Okey. It is the end of 2013. I have gave Unity a try for a day, but goodbye again Unity.
xubuntu is almost perfect, howerver, as usual, customization is always required.
And I confess, I have just copied and pasted almost everything from the old entry. So not much excited.
Please note, I have got myself a new laptop, so the procedure will be even simpler.
1.1) enable Canonical’s ‘partner’ repository:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
1.2) uncomment the following lines:
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu saucy partner deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu saucy partner
2) To get the latest WineHQ:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
3) Then, update data base:
sudo apt-get update
4) (Optional) To find out what you have installed:
dpkg --get-selections | sed 's:install$::' > InstalledPackages.txt
5) Then, remove what I do not want:
sudo apt-get purge abiword* catfish espeak* gmusicbrowser gnome-mines gnome-sudoku gnomine gnumeric* ibus-pinyin* nano parole pidgin* plymouth-theme* ristretto thunderbird* xchat*
6) Then, upgrade system:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
7) Then, install what I want:
sudo apt-get install audacious brasero chromium-browser easytag geeqie guvcview ibus-table-cangjie3 ibus-table-cantonhk ibus-table-quick3 ttf-mscorefonts-installer skype smplayer synaptic unrar vim virtualbox virtualbox-guest-additions-iso vlc winetricks
8) As of every new version of Ubuntu, there are some minor bugs in the system. This time again is the sound card volume control. If you find you have a gray out speaker in your Indicator Plugin, you may try this.
8.1) Edit the following file:
sudo vim /usr/share/dbus-1/services/indicator-sound.service
8.2) Comment out the last line and add a new line as follow:
[D-BUS Service] Name=com.canonical.indicator.sound #Exec=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-sound/indicator-sound-service Exec=/usr/lib/indicator-sound-gtk2/indicator-sound-service
8.3) Logout then Login again, and you should good to go.
