Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:42 pm
Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:08 pm
ukbrian wrote:If you do a fresh install you'll have to recreate all those launchers . . .is there any reason that you'd go through that process instead of just adding items under an existing panel application?
ukbrian wrote:I use shutter for that with a 5 second delay, it comes with a bit of baggage but it does the job.I tried to take a screen shot but it doesn't work when those menus are expanded.
Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:18 pm
fsmithred wrote:Refracta is a rescue and repair live-CD disguised as a typical desktop system.
(The blurb at the ibiblio page will eventually say something like that.)
Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:22 pm
LOL! I'm pretty sure Dean says the same thing about my xfce desktop in refracta.drives me nuts [with] all the cruft in the panel by dafault
Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:37 pm
Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:32 pm
fsmithred wrote:My reasons for Refracta -
A base system to install on multiple machines with the apps I want and the configurations I want, so I only have to do the setup once.
A bootable live media that I can carry in my pocket and temporarily turn any borrowed computer into my own in the amount of time it takes to boot.
A diagnostic/rescue/repair tool that I can use to fix a problem on one of my computers or a friend's computer.
Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:58 pm
I couldn't even add a second menu in gnome LOI'm rather new to xfce but surely there is a way to save those panel configuration files to transfer into a new install. Used to be very easy to do with Gnome.
Refracta is a rescue and repair live-CD disguised as a typical desktop system.
Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:48 pm
ukbrian wrote:I haven't managed to do a video but I took a snapshot of all the screens but I do intend to do a video with feedback on how refracta might be improved for novices.
ukbrian wrote:I couldn't even add a second menu in gnome LOI'm rather new to xfce but surely there is a way to save those panel configuration files to transfer into a new install. Used to be very easy to do with Gnome.
Sat Feb 09, 2013 5:59 am
That screen is a nightmare, too many options, no information, I've seen a lot of talk on the remastersys forum about the dist option, I only have ever done a full backup. I never have a home partition, I use a data partition so there's never any data in my user folder just the application config files but all my OS's on my machine can all access the NTFS data partition. I keep my menus there and also my Firefox ESR and Thunderbird ESR are unzipped there so all my OS's use the same installs and profiles instead of having duplicate profiles to maintain.The first remastersys screenie has many options for customizations that are missing in refracta AFAIK. Not that they are needed in a GUI format.
I always use the xz compression and my OS's, about 3.5 to 4 GB take less than 10 minutes, I've never timed them.Assuming you backed up the exact same user data, how did the creation times compare?
I'm sh*t with words that's why I got into videos, I thought I had already posted these, they're only short but showing is easier for me.Not quite sure what you mean by second menu.
Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:44 am