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Title: Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Post by: Kirin on March 08, 2009, 06:44:46 pm

Has anyone tried to install the Ubuntu Netbook Remix on Zubuntu?

Title: Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Post by: Capn_Fish on March 09, 2009, 01:12:43 pm

Installing the whole metapackage takes up a LOT of space (~1GB, according to apt's prediction), so I'm trying out just the launcher ATM.

EDIT: It wants an Xserver with GLX support. Time to install Xorg...

EDIT2: OK, it's working, now to reboot into a kernel with a functioning TS...

EDIT3: Current impressions:
-It can't load a ton of SVG files for some reason
-It takes forever to load
-It doesn't do anything AFAICT

Title: Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Post by: cortez on March 09, 2009, 04:36:30 pm

I tried Netbook Remix some months ago, but as Capn_Fish said it needs GLX support.
As a result of that, it's terribly slooooow!

So don't even think about using it, it's (at least currently) not worth the effort.
If you want to use a launcher, try lxlauncher instead. It may not be as good looking as Netbook Remix, but it's useable!

Cheers,
cortez

Title: Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Post by: Capn_Fish on March 09, 2009, 06:01:42 pm

Also, if you're looking for splash and dash, there are apps like PieDock and WBar that work nicely on the Z:

PieDock:
[img]http://www.imgx.org/pfiles/5919/screenshot-piedock-1.png\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

WBar:
[img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2039/2255962057_9e4722c96b.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

Title: Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Post by: Kirin on March 12, 2009, 05:34:57 pm

Thanks Capn Fish!

I downloaded the wbar deb package, but looks like it's not suitable for arm processor.

Do I need to download the source code and compile it for zubuntu?

If yes, can somebody show me the steps please?

Title: Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Post by: Capn_Fish on March 18, 2009, 06:25:20 pm

Try the IPK from my feed (see my sig). Just extract it anywhere (with "tar -xf wbar...ipk") then cd to / and extract data.tar.gz ("cd /; tar -xf /path/to/data.tar.gz").

You could also try extracting it somewhere else if you don't want to bother with trying to remove the files should something go wrong.