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Martin Hope
Suman
Asked: 2013-01-18 12:50:48 +0800 CST
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Is anyone aware of any good "PC on a stick" or "System on a stick" devices that are good to run Ubuntu 12.10 - or even better, have Ubuntu preinstalled? ARM or x86.

I'm looking for something like Raspberry Pi, except that Ubuntu is not supported on it since its ARM processor is too old for Ubuntu 12.10.

On a related note, how is software/application support for Ubuntu on ARM? Is it up to par with the x86 packages?

arm
Martin Hope
Suman
Asked: 2012-12-14 08:34:36 +0800 CST
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I'm looking into the best way to deploy a customized Ubuntu image and it looks like I have two options:

  1. To make an "OEM install" version.
  2. To make a custom Ubuntu image.

Could someone help me understand the difference between these two methods of customizing an Ubuntu install? It appears to me that both these methods allow for elaborate customization of the image while allowing the user to enter their own end-user details (time zone, username, password, etc...).

custom-distributions
Martin Hope
Suman
Asked: 2012-12-02 10:25:00 +0800 CST
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I found a GNOME extension through a Google search (using Chromium), and was very surprised that I could simply toggle the On/Off switch to have the website install a full GNOME extension on my computer without any other manual steps involved. (tested, this works with Firefox as well.) Granted, it does pop up a dialog box asking me to confirm installation, but ...

  1. While this is great for ease of use and usability, aren't there security vulnerabilities with this? I would be interested in knowing how exactly this feature works, and whether I should be concerned about any "backdoors" that this might allow for hackers to easily install executables on my machine.

  2. Are the extensions on the GNOME site vetted? Is there a way to tell whether extensions are safe or not?

  3. Are the Chromium and Firefox browsers modified by GNOME in order to allow for this feature? Are there any other custom GNOME Chromium/Firefox changes that users should know about?

UPDATE: Having understood how this works, I now believe this is a really great feature especially for non-technical users, but it did alarm me a little when I first encountered it.

gnome
Martin Hope
Suman
Asked: 2012-11-17 10:37:36 +0800 CST
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Is it possible to run Wine, CrossOver and PlayOnLinux in parallel? I'm testing all three in order to:

  1. See which applications run better on which platform
  2. Which of these is easier to use for non-technical users

An unrelated question: it looks like there is a "meta-package" for Wine on Ubuntu that includes multiple Wine packages - is it similar for CrossOver / PlayOnLinux?

wine
Martin Hope
Suman
Asked: 2012-11-15 12:25:27 +0800 CST
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I was originally planning to ask if there was an easy GUI-friendly way of installing new themes on GNOME/Unity, but ...

I've been reading some blogs recently that seem to indicate that GNOME and Unity are meant to not be customizable: (e.g. this thread on Hacker News and the associated article).

Is this true? I'm trying to ascertain if its worth time to customize Ubuntu GUIs, whether in GNOME or Unity.

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