anyone else. Minus mirrors of course.

Here we go:
Feeling undone
What have I become?
When I turned my back on you, I turned my back on myself & became this machine.


Please post if you have the answer.

[bghost1979]

well so far my Ultimate 1.3 updated to Feisty Fawn Based is working fine, the other day i tired upgrading my ati drivers thru envy and well it messed up my computer, couldn't boot up, said that the x.org was messed up. so i reloaded ultimate 1.3 and did the updates that it said it need, all 200+ of them, and then the box poped up in the task bar again and i clicked on it and it said that there was an upgrade to feisty fawn 7.04 that i could get so i clicked on it saying whats the worse that could happen, reload my computer again, not scared of that. well so far everything seems to be working fine.

[TheeMahn2003]

well so far my Ultimate 1.3 updated to Feisty Fawn Based is working fine, the other day i tired upgrading my ati drivers thru envy and well it messed up my computer, couldn't boot up, said that the x.org was messed up. so i reloaded ultimate 1.3 and did the updates that it said it need, all 200+ of them, and then the box poped up in the task bar again and i clicked on it and it said that there was an upgrade to feisty fawn 7.04 that i could get so i clicked on it saying whats the worse that could happen, reload my computer again, not scared of that. well so far everything seems to be working fine.

I like to hear that however, there is a war going on now perhaps others should see. I'm sure many have seen the acquisition of SUSE by $MS, Many of the programmers are here now. The info I am about to provide (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2138970,00.asp?kc=EWYH104039TX1B0000665)
is well beyond this thread, This can change *nix and when I say that I mean all versions of nix, redhat, mandrake etc. as well as my own. It is their greed that makes this happen. I am really surprised there was not an outrage with the acquisition of suse. Ultimately they are pissing with GPL3. They have the fat wallet to shut down *nix is what they are trying to do.

[bghost1979]

I like to hear that however, there is a war going on now perhaps others should see. I'm sure many have seen the acquisition of SUSE by $MS, Many of the programmers are here now. The info I am about to provide (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2138970,00.asp?kc=EWYH104039TX1B0000665)
is well beyond this thread, This can change *nix and when I say that I mean all versions of nix, redhat, mandrake etc. as well as my own. It is their greed that makes this happen. I am really surprised there was not an outrage with the acquisition of suse. Ultimately they are pissing with GPL3. They have the fat wallet to shut down *nix is what they are trying to do.

yea i have been watching how the evil empire has been treating and thats one of the reasons i went to Ubuntu because i use to run suse but when i found out that they were signing a deal with ms (the evil empire) i dropped them as soon as i found something different, i refuse to support the evil empire, or the vole as slashdot calls them. i was very glad to read this post on slashdot (http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/21/1727242). do you know what video turner works good with *nix because ati seems to refuse to support that function in the all-in-wonders for *nix? once i get that part working in *nix (and well i gave up on getting it working thru my all_in_wonder) then i won't need the vole for anything anymore. was also glad to see that Google is going after the vole as well.

[B()X_BREAKER]

I feel this is in order... At each release I drop some lyrics and ask who is the artist and the title, the reward? Ubuntu Ultimate 1.4 before anyone else. Minus mirrors of course.

Here we go:
Feeling undone
What have I become?
When I turned my back on you, I turned my back on myself & became this machine.


Please post if you have the answer.


Forget To Remember by Mudvayne :guitar:

So do I get first dibs?

[mrdeath.swe]

First: Thanks for a very nice release and all the heard work you put into this, its very much-appreciated.

I'm little confused (nothing unusual) regarding the UU 1.4 cd iso, the torrent iso (which I downloaded) is (as you posted) about 685 mb. But my friend downloaded the iso from the "Europe Mirror" and the size of that iso is about 462 mb :confused: this can't be correct right?

[ccal]

But my friend downloaded the iso from the "Europe Mirror" and the size of that iso is about 462 mb :confused: this can't be correct right?

Something went wrong when he downloaded, a new download with continue option activated will fix his image. Check the md5 signature once finished.

[obscur156]

ok i just got the iso of 1.4, burned it to a disc .when i am trying to boot from disk i am getting this error message.
iso linux 3.11 .................................................. ....
unknown keyword in config file
could not find kernel image:linux boot

somebody have the same problem or have advice for this?
maybe its a corrupted download ???
Thanks ,best regards ,have a nice day :)

[gabeyg]

The source of what makes Ultimate current edition based on feisty is a script (http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh) I wrote. For 1.3 or less I used a standard Ubuntu disk you can obtain all source from their website (http://www.ubuntu.com/products/WhatIsUbuntu/desktopedition) and reconstructor (http://reconstructor.aperantis.com/). If you would like to learn how I made it please review my FAQ (http://ubuntusoftware.info/faq.html#distro).

Music... I used software called timidity to play it. I pre-injected the music onto the disk they are not mp3's they are .mods and s3m's similar to, but better then a midi, but not copy written.

the statement in the script that plays the music is:

timidity /usr/share/ultimate/playlist.m3u

Currently just works with the cd version. Will work with the official 1.4 DVD as well. Or perhaps in your case:

timidity /usr/share/ultimate/halloween_theme.s3m

The script now dynamically updates itself from my repo by version checking the one on the server, unfortunately I had not written that section until after release of the beta dvd. So any build / release from here on out will be able to be upgraded without downloading 2 GB each time, however I will still offer a DVD version of both Ultimate as well as gamers edition. Look for the gamers edition to fill an entire DVD, America's Army (http://www.americasarmy.com/) for example is 775.8 MB and thats just 1 of the many games that will be included.

I can not count how many times I have built the CD version and currently hangs at either 54% or 69% of being installed. This issue will be resolved before release.

If you are running the beta DVD below is a way to force it to update the script... once done 1 time will not have to be done again as the script will do it for you in a terminal:

cd /usr/share/ultimate/
sudo rm gamers.sh
sudo wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh


Click on the upgrade icon on the desktop and enjoy your new features.

HI, And I understand, but.. How can I compile your .sh file?

[obscur156]

Never mind my previous post,problem solved.

I dont know why but got the first iso from ultimate server and the iso did not work.
I downloaded the second iso from europe server, burned it and its working.

Big thanks to you theeman for taking your spare time to do this for the others.
I appreciate it very much. =D>

[TheeMahn2003]

@Themann I was wondering if you've had luck with the wireless issue ? cause its giving us hell of a time here. If you've please help us out

There is insufficient space on the cd to add any wireless drivers I would wait on the dvd.

[TheeMahn2003]

Never mind my previous post,problem solved.

I dont know why but got the first iso from ultimate server and the iso did not work.
I downloaded the second iso from europe server, burned it and its working.

Big thanks to you theeman for taking your spare time to do this for the others.
I appreciate it very much. =D>

You are welcome, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it ;) Sorry about the cheesie music ;) may have a poll for music selection in the future.

[TheeMahn2003]

Forget To Remember by Mudvayne :guitar:

So do I get first dibs?

well its a bit late, I may hook you up on the DVD release. Great job BTW.

[TheeMahn2003]

HI, And I understand, but.. How can I compile your .sh file?

A .sh file is a series of native to linux bash commands, similar to a .bat file in windows so compiling is unnecessary.

[TheeMahn2003]

yea i have been watching how the evil empire has been treating and thats one of the reasons i went to Ubuntu because i use to run suse but when i found out that they were signing a deal with ms (the evil empire) i dropped them as soon as i found something different, i refuse to support the evil empire, or the vole as slashdot calls them. i was very glad to read this post on slashdot (http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/21/1727242). do you know what video turner works good with *nix because ati seems to refuse to support that function in the all-in-wonders for *nix? once i get that part working in *nix (and well i gave up on getting it working thru my all_in_wonder) then i won't need the vole for anything anymore. was also glad to see that Google is going after the vole as well.

All in wonder:
ATI All-in-Wonder TV capture software
The General ATI TV and Overlay Software (GATOS) suite for
capturing video. This package does not require kernel
patches, and includes:
* xatitv: GUI TV-in-a-window application
GUI access to all GATOS functionality, save tv-out.
* atitv: Simple text-mode program
Basic functionality to record video and toggle tv-out.
* atitoppm:
* atitogif:
* atitojpg:
YUV conversion utilities
* yuvsum: video field to frame converter
Averages all images in gatos.yuv (must all
be same size).
* atisplit: YUV conversion to ucbmpeg
This splits the output file for MPEG encoding.
This software is not intended to support most recent ATI AIW Radeon

Gatos will be installed for you if you select custom and capture card software.

[CrankyFilipino]

Lot's of posts on this thread. I just had one question hoping someone could answer. Can you install this over your current Ubuntu install? Or does it have to be brand new?

[TheeMahn2003]

What an adventure!!!

First of tired to run upgrade from 1.3 to 1.4 and it failed saying it will only work with feisty installed! (not Edgy which I installed via 1.3).

Then I tried installing from DVD from scratch and again no joy it failed on restart "Kernel Panics VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)" after editing the fstab and grub still couldn't get it to work so quit and started again.

This time install vanilla feisty and followed steps listed above it has 'sort-of' worked it took 2days to complete, is there any way to add /y switch to your script so it doesn't site there waiting for me to type in y all the time is loads a new app???

It appears to be up and running however it doesn't have the same package list that 1.3 has so I don't believe it has installed correctly, but then that simply could be the difference do you have a app list so that I can check to see if everything installed correctly?

If the above method didn't work I was going to run dist-upgrade from utlimate 1.3, but I think I've leave it as it is running!

hope that may help in your beta testing, if not it was 'fun'!

Philbo

I can not accept the license agreement for you if you wish to modify the script to help you I say go for it. But if I were to write the script to accept the license agreement for you I would probably be in some trouble ;) Thanks for trying to help.

Best regards,

TheeMahn

[TheeMahn2003]

Lot's of posts on this thread. I just had one question hoping someone could answer. Can you install this over your current Ubuntu install? Or does it have to be brand new?

Have never tried... However even if you did would not get login screen, and other customizations. Software yes but things like compiz fusion would not be there. If you would like to try please run the script attached to this post. For those concerned below is the source code:

#!/bin/sh
#
# Feisty to Ultimate Script
#
# Ubuntusoftware Team <http://ubuntusoftware.info>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
mkdir /usr/share/ultimate
cd /usr/share/ultimate/
rm -R *
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/tunez/blackcry.mod
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/tunez/halloween_theme.s3m
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/tunez/NIN_HEAD.S3M
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/bootscript.sh
wget http://ubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/ubuntu_ico.png
chmod +x gamers.sh
cd ~/Desktop/
apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated envy
#create Shortcut
echo "Creating Upgrade shortcut..."
# create desktop shortcut for Upgrade
echo "[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Upgrade
Type=Application
Exec=gksudo sh /usr/share/ultimate/gamers.sh
Icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png
Terminal=True
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Application;System;" > ~/Desktop/Upgrade.desktop

# chmod shortcut
chmod a+x ~/Desktop/Upgrade.desktop

You will have to have the repo (http://repoubuntusoftware.info/) enabled before executing this script. It will create a shortcut on your desktop that says Upgrade. Enjoy!!! ;)

[CrankyFilipino]

Have never tried... However even if you did would not get login screen, and other customizations. Software yes but things like compiz fusion would not be there. If you would like to try please run the script attached to this post. For those concerned below is the source code:

#!/bin/sh
#
# Feisty to Ultimate Script
#
# Ubuntusoftware Team <http://ubuntusoftware.info>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
mkdir /usr/share/ultimate
cd /usr/share/ultimate/
rm -R *
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/tunez/blackcry.mod
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/tunez/halloween_theme.s3m
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/tunez/NIN_HEAD.S3M
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh
wget http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/bootscript.sh
wget http://ubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/ubuntu_ico.png
chmod +x gamers.sh
cd ~/Desktop/
apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated envy
#create Shortcut
echo "Creating Upgrade shortcut..."
# create desktop shortcut for Upgrade
echo "[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Upgrade
Type=Application
Exec=gksudo sh /usr/share/ultimate/gamers.sh
Icon=/usr/share/ultimate/ubuntu_ico.png
Terminal=True
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Application;System;" > ~/Desktop/Upgrade.desktop

# chmod shortcut
chmod a+x ~/Desktop/Upgrade.desktop

You will have to have the repo (http://repoubuntusoftware.info/) enabled before executing this script. It will create a shortcut on your desktop that says Upgrade. Enjoy!!! ;)


Well thanks for the answer. I have no clue how to run this script though lol.. or how and where to enable the repo.. since I don't have much invested into my current install other then my bookmarks which were transferred anyways.. I'm debating doing a fresh install of ultimate.. but I wonder if it's worth it.. will it work pretty much like feisty does?

[TheeMahn2003]

Well thanks for the answer. I have no clue how to run this script though lol.. or how and where to enable the repo.. since I don't have much invested into my current install other then my bookmarks which were transferred anyways.. I'm debating doing a fresh install of ultimate.. but I wonder if it's worth it.. will it work pretty much like feisty does?

IMHO, better it will install etc same as feisty other then compiz fusion being built in. There is an icon of the desktop that says upgrade, that download software for you codecs, Google earth etc. Actually you can select what is to be installed by selecting custom.

[TheeMahn2003]

I have had a few ask what I used to make the theme, etc. Here is your answer...

Theme I made

Theme (http://downloadubuntusoftware.info/themes/Ultimate.tar.gz), login (http://downloadubuntusoftware.info/themes/1.4gdm.tar.gz), wallpaper (http://downloadubuntusoftware.info/themes/14awallpaper.png), icons (http://downloadubuntusoftware.info/themes/Glossy-Glass.5.1.tar.bz2), usplash (http://downloadubuntusoftware.info/themes/Sleek_Dragon_Usplash_Splash-02.so) & splash (http://downloadubuntusoftware.info/themes/14splash.png).

Enjoy ;)

I will forewarn you there is a bug in firefox in thier css file the ultimate script fixes this, this theme as far as firefox is concerned will be really light colors with out letting the upgrade script finish. Please review the source of my script to see what I refer to. all the way at the bottom even after envy.

[TheeMahn2003]

Hmm, Linuxtracker (http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=4323) is slammed... How did I know that would happen? Slow but at least it is now up ;) Views 11498, not shabby for less then a day ;)

[Brandonson112]

I was wondering if there was anyway to get the repositories for this in Windows because i use wubi and the cd does not detect it as an actual install.

[bigredcherokee]

Is there any other location that I can get this?

Also I would I host this? probably not a good thing on a cable connection lol.

[bghost1979]

whats the oldest ati driver that is supported because envy says that Ubuntu doesn't support the legacy drivers from ati?

[ric3125]

I just switched to the Ultimate Ed. from FF Ubuntu. I had Compiz installed and working. But now in Ultimate I get this.

ric@ubuntu:~$ compiz
Fatal: Compiz can't be ran using VESA or VGA divers.

If you need more info let me know. I have a nvidia 7900 GS Thanks.

[MGOwn]

We just finished creating a Virtual Machine using VMWare from Ubuntu Ultimate in case anyone is interested. It's a nice way to check out this release without actually having to install it by using the Free VMware Player.

http://www.tuxdistro.com/torrents-details.php?id=398

[CrankyFilipino]

Well I deleted my FF partition and installed Ultimate Ubuntu 1.4. Everything works pretty good and installed well. It took forever to upgrade with my game selections but it all worked out right. I didn't use envy for the video driver because the first time I did that it didn't work. The only problem I have is that now firefox doesn't always open right away, and when it does, it's really slow. Anyone have any ideas?

[AlexenderReez]

I just switched to the Ultimate Ed. from FF Ubuntu. I had Compiz installed and working. But now in Ultimate I get this.

ric@ubuntu:~$ compiz
Fatal: Compiz can't be ran using VESA or VGA divers.

If you need more info let me know. I have a nvidia 7900 GS Thanks.

cool...i'm also running using 7900 gs...seems never got any problem with ubuntu...but sometime got error will booting.....memory error detect pci slot...something like that....do you have it?

[Goda]

I installed it fine. Then I setup my wireless card with ndiswrapper...next was the upgrade script. I ran it and it asked for my password then it said it automatically updated and then closed. After that whenever i open it a terminal flashes open then closed and nothing happens. I've even tried reinstalling all over again.

And the problem is....gamers.sh, the script run by Upgrade is completely empty... 0 bytes. Could I get a new one?

[ccal]

And the problem is....gamers.sh, the script run by Upgrade is completely empty... 0 bytes. Could I get a new one?

Here it is (http://repoubuntusoftware.info/upgrades/gamers.sh).

[Enedok]

I installed it fine. Then I setup my wireless card with ndiswrapper...next was the upgrade script. I ran it and it asked for my password then it said it automatically updated and then closed. After that whenever i open it a terminal flashes open then closed and nothing happens. I've even tried reinstalling all over again.

And the problem is....gamers.sh, the script run by Upgrade is completely empty... 0 bytes. Could I get a new one?

Same thing happened to me. I forgot i was not connected to internet when i ran it. It said it was an update and then gamers.sh was wiped blank. Redownloading gamers.sh in to the right folders seems to fix it. Im updating now and it looks ok.

[Goda]

Yep downloading and replacing it worked. Updating now.

[TheeMahn2003]

Sorry I have not been here to answer each post. Quite busy around here as I hope you can understand. Over 350,000 hits on main server yesterday, it has been downloaded almost 9,000 times as of yesterday (1 days worth), just traffic observed from Ultimate download server, does not include mirrors. Within a few days I will come back and try to reply to each post. I have seen an error posted here during upgrade that I would like to address. YOU MUST BE CONNECTED to the internet in order to upgrade. Otherwise it will nullify the upgrade script. Please open your browser and go somewhere on the internet to ensure you are connected, before attempting to upgrade.

I tremendously appreciate the great interest in this project, I will strive only to make it better.

Thanks,

TheeMahn

[CrankyFilipino]

Ok I need some help. I can't find in any package managers the installed versions of Army Ops and Wolfenstein Enemy Territory. They are installed. Army ops works, Enemy Territory Doesn't. I want to uninstall and delete Army ops and Fix Wolfenstein, but I can't find them. Anyone help please? Thanks.

[misGnomer]

Interesting project but the nomenclature confuses me a little with its Ubuntu name and a new version numbering.

Did you get a permission from Canonical to use their trademarked "Ubuntu" name for your releases, domains and the logo too. The presentation of your project certainly lookss quite official (e.g. in terms of security), especially for the uninitiated.

What about the hosting of 3rd party proprietary packages on your (unauthenticated) ubuntusoftware.info site?

Your website's "contact" and "about" pages were nonexisting links so I'm kind of wondering who's actually vouching for the software on offer and its security.

If it was simply "TheeMahn's Ultimate Linux distro (based on Ubuntu xx)", or even "TheeMahn's Ultimate Automatix-on-steroids Script for Ubuntu xx", it probably wouldn't have piqued my interest. But since it's "Ubuntu" from a "ubuntusoftware.info" site...

[TheeMahn2003]

Interesting project but the nomenclature confuses me a little with its Ubuntu name and a new version numbering.

Did you get a permission from Canonical to use their trademarked "Ubuntu" name for your releases, domains and the logo too. The presentation of your project certainly lookss quite official (e.g. in terms of security), especially for the uninitiated.

What about the hosting of 3rd party proprietary packages on your (unauthenticated) ubuntusoftware.info site?

Your website's "contact" and "about" pages were nonexisting links so I'm kind of wondering who's actually vouching for the software on offer and its security.

If it was simply "TheeMahn's Ultimate Linux distro (based on Ubuntu xx)", or even "TheeMahn's Ultimate Automatix-on-steroids Script for Ubuntu xx", it probably wouldn't have piqued my interest. But since it's "Ubuntu" from a "ubuntusoftware.info" site...

And I quote from ubuntu's website:
This draft trademark policy is itself published under the CC-BY-SA license, you are welcome to base your own project trademark policies off it, just let others use your changes and give credit to the Ubuntu project as the original source!.

This I do thorough out my website.

Logo:
Logo Usage Guidelines

Our logos are presented in multiple colours and it is important that their visual integrity be maintained. It is therefore preferable that the logos only be used in their standard form but if you should feel the need to alter them in any way you should keep the following guidelines in mind. It should also be borne in mind that the more you wish to vary our logos from their standard form the smaller is the chance that we will be able to approve your proposed use.

*

If presented in multiple colours, the logo should only use the “official” logo colours.
*

You may use transparency and gradient/depth tools but should retain the “official” colours.
*

A monotone version may be acceptable in certain situations, if the use requires it (e.g. desktop backgrounds).
*

Any scaling must retain the original proportions of the logo.


In which I do.

As far as licensed software...

I do not accept any license agreement the "end user" you must accept the license agreement. The script will download it open a terminal for you to accept each piece of software that requires it.

The about page has been started actually there are 3 separate pages (have yet to be merged). We now have a webmaster on it. But I can not give you a deadline as to when it will be done. Actually a great portion of the website is incomplete.

[ccal]

TheeMahn, keep on your good work, we appreciate all you have done for the community :guitar:

A LinuxTracker member (xmaus) reported the "check CD for defects" option menu test fails with 2 errors. I checked my iso image, same error message, I don't know if this is critical as md5sum is ok.

[TheeMahn2003]

TheeMahn, keep on your good work, we appreciate all you have done for the community :guitar:

A LinuxTracker member (xmaus) reported the "check CD for defects" option menu test fails with 2 errors. I checked my iso image, same error message, I don't know if this is critical as md5sum is ok.

The cd check in the menu will only compare the "original disk" to the md5sum it is built upon the md5sum and feistys are different so it will always fail it's own cd check. The md5sum I have posted is correct if it passes md5sum before burning the disk should be ok, I do however suggest burning at a slower speed to ensure integrity is met. I am not sure where md5sum is stored on the disk, I'm sure I could somehow replace it with the correct one. something I will have to look into. Just so that portion works.

[bghost1979]

TheeMahn, keep on your good work, we appreciate all you have done for the community :guitar:

A LinuxTracker member (xmaus) reported the "check CD for defects" option menu test fails with 2 errors. I checked my iso image, same error message, I don't know if this is critical as md5sum is ok.

mine also had 2 errors when i did the check CD for defects, but when i installed it, everything seems to run fine other then the fact that FF 7.04 doesn't seem to support the ati legacy driver.

[misGnomer]

And I quote from ubuntu's website:
This draft trademark policy is itself published under the CC-BY-SA license, you are welcome to base your own project trademark policies off it, just let others use your changes and give credit to the Ubuntu project as the original source!.

This I do thorough out my website.

Well I didn't really see any clear references to Canonical or Ubuntu's origins so the crediting on your site appears somewhat ambiguous. Somehow I couldn't imagine Red Hat or Mandriva allowing third parties to use their respective trademarks quite as directly.

http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy

There were quite a few other requirements for using the Ubuntu trademark so surely it wouldn't be too troublesome to write to the email address on that page and get an official blessing for your home-rolled "Ubuntu Ultimate" release.

As far as licensed software...

I do not accept any license agreement the "end user" you must accept the license agreement. The script will download it open a terminal for you to accept each piece of software that requires it.

AFAIK some of those proprietary vendors may prohibit distribution without permission for various reasons, such as to be able to monitor the number of downloads (and usage). If your scripts download the original packages from the vendor's site and they've approved of the scripted method it's naturally alright.

The about page has been started actually there are 3 separate pages (have yet to be merged). We now have a webmaster on it. But I can not give you a deadline as to when it will be done. Actually a great portion of the website is incomplete.

I was merely wondering. Contact and About infos are typically expected from a site that offers something as important as a whole distro or scripts to access relatively unknown or unverified repos. A third party repo could push anything to users' machines, especially if there is implied trust. Perhaps crediting Canonical and "their version of Ubuntu" would be worth a link or two as well.

[smartboyathome]

I am going to start selling these CDs as an alternative and easier to use version of ubuntu. It truely is fantastic!

[ric3125]

cool...i'm also running using 7900 gs...seems never got any problem with ubuntu...but sometime got error will booting.....memory error detect pci slot...something like that....do you have it?


Yes after reboot from the install, It gave me a error. i had to reinstall and not do the second nvidia update. In the being of the install Envy installed the driver. later it looked like it was doing it again from scratch. I skipped that step on my install and rebooted. everything worked.

[TheeMahn2003]

I am going to start selling these CDs as an alternative and easier to use version of ubuntu. It truely is fantastic!

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. My how to make a repo (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=493303) has been approved by system admin. If anyone is interested in making their very own repository.

[dj1120]

I just installed ubuntu ultimate on a spare PC so far it looks great! One Problem though I cannot get the upgrade icon to work . When I click on it I get the message : The upgrade can only be run after disk installation even though it is installed on an 80 GB IDE disk (dual booting with windows XP on a 300 gb Sata disk)

Has anybody else had this problem?

[dj1120]

To the developer great work!! I have ultimate running on a spare machine to test it so far I only have one problem. Has anyone else had trouble with the upgrade icon ? when I click it I get the message : cannot be run until installed on the hard disk even though it is installed on an 80 GB drive in this machine

[ascetic]

i have just downloaded the Ultimate CD Edition 1.4 and burned to cd. everything boot properly until I entered the login page.
It asked me for Username and Password! randomly entered several names and passes. No Work.
Any solution? Is this a bug? Or what is exactly the username/pass?

[TheeMahn2003]

i have just downloaded the Ultimate CD Edition 1.4 and burned to cd. everything boot properly until I entered the login page.
It asked me for Username and Password! randomly entered several names and passes. No Work.
Any solution? Is this a bug? Or what is exactly the username/pass?

It should not do that it is a problem with the ubuntu-desktop meta package. no bug report filed as most people do not build disks. I will be straight in telling you what I had to do was to whack my current installation (I assume you run feisty) and all went through fine why a live disk scans your current drive / os before being installed especially when some may just want to run it as a live CD. I have no clue. I will not file a bug report there are a bunch filed against it one being that of gaims involvement as well as compiz. The actual package does nothing except its involvement as a live disk as far as I can see, and can be removed once installed without any re-percussion.

I know this is not the answer you were looking for but thought I would post for some of the other users. I apologize I do not have a fix for your situation other then a workaround...

I found a HowTo on setting up a windows / ubuntu network, this evening, a huge howto (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202605), Ultimate did everything for me (after upgrade and selecting file sharing) to set up a windows network minus setting a password, and the folder I wish to share. I thought I would post a howto :)

Step 1 select the folder you wish to share on the comp Ubuntu Ultimate is installed. Right click hit share... SMB and give it a name or you can leave the name the same see shot 1 & 2 & 3, may add what the windows side looks like later. I assure you this works.

Step 2 open a terminal:
sudo smbpasswd -L -a your_username

replace your_username with your user name on the ultimate system. when it asks for password enter it 3 times. Once for the sudo part and twice to set it.

Step 3 goto your windows machine and grab what you shared ;) It will ask you for a password enter the same password you set.

Amazes even me how much Ultimate has made a difference as far as things that used to take me all day are now a minuscule task ;) This will only get better as time progresses.

[TheeMahn2003]

For those with video problems...

Envy is in its earily stages, I love the work he has taken on as well the programmer he is an admin here. He has worked hard to make what he has made believe that... Imagine writing software for all computers, at first glance seemingly easy at first glance NVIDIA or ATI... as most computers run, The real question... Primitive or top of the line ATI, NVidia? It is a huge task he has undertaken, there is no guarantee it will work, however an option. I'm sure tseliot (http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html)did not believe that his software would be used to help make an os be more forthcoming however has been used twice. Mint uses it in the same fashion. I did ask him prior to release of 1.4, and can upload newer versions to my repo and all benefit instantly. I will let you know does not work on mine SLI (2 X NVidia 7600 GT's), we just opened a new ball of wax there :) Like I said an option at this point.

Never, slam upon him for his work or me I guess because your video drivers do not work. I offer 3 methods of installing drivers from my website, and my god theres probably 1,000 others from just this site. What may work for one may or may not work for you.

I am sorry if I seem like I am being a D*** I just understand what is involved...:guitar:

[Scruffynerf]

Heck - there's a lot of people out there interested in UU1.4.

By comparison I'm helping to seed UU1.4CD, and I've already uploaded around 8GB. As a comparison, I'm also currently seeding Mint 3.0 (Cassandra), and I'm yet to reach a share ratio of 0.5 with that one.

And yet, I started seeding both at around the same time.

I'm hoping to keep on seeding for at least up until the end of the week (on both). At the rate it's going, I'll not be surprised to have seeded 20Gb by week's end, barring local outages.

I wonder what the demand will be for the DVD release when/if it's put out.

No wonder you are burning through TB's of data TheeMan !! Thanks again for all your work!

Scruffy

[azvinz]

Hello!
First thanks for this great work, the ultimate edition is a very good project!!
But why not make the DVD Edition for UU1.4 Feisty Fawn? I think is THE solution for all the people, who don't have internet. And I know many people, who want to support the OpenSource Philosophy and to change to linux/ubuntu, but they don't have internet because they lives in little villages or somewhere on the earth. All this people can enjoy their favorite mp3s or dvds only with windows, and that is not good if they want to change to linux.
In addition, if you want to convince somebody to try linux, a DVD with all the codecs and programs would be perfect! :)

Greetz

azvinz

[TheeMahn2003]

Just paid to upgrade the repo would have went down by the end of the day...

250GB of traffic in 1 day, I can upgrade it once more to premium but once that is exceeded it will go down.
156-1 Deluxe Hosting - Linux - 1 Month

Length: 0.355 Month(s)
Domain: repoubuntusoftware.info

the download server has seen over 750GB of bandwidth toasted...

[xarmian]

i have just downloaded the Ultimate CD Edition 1.4 and burned to cd. everything boot properly until I entered the login page.
It asked me for Username and Password! randomly entered several names and passes. No Work.
Any solution? Is this a bug? Or what is exactly the username/pass?

Same exact problem.. And I read the response from TheeMahn, except the machine I'm trying to run the LiveCD on is a WinXP machine, has never had Ubuntu or any linux flavor on it.. I felt like an idiot for not being able to figure out the login and password (tried ubuntu/ubuntu, ubuntu/<blank>, ubuntu/ultimate, root/root, etc.) and searched for about an hour before finally finding this post and realizing I'm not alone.. So I'm going to try pulling the hard drive that is installed (even though it's an NTFS w/ winXP) and see where I end up..

-Dave

Update: Pulled the hard drive, and it boots up no problem.. So i'm going to have to format that drive by another means and try again..

[bghost1979]

am sorry but 'm new to linux, how hard would it be for me to uninstall x.org 7.2 that comes with the os and install an older one like x.org 7.0 or 7.1 so that i can install the ati legacy driver 8.28.8 since that is the newest and last driver ati will make for my card for linux and it only supports up to x.org 7.1 or at least thats what ati's website says.

[TheeMahn2003]

am sorry but 'm new to linux, how hard would it be for me to uninstall x.org 7.2 that comes with the os and install an older one like x.org 7.0 or 7.1 so that i can install the ati legacy driver 8.28.8 since that is the newest and last driver ati will make for my card for linux and it only supports up to x.org 7.1 or at least thats what ati's website says.

Read #8 from here (http://albertomilone.com/wordpress/?p=82)

[stepan2]

themahn , is the script you added to ubuntur gpl ? the one that automatically installs a couple of programs on first boot.I am building a distro and i want it to install java as soon as the OS is installed to the hdd

[TheeMahn2003]

themahn , is the script you added to ubuntur gpl ? the one that automatically installs a couple of programs on first boot.I am building a distro and i want it to install java as soon as the OS is installed to the hdd

Anything I write is open source help yourself, furthermore if you would like any assistance don't be afraid to ask. the script is located /usr/share/ultimate/bootscript.sh

[stepan2]

thanks theemahn! you are the man lol

[CrankyFilipino]

for some reason boswars doesn't install right.. also i messed up somethign the first go around.. so i deleted everything.. added 15 GB to the partition and re-installed.. hopefully this time i won't mess up anything this time..

[azvinz]

Please make a DVD Edition of UU1.4 Feisty Fawn for all the people who don't have internet! this would be very nice!
so I can take the DVD with me around the world and install it for all the people who want to change to linux...
thanks!!!!!

azvinz

Hello!
First thanks for this great work, the ultimate edition is a very good project!!
But why not make the DVD Edition for UU1.4 Feisty Fawn? I think is THE solution for all the people, who don't have internet. And I know many people, who want to support the OpenSource Philosophy and to change to linux/ubuntu, but they don't have internet because they lives in little villages or somewhere on the earth. All this people can enjoy their favorite mp3s or dvds only with windows, and that is not good if they want to change to linux.
In addition, if you want to convince somebody to try linux, a DVD with all the codecs and programs would be perfect!

Greetz

azvinz

[Fubie]

TheMahn has already posted that the DVD version is coming. He wanted to get the CD version out the door first.

I'm betting he's working on it as we speak.

[TheeMahn2003]

for some reason boswars doesn't install right.. also i messed up somethign the first go around.. so i deleted everything.. added 15 GB to the partition and re-installed.. hopefully this time i won't mess up anything this time..

There is an error in the boswars section of the script or with a dependancy problem. it indeed installs boswars-data but not boswars itself this should have been handled as a dependency to boswars-data, however it did not. It will be fixed at the next script update. If you would like it fixed now open a terminal and enter the following:

sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes boswars

Sorry about that...

[TheeMahn2003]

Please make a DVD Edition of UU1.4 Feisty Fawn for all the people who don't have internet! this would be very nice!
so I can take the DVD with me around the world and install it for all the people who want to change to linux...
thanks!!!!!

azvinz

Hello!
First thanks for this great work, the ultimate edition is a very good project!!
But why not make the DVD Edition for UU1.4 Feisty Fawn? I think is THE solution for all the people, who don't have internet. And I know many people, who want to support the OpenSource Philosophy and to change to linux/ubuntu, but they don't have internet because they lives in little villages or somewhere on the earth. All this people can enjoy their favorite mp3s or dvds only with windows, and that is not good if they want to change to linux.
In addition, if you want to convince somebody to try linux, a DVD with all the codecs and programs would be perfect!

Greetz

azvinz

A DVD version is on its way please allot me the time necessary to perfect it.

[TheeMahn2003]

thanks theemahn! you are the man lol

Anytime. And thanks ;)

[TheeMahn2003]

Heck - there's a lot of people out there interested in UU1.4.

By comparison I'm helping to seed UU1.4CD, and I've already uploaded around 8GB. As a comparison, I'm also currently seeding Mint 3.0 (Cassandra), and I'm yet to reach a share ratio of 0.5 with that one.

And yet, I started seeding both at around the same time.

I'm hoping to keep on seeding for at least up until the end of the week (on both). At the rate it's going, I'll not be surprised to have seeded 20Gb by week's end, barring local outages.

I wonder what the demand will be for the DVD release when/if it's put out.

No wonder you are burning through TB's of data TheeMan !! Thanks again for all your work!

Scruffy

Thanks for your help in seeding, and of course ccal for setting up torrent. As of current jpfinne has informed me he as seen 16,000 hits on the iso transferring 300 GB, main server:

downloadubuntusoftware.in
fo
Server IP Address: 68.178.254.187
Dedicated Hosting IP:
Billing Date: 7/22/2007
Status: Setup
Disk Space: 4909.00 MB of 200000.00 MB (2.45%)
Bandwidth: 829160.04 MB of 2000000.00 MB (41.46%)

downloadubuntusoftware.info/ubuntu-ultimate-1.4-cd.iso has been downloaded 21,290 times.


Repo traffic has also increased as the cd does not have it all integrated on the disk any more:

Domain: repoubuntusoftware.info
Server IP Address: 68.178.254.226
Dedicated Hosting IP:
Billing Date: 7/21/2007
Status: Setup
Disk Space: 3055.00 MB of 100000.00 MB (3.06%)
Bandwidth: 303120.49 MB of 1000000.00 MB (30.31%)

Mirrors? Good question ccal has told me in the past 1.3 had used 16 terabytes, unknown with new release. I will let you know there is 25 people downloading it off ccals mirror as I type this he has a 100 user limit. I have seen this limit get exceeded with the release of 1.3. the Swedish mirror and US I have no clue. Torrent (http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=4323) traffic as of current shows: 191.24 TB. This seems really high but in any case, a whole bunch ;)

1.4 DVD will probably take me a while but none the less will also be released. I would like to give a thanks to everyone interested in this project.

Best regards,

TheeMahn

[C-A]

Anyone care to post a screenshot of ultimate linux with the default theme running Amarok? I am just curious how Amarok looks running when using a dark gnome theme.

I can't wait to try Ultimate Ubuntu. I just dl'd it and will give it a try today.

[azvinz]

A DVD version is on its way please allot me the time necessary to perfect it.


Year!! thank you for this great work!!! take the time and make it nice! :guitar:

greetz

azvinz

[adewale]

@Themann a friend gave me this link http://ubuntusoftware.info/Ubuntu_Ultimate_1.4/#Contents does it mean that the dvd version is now available ? thanks