Lubuntu alternative sessions script

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi Federico,

if you want some where to host the script whilst you get it into a PPA
(which is the best place), I can add it to my server which is a mirror for
the lubuntu (and other) ISOs [1].

Regards,

Phill.
http://phillw.net/isos/

On 4 July 2013 14:32, Federico Leoni <effelle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for all for the feedback.
>
> @Jose Lopez: I tried to so do a session based on the standard lxpanel
> but there are things that it can't do like mixing launchers with the
> open windows. If you know an applet that do that,could you gently send
> me a link?
> For the same reason I'll use Cairo-Dock for Windows7 session but
> without shadows and using the dock as a complete panel replacement.
> Anyway I'll do another session with lxpanel fox XP session without
> composite manager.
>
> @Mr Wislr: The script is generated "by hand" for now.
>
> @leszek.lesner: I completely forgot security in this primary stage. I
> removed the script from the wiki but soon I'll offer it from another
> host and with md5sum. I also removed -y from apt-get lines.
>
> @Nio Wiklund: I didn't compared with the standard foot-print of
> Xubuntu, all I know for now is Lubuntu-OSX use 2% CPU and 128MB RAM.
> With a terminal, chrome (with four tabs) and the taskmanager running
> 33% CPU and 582MB RAM.
>
> Any other useful tips?
>
> F.
> F.
>
>
> 2013/7/4  <leszek.lesner at web.de>:
> > Let me first say its nice that you put some work in it.
> > But I must warn you here that shipping this kinds of scripts is a
> complete security risk.
> > First of all the script itself uses apt-get -y calls which have the
> potential to destroy dependencies delete packages and leave a non working
> packagemanager.
> > Second is the wiki.ubuntu.com site shouldn't be a place for storing
> scripts. Instead it should be a place where you show how to transform a
> normal Lubuntu look into your lubuntuosx look for example.
> > If the script gets compromised on the server and a user just executes it
> (believe me they do) without looking into it it will be doomsday for a lot
> of users. So my advice would be removing the script asap and not making it
> a potential harm to the user.
> > We could discuss maybe to use your configuration in the script as a
> seperate package maybe for lubuntu ppa or something (which has signed
> packages and so on) . All inall its a nice idea but we really need to be
> careful with spreading scripts.
> >
> > --
> > Von meinem Nokia N9 gesendetFederico Leoni schrieb am 04.07.13 04:33:
> > Folks,
> >
> >
> > after a consultation with other members of the list I prepared a
> preliminary script based on the sample offered by Jonathan to let users
> easily create new sessions in Lubuntu to change the visual of the DE and
> have a more "Eye-Candy" desktop for those who have problems to migrate from
> other OS.
> >
> > I'm aware is not what a linux power user wants but I know many people
> asking for that.
> > The script and a brief explanation is available on Ubuntu Wiki.
> >
> >
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu%20alternative%20sessions
> >
> >
> >
> > I hope you will appreciate the effort.
> >
> >
> > F.
> >
> >
> > Note: English is not my primary language, forgive me if made some
> mistakes.
>
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