Test daily/current ubuntu-unity-amd64.iso

[dale-f-beaudoin]

OK. Thank you . First steps to becoming official flavor

Thank you for your prompt attention in this matter.

Regards…

[chanath]

For both. If a user wants to install unity from mini.iso, he would simply installs ubuntu-unity-desktop. However when you are building live iso from mini iso, installing it is not enough. You will still require language-packs, modify ubiquity and other stuff.

Would be interesting to have an additional ppa to get all the needed packages, whatever that’s necessary create a complete working install of ubuntu-unity from the mini.iso. At the moment, there is no 18.04 mini iso, would the present ubuntu-unity ppa change the repo in sources.list from artful to bionic?

Or would the present ppa build the unity 7 desktop on mini.iso as bionic?

[nickthom]

Also we may later moved unity development (if started) to github as @3v1n0 pointed out in other thread but, for now I prefer Launchpad.

If I understand this correctly,
Launchpad already has git integration if this is what you mean.

https://code.launchpad.net/~unity7maintainers/ubuntu-unity-meta/+git/ubuntu-unity-meta

[chanath]

@khurshid-alam

(In the Launchpad, add sudo apt-get install ubuntu-unity-desktop)

This ppa installs ubuntu-unity desktop on a minimal install, but if you have already some derivative it’d install all, that is, including the apps you may have already, such as Libreoffice. So, my question about a ppa with the minimal amount of apps only unity relative without those additional apps, one might have.

[khurshid-alam]

So, my question about a ppa with the minimal amount of apps only unity relative without those additional apps, one might have.

What happens when you try sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-unity-desktop ?

It should work. But more proper way is another meta-package like ubuntu-unity-minimal

[chanath]

What happens when you try sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-unity-desktop ?

It should work. But more proper way is another meta-package like ubuntu-unity-minimal

No-install-recommends works. Not many people are going to use it.

It would be nice to have a distro like in Debian, the netinstall. Probably, people had become lazy with ready made distros, so most might not try it that way. Mini.iso can’t be used with UEFI system without a workaround. The best is to create the ubuntu-unity install by the team, using the meta-package and clean it up from any residue packages, release the iso to all available portals, so it’d get lot of advertisement. Have a separate web site too. And, announce it at Distrowatch.

[GizmoChicken]

But more proper way is another meta-package like ubuntu-unity-minimal

Mini.iso can’t be used with UEFI system without a workaround.

But Ubuntu Server can be used with UEFI.

To create a minimal KDE Plasma desktop on Ubuntu, some install KDE Plasma onto Ubuntu Server (rather than installing Kubuntu), as described here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/6wty79/a_recipe_for_installing_a_minimal_lightweight_kde/

So, hopefully, the Unity meta package will allow installing a minimal Unity desktop onto Ubuntu Server (and I imagine that it will).

[mrprobot]

Looking good so far, installed it on a Virtual Box. Install was fine and rebooted without issue.

Thoughts:

• installer uses wrong theme (Adwaita), but that should already be fixed at least on 17.10 final iso
• switch to slick-greeter, fork of unity-greeter maintained by the Linux Mint guys and already in the Ubuntu repos
• include gtk3-nocsd by default to get rid of the headerbars -> theme needs some work then
• somehow integrate Gnome Online Accounts in the Unity Settings App
• notify-osd has to be installed, but there are some bugs (wrong placement, overlaps panel sometimes)

[copong]

• gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.background active >> this by default
• definitely gtk3-nocsd
• fork nemo into unity-files without any cinnamon deps - somebody has already done this at ppa:mc3man/bionic-noprop
• remove dependency on nautilus - on 18.10 it won’t be drawing the desktop anymore
• choose a new theme - numix? materia?
• choose a new icon theme - same as community theme?

[YamiYukiSenpai]

I think the Communitheme looks good as an overall default theme for Unity.

I would love to see Unity Tweak Tool bundled by default

[khurshid-alam]

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.background active >> this by default

Just install unity-settings from ppa. It soon will be in the universe.

remove dependency on nautilus - on 18.10 it won’t be drawing the desktop anymore

We will use nemo-desktop for desktop.

choose a new theme - numix? materia?

Numix.

I think the Communitheme looks good as an overall default theme for Unity.

Unfortunately community theme doesn’t really have any unity specific styles (yet).

[copong]

Cheers mate, I’ve just updated off the testing ppa and I can’t help but notice it pulled Geary in. I’m puzzled by this choice, since it doesn’t integrate at all with Online Accounts. Evolution is completely solid in a unity-only desktop as I use it daily and integrates just fine with Online Accounts. Even the unity’s datetime widget opens Evolution when clicking on an upcoming event.

[mrprobot]

If you’re going to use nemo-desktop is nemo the file manager too? I would appreciate it, actually it would make sense to use more of the xapps as they still use a traditional menu and fit better to Unity in my opinion.

Vimix would be a nice theme, maybe with a Ubuntu color scheme on it? Vinceliuice has updated it on my request so it is still working in Unity and it looks pretty nice.

[copong]

Vimix is nice, but I personally have a problem with buttons that you’re not sure what they do until you hover over them, which is the case with the window decoration controls.

[copong]

Is it at all possible to also provide the following environment variable by default?

JAYATANA_FORCE=true

This fixes the global menu on IntelliJ IDEs.

[mrprobot]

@Vimix: Yes I know not all like macOS traffic light approach but you get used to it pretty quickly.

@Jayatana: You can but I think there are some issues with other Java applications if you use this solution and that’s the reason why it got deactivated by default. I’m activating it for each application with adding the following to the .vmoptions:

-javaagent:/usr/share/java/jayatanaag.jar

On some applications you have to add:

env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity

after Exec= in the .desktop file, so the global menu is properly shown. If its for example Exec=/bin/sh “some/point/on/your/system” then it should look like this after you edit it:

Exec=env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity /bin/sh “some/point/on/your/system”

Edit: There seems to be another way of doing this. Just add this to your ~/.profile file (create it if it doesn’t exist) and global menu should be displayed:

export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=“Unity:Unity7”

https://github.com/MaartenBaert/ssr/issues/566

[YamiYukiSenpai]

I’ve been wondering (but kept forgetting to ask): is it necessary to use ppa:unity7maintainers/unity7-desktop to test Unity7 or is the one in universe sufficient?

[mrprobot]

The one in universe should do it. I installed from there and it worked fine and Khurshid has mentioned in another post that we shouldn’t install from that ppa.

Testing unity-session in 18.04

[manbutu]

Hi all i think for nice or beautiful desktop unity
I user scripts for a laptop monitor 1280x720 intelligent hide launcher unity is only maximized windows
and think only in is necessary in monitor small with resolution minimum 1280x720 what in monitor with full resolution 1080 not is necessary.
See in forum ubuntu
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1936037
And ask ubuntu
https://askubuntu.com/questions/553539/how-can-i-auto-hide-the-launcher-via-a-script-when-i-maximize-the-browser

Too user a scripts notify-osd

For theme think ambiance theme change color how to unity panel, launcher and dash

[Aaahh]

gnome has this and it was something I was trying to add to Unity directly. When there are no windows open the side bar should be visible.

I made some changes to unity, where are our repos