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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2013-10-29 23:11, Federico Leoni wrote:
> Well Nio, you put a lot of questions for a project born to be a
> super-simple installer that is already working fine. This means, at
> least for me, that we are ready to enter into phase two of the
> project. Good.
> 
> Using the xorg.conf is not a good idea because is obsolete but can
> override a configuration without problems. Nvidia drivers are still
> using it. Anyway putting the UXA setting on a xorg.conf on a machine
> with Nvidia GPU seems to not harm the system. Would be interesting if
> someone from the dev team gave infos about it.

OK, no UXA.

> As already told you the OEM point is more complicated. Try to think as
> the end user, even if average: you installed with OBI the system and
> after a reboot you don't see your distro up and running but you stand
> in front of a desktop with a terminal window, and you don't know why
> because there isn't instruction for this. You need to click an icon
> then reboot again, assuming you will not configure more deeply, to
> start the real configuration of the machine. Ok, if you have create
> yourself the OBI drive then you probably know what your are doing, but
> keep it simple is always a good thing. Put on startup for OEM user
> leafpad opening a text file with simples instruction will help for
> sure.

I think this convinced me to make the system ready for the end user
(skipping the oem-stage).

Would there still be a need for an open text file with simple
instructions? In that case, what instructions?

> Again I prefer the tarball as is now, but you know, an user coming
> from XP might be scared because he is not prepared to work on a
> terminal. This kind of persons are my target, I want to let them
> discover the new environment slowly. My opinion, obviously.
> Providing two version of OEM setup would be dispersive, but again it's
> up to you.
> 
> Even if I prefer standard install, I like the customization you did,
> especially, lubuntu-restricted-extras, pulseaudio, pavucontrol.
> Normally I add them myself.
> Alias are good but the simple user will never use them.
> I didn't liked the grub setup, I prefer it hidden when just on single boot.

I made grub visible because it makes it easier to add boot options, if
necessary for the boot to complete successfully. But it is ugly and it
is a tweak, so not pure Lubuntu.

> The wallpaper is the unique visual customization you made, I prefer
> the stock one, expecially on lightdm.

The wallpaper could make the pure Lubuntu and the tweaked version
different visually.

> Have a pure Lubuntu OEM will be the natural step to follow when OBI
> will become more popular.
> 
> Speaking of xfce desktop I'm interested in testing it on such an old
> machine. Let me know.

xubuntu-precise.tar.xz

is already among the uploaded tarballs. Try it in a computer that copes
with precise or wait for the Saucy version :-)

> F.
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