Ubuntu Unity 18.04

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Bring back Ubuntu 18.04 with Unity desktop enviroment
Why to switch to Classic Ubuntu Unity 18.04:

  1. Significantly faster to respond, react and draw on the screen.
  2. Better, cleaner, nicer, sharper, more professional
  3. Superior ergonomic and workflow layout, and you don’t need any special extensions to make the basics work, like say the show desktop button
  4. Better search bar, HUD and global menu

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Technical details
-Based on ubuntu 18.04 LTS Why? Because Ubuntu 20.04 has a lot of dependencies linked to gnome 3, so this consistency would not be possible
-kernel 4.18.20, low use of battery and compatible with older and also new computers
-smallest possible iso (1.49 GB iso)

Download link
Updated to v3.0
https://mega.nz/file/foZw0AAA#uYo_aCnTmIX1E13lZskCu_agsav_YkVEsgO1jj__YLw
MD5:
https://mega.nz/file/O9BAmKSI#WOZni2ZtzohEzDBVC2xOAIVUc9GZITcEKIgv5Q9gypA

Recent bug fix
v3.0
-all preinstalled software not necessary was removed
v2.0
-fixed language default (there were some italians words in the live ISO, now all is in english.)
-fixed unity-tweaks-tool startup
v1.0
-fixed the crash in settings app when selecting “desktop sharing”
-fixed the “password request bug” of the live user when installing

GPLv3 software, feel free to modify and redistribute this iso with the forum

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I tested it recently on virtual machine. Here’s my impression so far.

Firefox, Thunderbird, global menu working well. KDE Connect, Google Chrome, installed by the default.

Note : I restore the launcher_bfb to the original one.

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However I found few problem.

Languange
Can be fixed by running Language Support from the Unity dash.

Unity Tweak Tool
Doesn’t run out of the box. Have to install notify-osd package.

Repetitive Title

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As expexted. Add these line to gtk.css will make it looks better.

headerbar {
	margin-top: -100px;
	border-bottom-width: 0;
	background:#41403B;
}
headerbar:backdrop {
	background:#3C3B38;
}
headerbar button,
headerbar spinbutton,
headerbar entry,
headerbar separator {
	margin-top: 103px;
	margin-bottom: 3px;
}

Source https://github.com/PCMan/gtk3-nocsd/issues/19

Ambiance need more love
Selected tabs on nautilus, system monitor looks weird.

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Firefox and Thunderbird toolbar background also need imrprovements.

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New Document in Nautilus
No create a new document in Nautilus context menu (because of GNOME thing of course).

touch ~/Templates/"Untitled Document"

Simply run the following to bring that menu back.

Overall I like your work. Well done bro!.

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Ciao Fernando, non ho capito cosa vuoi fare… una distro basata su ubuntu e unity? Non hai visto il progetto Ubuntu Unity Remix? Potremmo unire le forze… se non è questa la tua idea in cosa differisce?

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Capisco l’intento ed è vero che questo è un progetto ancora giovane, che poggia sulla nuova LTS e dunque non è ancora stabile come la 18.04, tuttavia Rudra sta facendo delle scelte che sono quasi obbligate: il vecchio Unity utilizzava applicazioni gnome che sono state modificate nel tempo e se le vuoi usare con Unity devi fare degli adattamenti. Anche nella 18.04 c’erano i problemi che rudra sta risolvendo. Il resto sono temi ed icone, e quello classici sono comunque preinstallati…

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Personally, I prefer Ambiance over Adwaita nor Radiance. If you have a plans to rebuild the ISO, I hope you prioritize fixing the language issue (I mean English out of the box). Thanks for awesome work! :metal:

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https://mega.nz/file/fohBzKzY#xIZ9QMaXT5-JzvlNDTG4D72k_TZvYCTEUpQejLIjCVM
fixed default language & unity tweak tool

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Thank you. You’re rock!
I realize there’s no indicator message. How to get that icon back?.

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I think that your project should ship with the classic Unity desktop, using the classic Unity look we were used in the past. Ubuntu Unity Remix (20.04) will ship with a bunch of new things, like a new theme and new icons, but if I understand your goal, what you really stand for is a rock solid experience with all the features Unity was known for in the past. Therefore I think that classic ubuntu icons, colors and theme would be a better fit for this nostalgic yet awesome project!

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sudo apt-get install indicator-messages

and reboot

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Thanks Netscape !!!

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Thanks!. Nice to see that indicator again.
Ok… I finally found Ambeyen, a modded theme based on Ambiance. Not perfect, but much better than the default one. https://gitlab.com/bandot/ambeyen-bionic

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Anyway, one more bug. Workspace switcher (Super+S) doesn’t work after the option is turned on from Unity Tweak Tool. My bad, it works. Just head to Unity Control Center > Behavior > Enable workspaces

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@fernandomorea sei interessato ad un logo per la tua distro? Fammi sapere. Avevo disegnato una proposta di logo per ubuntu unity remix, ma la community ne ha preferito un altro. Fammi sapere se sei interessato!

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Awesome! How did you obtained that globalmenu with firefox?

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No additional action need. It works out of the box.

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Looks really good, thanks for continuing feedbacks. I have no free time right now but I think that this could be the default theme to keep the classical unity style.

If you are able to generate a .iso of your current installation you can share it, as fully open source project I can update the link in the first message.
To generate the iso I used pinguy builder: https://pinguyos.com/2015/09/pinguy-builder-an-app-to-backupremix-buntu/
Right now this iso is based on Unity7SL ( https://sourceforge.net/projects/unity7sl/ )that was one of the first developer preview of ubuntu 18.04 that was shipped with unity

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Congratulations! Great job!

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@fernandomorea Maybe ask the modder first before use his/hers work?. I have limited internet connection sadly. Uploading big files are nightmare.

@initu-icr Thank you!

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Sorry, I mean the Ambeyen theme, before ship it as the default.

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La mia idea, se tu sei d’accordo, è quella di farti un nuovo logo personalizzato, che rappresenti al meglio questa particolare distro in modo da non farla confondere con ubuntu unity remix. Non sono sicuro che usare esattamente quel logo sia la cosa giusta da fare, ma posso disegnare qualcosa di nuovo, richiamando ancora io logo di unity. Comunque la prima cosa da fare è occuparsi del nome: Potrebbe chiamarsi “Ubuntu classic” o “Ubuntu Legacy”. Definito questo aspetto ti faccio il logo. So come metterlo nel launcher, ma non ho mai creato. iso dalla mia installazione. E poi bisognerebbe aggiungerlo alla schermata di boot e in lightm. (un’altra cosa che non so fare)

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Tranquillo Fernando, non ho tempo nemmeno io per mandare avanti da solo il progetto. Se ne potrà riparlare in futuro se e quando avrai voglia :slight_smile:
Un caro saluto!!