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[gnome] Ubuntu GNOME Remix Beta released

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Since a lot of the info in my original post is now outdated I felt it best to start a new thread related solely to Jeremy Bicha's Ubuntu GNOME Remix Beta release which is explained in the release notes here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/...otes/12.10Beta The MD5SUMS, package manifests, and standard download links can be found here: http://bicha.net/ubuntu-gnome-remix/ Please do however use the torrents wherever possible to reduce the load on the servers :) Please also consider subscribing to the mailing list: https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/ One of the projects greatest (Hardware)

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Submitted by dayu on 09/28/2012

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The second Alpha images of the upcoming Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 distribution was announced yesterday, September 13th, by Jeremy Bicha and the Ubuntu Gnome Community.

I began to follow this project during Quantal development and you may find some useful notes here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2064293

This project should not be confused with UGR, Ubuntu GNOME Shell Remix, or any other project.

The differences are stark, as the release notes say, "The Ubuntu GNOME Remix is a mostly pure GNOME desktop experience built from the Ubuntu rep

Ubuntu GNOME Remix is a new official Ubuntu flavor that aims to bring a pure upstream GNOME desktop experience built from the Ubuntu 12.10 repositories.

An alpha version of Ubuntu GNOME Remix is a developer snapshot that will give you a very early glance at the next version of Ubuntu GNOME Remix.

Ubuntu Gnome Remix has following features:

The Ubuntu GNOME Remix ships with the first GNOME

È da poco trapelata la notizia che la prossima release di Ubuntu GNOME Remix, ossia la versione che sarà basata su Ubuntu 13.04, introdurrà un nuovo (o per meglio dire nuovo nell’ambito specifico) software per la gestione tramite interfaccia grafica dei pacchetti software: Ubuntu Software Center.

Ubuntu GNOME Remix infatti utilizza, sin dalla primissima release, gnome-packagekit che a detta

The Ubuntu GNOME Remix (UGR) is a new project that aims to provide a mostly pure GNOME desktop experience built from the Ubuntu repositories.

UGR 12.10 is the first release for this project and there are still a few minor issues, but it is a great alternative if anyone is interested in using Ubuntu with pure upstream GNOME experience, rather than stock Unity interface.

Features:

The Ubun

Ubuntu GNOME Remix, a GNOME-based distribution built from the Ubuntu repositories, has finally reached version 12.10 with the rest of its older brothers. Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) is the first stable release under Canonical’s umbrella and includes the most recent Gnome packages, mostly.

This effects both Precise and Quantal:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...el/+bug/988290

I'm Erick there so no need to repeat everything I said - I hope :)

I'm hoping that some of the gnome-smart folks can help me here :)

Maybe Jeremy Bicha?

I'm a bit in over my head :D

I know Ubuntu and most of the herd are now using lightdm, but Jeremy Bicha's Ubuntu GNOME Remix uses gdm.

During the most recent install I did not select auto-login.

i'm running, for trying, both debian and ubuntu 12.10 gnome remix, on virtualbox. Both the virtual machines are set up in the same way. The strange thing is that gnome shell is faster, for what vbox can do, in ubuntu gnome remix than in debian.