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Re: Change look of lxlauncher

 

As I said, if it's based on lxlaucher, it's "only" a theme problem. If someone can make a theme like this for Lubuntu, we can have a similar interface.
I suggest that you report it on the bug tracker, maybe someone will be interesting to work on it.

Regards,
Julien Lavergne

Le 16 août 2010 à 17:51, Glenn de Groot <glenn_de_groot@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Hey,
> 
> the Lubuntu-netbook interface is this right? :
> 
> http://images.maketecheasier.com/2010/05/lubuntu-netbook-desktop.png
> 
> my suggestion was to change it to a simplified/tweaked version of this:
> 
> http://puppeee.com/files/img/screen2.jpg
> 
> because this resembles the Ubuntu Netbook Edtion interface, which could be nice in two situations:
> 
> 1. John searches for a lightweight alternative for the Ubuntu Netbook Edition, which is really slow on his old Eee pc 700.
> 
> 2. Kate absolutely hates the new Unity netbook interface and wants the old interface back, but she does want 10.10 because of newer software in the repositories
> 
> 
> If you did not mean this, I am sorry.
> I did not completely understand your e-mail :P
> 
> -Glenn
> 
> CC: lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: gilir@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Change look of lxlauncher
> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:55:33 +0200
> To: glenn_de_groot@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We have a session (Lubuntu-Netbook) with this interface. We can customize this interface to be more Lubuntu specific, but someone need to code it :)
> 
> Regards,
> Julien Lavergne
> 
> Le 13 août 2010 à 10:26, Glenn de Groot <glenn_de_groot@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> 
> Hello,
> 
> today I was just looking at distrowatch and saw the new puppy linux release.
> I went to the puppy linux website and clicked on the link of puppeee linux, which is puppy linux optimized for the eee.
> When looking at the screenshots I saw something interesting:
> 
> http://puppeee.com/web/screenshots/
> 
> look at the second screenshot, it´s basicly a clone of the Ubuntu Netbook Edition interface, but with lxlauncher, and its pretty nice,
> Is this possible for the next release of Lubuntu?
> Ubuntu netbook users switching to something more lightweight like Lubuntu, would feel pretty much right at home with that interface available.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> -Glenn
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