What's new in Minimal Desktop for Ubuntu 10.10.2

Jan 19, 2011
  • Added support for Openbox and Blackbox
  • Improved choice tree for *box segment: Now has all of the choices of the other sections (minus CUPS)
  • Fixed the bug for rare moments when the script didn't terminate with a reboot
  • Fixed the k/ubuntu-restricted-extras lockup bug

New in Minimal Desktop for Ubuntu 10.10.1 (Nov 21, 2010)

  • Some fixes

New in Minimal Desktop for Ubuntu 10.10 (Oct 7, 2010)

  • Updated for Maverick.
  • A Fluxbox/XDM option has been added.
  • The architecture detection for libdvdcss has been fixed.
  • A refresh of the Opera GPG key to rc.local has been done to fix its update bug.
  • The Konqueror option has been replaced with Rekonq (as it is the new default browser in Kubuntu).
  • Miscellaneous spelling fixes.

New in Minimal Desktop for Ubuntu 10.04.2 (Jun 12, 2010)

  • Integrated the KDE script with the GNOME script
  • Removed the (broken) minimize-maximize-close button option from the GNOME portion
  • Made the restricted-extras question make more sense
  • Changed the libdvdcss install to not invoke the sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh script, but rather wget libdvdcss2_1.2.10-0.3medibuntu1_$ARCH.deb and install from the medibuntu repo
  • Some syntax fixes
  • Created a fallback installation if the user just keeps hitting "Enter".

New in Minimal Desktop for Ubuntu 10.04.1g (Jun 7, 2010)

  • Changed from apt-get to aptitude
  • Included the choice of ubuntu-restricted-extras + libdvdcss
  • Added the choice of rhythmbox
  • Changed authentication
  • If script is not run sudo, it will run itself sudo $0
  • No need for sudo commands; sudo timeout is no longer a problem
  • Cleaned up the script by removing dependencies that are automatically installed