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XFCE Desktop (base)








Published by
Balazs Kutil




Based on
openSUSE 11.3
64-bit x86




Homepage at
http://balazs.kutilovi.cz/








A barebone XFCE4 Desktop based on openSUSE 11.3. Step-by-step how-to on creating this appliance is available on author’s web page and is also posted on susestudio blog .


How-to on replacing XDM with Slim login manager is available here


There is also a 32bit version


And openSUSE 11.4 version


Changelog


    
	
  • 0.0.3 – Additional image formats available.
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  • 0.0.2 – Replaced XDM with slim login manager, added XFCE4 pattern.
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  • 0.0.1 – Initial release, XDM + XFCE4 with minimal set of packages, pango fonts fix.
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TODO


    
	
  • Remove unneccessary packages to make appliance smaller
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  • More XFCE4 tweaks / packages / plugins
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  • ? Add custom apps to build complete desktop
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  • ? Theming
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Downloaded 42  times
Cloned 109  times









Media



USB & disk image




This is an image of your disk, ready to be written to either a USB drive or your hard disk. When written, it will erase all data on a disk. During the first boot, your partition will bee automatically resized to fill available space.





ISO image




Burn this ISO file to a DVD (or CD, if the space allows), and you'll be able to boot directly from the disc.





Preload ISO




A bootable ISO containing the appliance disk image. Boots into a simple graphical environment and prompts for confirmation before writing the image onto the hard drive. Useful for performing automated system installs/preloads. 
Warning: Overwrites all data on the target hard drive.









Preload ISO, 338 MB, x86_64
MD5: 63b4bdbc0e5aa337bfea5969f5fbf362












Virtual



VMware / VirtualBox / KVM image




Whether you use VMware, VirtualBox, or KVM, this vmdk is a ready-to-use virtual appliance.





Xen guest image




This Xen guest image is ready to run on a Xen hypervisor host.













Release notes






0.0.3 – Additional image formats available.











Technical Details




Appliance configuration





Basic settings






Keyboard:
english-us




Time zone:
Europe/Berlin




Language:
en_US.UTF-8




Network:
dhcp




Firewall:
enabled










Software

3 patterns, 330 packages



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Security summary




















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Everyone's comments









Chinmay JoshiChinmay Joshi,






Thanks for the tutorial. Just made light weight customized server.

I’ll soon make it public, but before that – I want to know – how do you customize the login screen and other stuff. I don’t want BUILD WITH SUSE STUDIO banner anywhere.

Thanks again for wonderful tutorial.

















Balazs KutilBalazs Kutil,






Hey! Thanks for the kind words :) AFAIK, the online version of studio does not allow you to remove the branding, but maybe you could try searching the forums for some unofficial way…




























Bryan LundukeBryan Lunduke,






Defaulting to XFCE seems to break if this appliance is cloned and upgraded to openSUSE 11.4 (it defaults back to icewm).  Which is a bummer.  Any ideas what might be causing that?

















Balazs KutilBalazs Kutil,






I created a new one for 11.4. Problem with direct upgrade was, that the appliance still missed a few important packages. I also removed the twm.desktop from /usr/share/xsessions, so slim does not pick it up and switched to upstream (more basic) theming. Feel free to ping me if you need any more changes – or if you publish your updated version.




























MarkrtoonMarkrtoon,






Do you think you could make this a 32-bit appliance?

















Balazs KutilBalazs Kutil,






Sure, no problem. I’ll try to release it during this weekend.

















MarkrtoonMarkrtoon,






Thanks, I’ve tried making one using the tutorial on the blog, but it just doesn’t seem to work.


And just one more question, how would I go about changing the text at the login manager?

















MarkrtoonMarkrtoon,






Nevermind! I’ve successfully built a 32-bit edition. Thank you, this is exactly what I’ve been looking for, something really lightweight.

















MarkrtoonMarkrtoon,






Nevermind, could you make one..? I’m sorry, I made mine, but the windows have no close, minimize or maximize controls..



























Balazs KutilBalazs Kutil,






Hrm, that should work, I’ll have a look, too. What problems did you encounter?


For text displayed in slim, try looking at /etc/slim.conf…

















MarkrtoonMarkrtoon,






I got the the maximize controls working! Everything works, thank you!











































David AdamsonDavid Adamson,






Thanks this is exactly what I’ve been looking for.

















Balazs KutilBalazs Kutil,






I’m glad it’s useful for you :)




























prizmprizm,






you made somethings like me






































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