Just tested
MATE: requires 2.4 Gb
XFCE: 129 Mb
Gnome-control-center: 157 Mb
I think that it doesn’t harm if we distribute a VM with XFCE and if the user wants can get whatever she likes.
Edo
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On my debian 8 I decided to install MATE, which is a fork of the GNOME2. It is supported by Ubuntu
I really wouldn’t suggest GNOME 3.
Edo
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Sent: 23 May 2017 11:54
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Subject: RE: Ubuntu settings missing and other
Yes, agreed.
yes the machine is too bare. The byoby terminal looks friendlier than xterm but I still see no menu and cannot copy-paste (except with middle-click).
Installing Ubuntu-gnome-desktop is a .5GB download... I’m not sure about this, neither is Ben. Nikos, Casper, any ideas?
Kris
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Hi all,
The VM is _very_ bare minimum and it misses the app to change the settings, like monitor, keyboard and stuff. I guess this is allright because it allows to distribute a small appliance.
Do you have suggestion of which packages we may (suggest to) install to make the machine a little bit more user friendly?
I mean using xterm in Gnome3 is a clash of cultures…
Edo
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