Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
4CLIX-20 Gnome Flash-Back
Dual Language: English and German
Is based on Ubuntu Gnome 20.04.1 and very much like 4CLIX-9 and 4CLIX-10
The idea is to present the old looks of Gnome with the panel etc..
and have the gnome fall-back (flashback) session preconfigured
Most apps are streamlined to follow the looks
of a dark theme with dark purple bg and orange text
Other themes are available, use Tweaks
Software has been chosen also from kde, mate, cinnamon, xfce
like Kstars, Krecipes, Kalzium, K3b, Kruler
Kgamma, Pluma, Mate Terminal, Nemo File Manager, Xfce Mixer
Also installed older abandoned applications from Debian and Ubuntu
like Screenlets, Avant Window Navigator, Download-Monitor
Dockbarx, Cardapio, Dvdstyler, Gksu, Multiload-ng, Photoprint
Ubuntu-Tweak modified to only show working modules (still most of them)
External software: Google Earth, Netactview, Wifi-guard, Dunst, Shutter
Caprine, Cawbird, Indicator-Lunar, Indicator-USB
For the window manager we use Compiz-Reloaded 8.18
with Emerald Decorator
Fusion-Icon has switch to: Compiz, Metacity or Mutter WM
and switch to: Gtk Decorator or Emerald
Added more functions to menu:
Metacity-WM-Theme-Selector, Display Gamma
Display Resolution & Refresh, Ubuntu-Tweak and Gnome Tweaks
For the dock we use Avant Window Navigator (AWN),
but Cairo-Dock and DockBarX is also installed
Awn has a radio applet with a few stations added
and a web applet with access to Facebook, Twitter
For text editor we use Pluma, a better application
For file browser we use Nemo, a much more useful application
For music player we use Exaile, a better application
For screenshots we use Shutter
For notifications we use Dunst, the best notifier
Made settings window for Dunst
For torrents we use QBitTorrent
For downloads we use UGet Download Manager,
both with text to speech end of download notifications
For satellite predictions we use Previsat
with access to ISS cameras
Client Side Decorations management can be toggled on/off
Wallpaper management can be toggled between compiz or system
Python default can be toggled between: none python2.7 python3
Scripts with /usr/bin/python had been modified to /usr/bin/python2
Gnome Panel has a command applet showing day, time and date
A Forcekill, a CD Eject and a Restart applet
An applet to show Cap Lock and an applet to eject USB Drives
And the best lunar indicator applet thanks to Bernard!
Dual keyboard US and Swiss with flag indicator in panel
and Dual Language support for English & German
Updates and Installations with Synaptics Package Manager
In Startup Applications we have presently disabled startups for
Moon, Clock and Calendar Screenlets, the various Docks,
Caffeine & XScreensaver, with compiz screensaver added to list,
as well as an aquarium, an analogue-, a 7-segment- and a flip-clock
Caprine Facebook Messenger, Login Sounds, QBitTorrent, UGet,
Gis-Weather, best weather widget available with 5 day forecast
and many more items. Most have a delay to avoid a boot up bottle-neck
These delays can be reduced once installed; with some experimentation
In regard to running the OS to install from an USB drive,
we need to restrict startups. Once installed they can be enabled
Booting on a USB can be slow, 2 minutes +. Once installed in 15 seconds
Super-User Privileges
To use “sudo” “gksudo” or “pkexec” we activate super-user privileges
via System Tools > Preferences > Startup Applications
check: XHost Permissions (enabled by default).
Or for the session we can enable one of Super User on Display ...
To find out what the Display number is open a terminal and type:
echo $DISPLAY
QT5 Applications may not work properly with gtk
or start delayed by ~ 25 seconds; if so then:
In System Tools > Preferences > Qt5 Settings chose Style: kvantum
Kvantum-Manager > default theme to match gtk is: KvGnomeDark (mod.)
Also lots of software in all categories
like GeoMapApp to view bathymetric maps with overlays
4CLIX-20 folder with ISO, screenshots and documents
https://yadi.sk/d/eUfLCtHf2pwGBw
Changelog since 4CIX-20.04.18 3 months ago
Installed new software:
libimage-exiftool-perl gnome-web-photo rar unrar
haveged modem-manager-gui
Added more repositories:
mkusb openshot makehuman persepolis
Installed firmware:
intel-microcode 20201110
bluetooth bt-8500
New versions of:
firefox 82.0.3
linux-firmware 1.187.4
adobe-flash 20201110
linux 5.4.0-54
java 8u275
bleachbit 4.1.0
caprine 2.51.1
balena etcher 1.5.110
indicator-lunar 1.0.85-1
Shutter
Created group: shutter ID 138
and added: user
In group: user added > shutter
Changed timeouts in:
/usr/lib/systemd/system/plymouth-service from 20 to 10
/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-wait-online.service from 30 to 10
/usr/lib/initramfs-tools/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf from 30 to 10
Sudoers
Added: "user" to /etc/sudoers
Made second gnome-panel at bottom left
for Workspace Switcher
Branded plymouth theme: ubuntu-text
and Grub on USB with background and 4CLIX colours
Removed indicator-appmenu which can lead to confusion
Disabled canonical bluetooth indicator
Disabled canonical keyboard indicator
Changelog since 4CIX-20.04.18 3 months ago
Installed new software:
libimage-exiftool-perl gnome-web-photo rar unrar
haveged modem-manager-gui
Added more repositories:
mkusb openshot makehuman persepolis
Installed firmware:
intel-microcode 20201110
bluetooth bt-8500
New versions of:
firefox 82.0.3
linux-firmware 1.187.4
adobe-flash 20201110
linux 5.4.0-54
java 8u275
bleachbit 4.1.0
caprine 2.51.1
balena etcher 1.5.110
indicator-lunar 1.0.85-1
Shutter
Created group: shutter ID 138
and added: user
In group: user added > shutter
Changed timeouts in:
/usr/lib/systemd/system/plymouth-service from 20 to 10
/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-wait-online.service from 30 to 10
/usr/lib/initramfs-tools/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf from 30 to 10
Sudoers
Added: "user" to /etc/sudoers
Made second gnome-panel at bottom left
for Workspace Switcher
Branded plymouth theme: ubuntu-text
and Grub on USB with background and 4CLIX colours
Removed indicator-appmenu which can lead to confusion
Disabled canonical bluetooth indicator
Disabled canonical keyboard indicator
Changelog 4CLIX 20.04.18 since version 20.04.10 4 months ago
Changelog since 4CIX-20.04.10 - 30th October 2020
This version was developed on a modern PC with UEFI BIOS and Nvidia video-card
System size is now: ~ 10 GB ISO size is now: ~ 3.3. GB
Installed new packages:
uget-integrator; diverts downloads from firefox to uget
gxkb; alternative keyboard indicator
unrar-free; extractor needed for .rar files
launchpad-getkeys; to import missing gpg keys
Made application in System Tools "Launchpad Get Keys"
nvidia-driver-450; essential for compiz
grub-efi grub-efi-amd64 grub-efi-amd64-bin; to install to UEFI
Updated: compizconfig-settings-manager
New versions:
linux 5.4.0-52
firefox 82.0
nvidia-driver 450.80
java 8u265
adobe-flash 32.0.0.445
Removed packages:
gstreamer1.0-vaapi; possible trouble maker
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0; obsolete
libegl1-mesa; obsolete
grub-gfxpayload-lists; clashes with grub-efi
grub-pc; clashes with grub-efi
Created folders for python3.7
/usr/lib/python3.7/distutils and /usr/lib/python3.7/lib2to3
Created link from /usr/bin/xscreensaver to /usr/bin/gnome-screensaver
Separated extra repos from sources.list,
and made individual files in /etcf/apt/sources.list.d/:
atareao-ubuntu-ppa-focal.list
dhor-ubuntu-myway-focal.list
dl.bintray.com-releases-deb-celestia-focal.list
dl.winehq.org-ubuntu-wine-builds-focal.list
noobslab-ubuntu-themes-cosmic.list
thebernmeister-ubuntu-ppa-focal.list
transmissionbt-ubuntu-ppa-focal.list
Imported nouveau firmware to /lib/firmware/nouveau
from nvidia 325 August 2015 for older cards
Changed line 53 in /etc/initramfs-tools/itnitramfs.conf from:
COMPRESS=lz4 to: COMPRESS=gzip (in more common use)
Purged broken packages with:
sudo apt-get purge $(dpkg -l | grep ^rc | awk '{ print $2 }')
Created app to show second keyboard layout (German - Swiss)
Office > Keyboard Layout CH
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Remastering: tried Remaster-gtk, Systemback and Eggs
All failed; so back to using PinguyBuilder
Added extra first boot removals to script
Installation Issues with Ubiquity:
It did install to Hard Drive but without bootloader
It needed the filling of the user details form
which is confusing and redundant as this is a backup of
a pre-configured and virgin user (without personal data)
Installed Calamares Installer and calamares-settings-debian
Did a few tweaks, 4CLIX branding and removal of user-setup
Grub can be cleaned up according to instructions at
Reset-Grub on this site, which is already installed
And at last the good news:
Friends, finally we have a proper installation
which automatically logs in to user: "user"
Changelog 4CLIX 20.04.10 since version 20.04.5 4 months ago
Added new repositories:
stellarium, indicators, themes, transmission,
image applications, graphics-drivers, celestia
Installed new applications:
lm-sensors, phonon-backend-vlc, obexpushd,
gucharmap, stellarium, apt-mirror, net-tools,
wammu, gmobilemedia, wifiguard, wifi-radar, lsb,
lsb-core, lsb-printing, lsb-invalid-mta, lsb-security,
Removed unwanted applications:
kstars, systemsettings, ubunsys, phonon-backend-gstreamer, gdm3
Disabled hardware accelerated decoding in VLC
Elliminated splash (plymouth) delays with rng-tools
Elliminated fs check delays with RESUME=none
and on USB with append fsck.mode=skip in vesamenu
Added vegetarian and vegan recipes to krecipes
Added workspace-switcher to gnome panel
Changed installer script to:
sudo --preserve-env=DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS,XDG_RUNTIME_DIR pkexec ubiquity gtk_ui
Made new app: Reset Grub to reload a modified grub.conf
Activated Permissions via XHost Permissions (xhost +local:)
Upgraded versions:
balena etcher to 1.5.109
caprine facebook messenger to 2.50
linux-image to 5.4.0-48
gis Weather to 8.4.14
previsat to 4.0.5.3
dunst to 1.5.0-1
knemo to 0.7.7-17.2017052
inkscape to 1.0.1+r73~ubuntu20.04.1
awn to 0.4.2-0ppa1
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