Customize Lubuntu part 1 : My personal customization for powerful, fast and comfortable OS

My hope for low spec computer

It is another hobby of mine to mess around with my OS, but in the end I got bored and want some light yet fast OS. Microsoft Windows is definitely no option and after some research it come down to Lubuntu. Here I will record of what I did for this new project. First part would be installing the Lubuntu desktop

1. This is the most important step BACKUP YOUR DATA. 
2. Clean the application. Psychocats have good command line for that here. You might also check other command or good tutorial from him. In this case if you not sure from which Ubuntu derivative you are coming, just combine all the command there. 
3. After finish you get your new OS.

But these step are only installation part. But as the title said

customization for powerful, fast and comfortable OS

Lubuntu default applications are great, but I need something more. So I have to research through a lot of package, change some setting and make some list of what I need

• Jdownloader and Autokey. Both are my important applications.
• For Autokey to autostart at the beginning, I simply change /etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart (credit to this post here)
• Find the alternative for Ubuntu software source. here I use Kpackagekit. Muon could be another alternative.
• Install Kate, because I need some firepower on simple everyday text editing. Sorry Leafpad
• Ubuntu Tweak is tool that you cant miss for this session. Since I need option from this application to change the default application for specific extension.
• Install Browsers, Opera, Firefox, Chrome, Chromium. It seems overkill but it work. Put an exception to chrome, because it always need a lot of resource at the start of program. I may have to work without it. I already uninstall it and switch to chromium. Note for Opera, if it cant be installed from repository, you have to install from official website.
• I just have Deadbeef and Audacious as the default mp3 player. But Deadbeef have this last.fm plugin, so I choose this as default mp3 player.
• Same thing also happen by Gnome Mplayer to VLC. 
• This would be difficult, Pcmanfm or Nautilus. Both are simply good file manager, but I prefer Nautilus. After installing Nautilus, you cant change 100% to it but I though of another way.
• Change file manager shortcut from "pcmanfm" to "nautilus --no-desktop" 
• edit /home/user/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml by change every "pcmanfm" command to "nautilus --no-desktop"
• Download Nautilus script from g-scripts, another nautilus script site. I take this website because they have archiver-unarchiver which can replace default extract here option
• XArchive and File Rollerare not a good file archiver application, and Q7z isnt working on lubuntu. My last choice come to Peazip. It is good application when you handle with CJK filename.
• I install LxMenuEditor to arrange my menu

Miscellaneous thing that I find when writing about this post

• Calibre, a good ebook manager. If you have a lot of ebook this application will help you to sort them.
• I also install Dropbox integration to nautilus.

Things that cant be done with lubuntu

• Easystroke or mouse gesture application in general is not supported on Lubuntu. I am still researching about this one. when I found a good application, I will report here. Another alternative is installing add on for every browser.

For now I think thats all. My lubuntu is ready. If everything is worked as planned then maybe there will be no second part of this.

Transfer Project 2010 part 4 : Final

one of the best

When you read this post, that mean another person on this world join with one of the best os in the world. 

Anyway as you read this, my computer is running on ubuntu. one of the linux distribution, perfect for newbie just like me. backup is the time wasting part on this project. i have thousand unarranged file on my wubi and window xp and i have to move this on my external harddisk and maybe move it back to this computer.

not only with file management, software and driver also give me more weight on this problem. i already tested new pro evolution soccer 2011 but it didnt work because my old computer spesification. next problem is also the setting on my cairo dock. i have make it from the very beginning. the last problem significant problem is the look of my ubuntu. i have already change the windows style and icons on appearance but because i forget how i change the appearance on my wubi, i didnt feel my new ubuntu look better than the last.

what help me most on this project is internet. yes, internet. i dont need any other people to set up my computer or to ask, because i already have internet. luckily my place got a decent internet speed, so i dont get let down on this project. I warn you. if you want to change to ubuntu, you have to have a real computer management on everything. just like what software do you want to use? what must i need to do this or that? is there specific file that i need? if you can answer those question, there is still another question. so dont worry.

migration process is quite a hastle but thanks for this post i can get it through. the command isnt always working so if you fail just copy it just like you always do. on my migration not all command cant work so did manual labor, file managemen through nautilus. the back on source is working but cant back up everything. make sure you read till the end, because there is a good comment about how to not download everything.

on ubuntu i need few things from my old windows. just like my langenschiedt e-dictionary. its little bit tricky. what do you need is wine and q4wine. both is already on software center so just search this name. open q4wine and go to wine icon on setup tab. click 'install winetricks' to get list of essential windows application for wine. after that you have to search for 'vcrun2005' and click 'install'. after installation go to your langenschiedt folder, install the font on 'fonts' folder on  and run 'ew_lkg.exe' with wine. that should do the trick. that also work for byki. the step is almost the same but now you have to search for 'msls31', 'urlmon' and 'riched20' on winetricks.
detailed explanation will be on another post. 

ps note of the week dont microwave you chocolate-filled donut. it just doesnt work that way.