Well it's crunch time again
In order that others can follow what I'm doing I'll start posting a lot of "thinking out loud" stuff here. In this case I have a fresh install of Ubuntu Trusty final Beta and I want to record what happens when I install 'gnome-panel':
Code:
lance@lance-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
[sudo] password for lance:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
alacarte gir1.2-gconf-2.0 gir1.2-panelapplet-4.0 gnome-applets
gnome-applets-data gnome-control-center gnome-control-center-data
gnome-media gnome-panel-data gnome-session gnome-session-flashback
gnome-settings-daemon gstreamer0.10-gconf indicator-applet-complete
libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0 libgoa-backend-1.0-1 libpanel-applet-4-0
metacity notification-daemon
Suggested packages:
tomboy gnome-netstatus-applet deskbar-applet cpufrequtils desktop-base
gnome-themes-standard
The following NEW packages will be installed:
alacarte gir1.2-gconf-2.0 gir1.2-panelapplet-4.0 gnome-applets
gnome-applets-data gnome-control-center gnome-control-center-data
gnome-media gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-session
gnome-session-flashback gnome-settings-daemon gstreamer0.10-gconf
indicator-applet-complete libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0 libgoa-backend-1.0-1
libpanel-applet-4-0 metacity notification-daemon
0 upgraded, 20 newly installed, 0 to remove and 117 not upgraded.
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Stay tuned
Edit #1: First flashback w/metacity login looks good:
Attachment 251562
Edit #2: Flashback w/compiz is broken in many ways, but my focus is on the metacity session anyway. Someone else will have to deal with the complexities of compiz. Sorry but that's just the way it is
Edit #3: I know I'm going to want some additional packages and I'm going to list them one by one:
Code:
lance@lance-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
[sudo] password for lance:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
dconf-editor
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dconf-editor dconf-tools
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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Code:
lance@lance-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 gnome-shell-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 gnome-shell-common
gnome-tweak-tool
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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Code:
lance@lance-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install indicator-applet
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
indicator-applet
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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Code:
lance@lance-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install shiki-colors-metacity-theme
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
shiki-colors-metacity-theme
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Code:
lance@lance-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install sensors-applet
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
hddtemp libsensors-applet-plugin0
Suggested packages:
ksensors
The following NEW packages will be installed:
hddtemp libsensors-applet-plugin0 sensors-applet
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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I'll probably want to install more but lets see what happens.
Edit #4: Moving the window management buttons to the right has not changed since my OP:
Code:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout :minimize,maximize,close
Edit #5: Applying the Shiki-Colors-Metacity theme is the same as Saucy:
Code:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences theme Shiki-Colors-Metacity
Edit #6: Disabling the overlay-scrollbars seems to still work the same:
Code:
gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal
But I need to rinse-n-repeat because I think an additional option has been added?
Edit #7: I disabled the webapps:
Code:
gsettings set com.canonical.unity.webapps integration-allowed false
Edit #8: I used 'gnome-tweak-tool' to set the desktop to display mounted volumes:
Attachment 251605
And to set the key sequence for killing X:
Attachment 251606
It can also be used for changing themes:
Attachment 251607
But I had to use the CLI to restore the missing menu icons:
Code:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface menus-have-icons true
Code:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface buttons-have-icons true