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Kirin

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« on: March 08, 2009, 06:44:46 pm »
Has anyone tried to install the Ubuntu Netbook Remix on Zubuntu?
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« Reply #1 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
« Last Edit: March 09, 2009, 01:40:35 pm by Capn_Fish »
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« Reply #2 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!

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« Reply #3 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:
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WBar:
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Kirin

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« Reply #4 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?
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« Reply #5 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.
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