Making a simple "Control Panel" like desktop application launcher

[ukbrian]

Is a novice or normal user ever going to click on the "Advanced Options! in the grub menu?
Are they ever going to click on the Mem options?

IMO I think they should be commented out as the default settings.

I've been using this to stop the advanced line in /etc/default/grub

Code:

GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Linux Lite"
# Remove Advanced option
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y

If you have a few OS's installed then you do get duplicate lines in the grub menu but that's a bug in grub2 which might be already sorted in the latest version.

I think new users need an uncluttered grub menu less options, less choice simplifies things, the folk who want these options now how to uncomment, new users have to learn so I think Linux distro's are wrong said the silly old man.

Ikey is good fellow.
I like his 'budgie desktop'. Tested on Linux Lite and it still has a long way to go. Some bugs...

He's a very rare jewel! he's not done much on the desktop latelly he's been focused on getting a beta out, he tens to jump between the different parts so he don't get tunel vision or just to have a rest from one bit of code. He's also done a budgie media player.

Latest from G+ https://plus.google.com/112089348047460560288 he keeps on top of things and picks the right advice, I've not seen him make a wrong move yet and that's weird for someone so young.

I was lucky enough to spend 3 hours in his company 2 years age, his old laptop finally gave up the ghost so I had a chance to take him up a desktop so he could continue with SolusOS, he measured up, my sort of guy.

Have a look at or test out saline-backup, if it was on the install iso you could restore saline's backups with it plus grub-doctor but the UEFI version needs checking out first.

If you have any interest I'll PM you with a link to a demo of what I would do for the install iso to give it a bit of sparkle and be more user friendly.

Backup is very original, Anthony used remastersys to create his DVD's so he developed his next iso on his desktop and then created or remastered an iso.

I read this thread on solydxk and it don't sound simple doing it that way http://forums.solydxk.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=774 developing on a desktop sounds much easier.

Schoelje after one round of maintaining a rolling release has decided to go stable for his next iso.

I don't understand why ubuntu LTS's are not based on debian stable? makes no sense to me.

I'm about to road test a french xfce stable alpha distro called Handy Linux, quite impressed after a quick look but the default windows edges are one pixel so it better have kokodi, that's another default I would use two pixel edges, again foks who want one pixel know how to do.

If you have any interest in creating your iso's in a simular way as Anthony it's possible again now if you PM me.


That's enough mischief for now time for a rest