GNObuntu ?

[Stinger]

Hi all
Does anyone know if there is any development going on for a pure Gnome edition of 12.10 ?

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...tem&px=MTEwMTU

And if there is, where to follow it ?

I know there is the "Gnome Shell Remix" of ubuntu

http://ubuntu-gs-remix.sourceforge.net/p/home/

Does it have anything to do with the above ?

Thanks

[cariboo]

The idea was approved at UDS-Q, all we need now is for someone to start work on it.

[cpatrick08]

what would one need to do to start working on it?

[Stinger]

The idea was approved at UDS-Q, all we need now is for someone to start work on it.

Sorry to hear that no one started working on it yet.

Have you tried gnome-panel? That's what I'm using and loving it.

Well.. I played around with Gnome on Fedora 17 and what I really liked was:

1. It not using as much memory as Unity when running idle

2. The way it handles the graphical desktop ( Gnome-Shell )
They are using clutter / mutter instead of compiz and the llvmpipe so that Gnome-Shell can be used without 3D acceleration hardware, or the appropriate drivers.
Maybe Quantal will use the llvmpipe too since there will be no Unity 2D ?

3. Reorganization of the directories (Usrmove) for executable files and libraries that are now all in the root directory / usr.

I know that the ubuntu developers are looking at these issues, but I don't know if it's possible for them to implement such huge changes ( clutter / mutter instead of compiz ) or (Usrmove).

Still I prefer Unity over Gnome-Shell for it's usability, but I admire the Fedora developers for their innovation.

[jbicha]

Hi,

I was doing some work on "GNOMEbuntu". My current blocker is that I've yet to figure out how to generate a Ubuntu-style live/installer ISO from a seed (i.e., the list of packages I want to be included by default). That process is not very well documented.

I'd prefer the process I use to be as close as possible to the way official images are generated. If anyone knows how to do that, I'd be happy to have the help!

[Stinger]

Preseeding ?
I don't know if you can use this, but here there is a guide on:

Automating the installation using preseeding

Using preseeding

Preseeding other packages

InstallCDCustomization

Installing extra packages in your preseed file

Or you might have a look at Jan Hoffmann's livecd script for the Ubuntu Gnome Shell Remix:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ubun...0120427.12.04/

But I'm not familiar with building installer iso's
Hope it helps.

[cpatrick08]

Hi,

I was doing some work on "GNOMEbuntu". My current blocker is that I've yet to figure out how to generate a Ubuntu-style live/installer ISO from a seed (i.e., the list of packages I want to be included by default). That process is not very well documented.

I'd prefer the process I use to be as close as possible to the way official images are generated. If anyone knows how to do that, I'd be happy to have the help!

try https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization and see if it will work for you

[Stinger]

Ok found GNObuntu on launchpad, thanks Jeremy

“Ubuntu GNOME Edition Developers” team

[DingusFett]

I'm not a developer, but if you need someone to help test this once you have an iso, am happy to help out. Maybe a suggestion would be if someone could create an extension that adds updates to the shutdown/logout/etc menu like in Unity, which I think would be great and help with integration to make it feel less like you've just got standard Ubuntu and added gnome-shell to it.

[Stinger]

Ubuntu 12.10 has now reached alpha2 and still not much news regarding a GNObuntu or Gubuntu.

I have been testing out Fedora17,although It's giving me a very pleasant Gnome3 experience, it comes with a few rough edges and the tools and the software I'm used to from Ubuntu are either not available or not working without a bit of tweaking.

I'm not alone in my Quest for the best Gnome3 distribution

So now what to do ?
I found this article on:
Totally remove Unity from Ubuntu 12.04
I tried it with a vanilla 12.10 Alpha2, I't works but there are just to many trade off's to make it useful yet, the biggest pain is that every time you have to make a partial upgrade you get all the unity packages and dependencies back again.

This brought me back to the Ubuntu Gnome-shell remix
What if I added the Gnome-Shell Testing PPA and the GNOME3 Team ppa ?
It worked and I had a running almost clean Gnome 3.5.3(mostly).
But again there is a trade off, I lose my Gnome Shell Extensions, and I can't live without those.

So conclusion from here is;
The best working and most flexible (software wise) installation at present is a vanilla install of the Ubuntu Gnome-shell remix without adding any GNOME3 Team or Gnome-Shell Testing ppa's.
My Kudos to Jan Hoffmann and everyone else (if any ) involved in the project, I love what you are doing.
I can highly recommend it to anyone who would like to work with a Gnome-Shell only desktop.
But be a bit careful when adding ppa's

Unlike Linus, I really love my giant smartphone, point and click just works, IMHO Gnome-shell is a very productive desktop environment.