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Ubuntu 11.10
- Thread starter pr1s0ner
- Start date
The password prompts have never really bothered me, but Ive just had a quick tinker and all the prompts are gone.
I edited visudo added my username to the list (as it wasnt already there) and changed the end of my username and the root entry to
ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
Then added the root password to the keychain the next time I was prompted and now all gone : )
I edited visudo added my username to the list (as it wasnt already there) and changed the end of my username and the root entry to
ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
Then added the root password to the keychain the next time I was prompted and now all gone : )
barrydrake
Silver Level Poster
I think 11.10 is fantastic! Proper root account is easy. Just do sudo passwd root and give your user password at the prompt, then it asks you twice for your new root password. After that, you can enter the root account and really trash your installation if you want!!! I've stayed with giving a password on boot, but taken the annoying lock screen off. You do that in the screensaver settings. It seems to work for me.
barrydrake
Silver Level Poster
Ubuntu offers to do a version upgrade in upgrade manager unless this is set only to upgrade when an LTS version appears. Personally I think it's worth the trouble of doing a clean install though. If you do a version upgrade, be prepared for things to go wrong.
barrydrake
Silver Level Poster
Yes - I agree with you on that one. But it isn't a thing you use all the time, so the workaround is OK. I right-click on the icon in /usr/share/applications and do 'copy to -> desktop'. It's almost as quick. Then I can edit the launcher. For example, I put a launcher for Nautilus on the desktop, and then edit the command to read 'gksudo nautilus' to give me a root file browser.
I've been using the old gnome-panel gui (I use a few cmd line shortcuts), found it online somewhere, but can't remember where!
Install with
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gnome-panel
to not include the dependencies and then
gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new
to make a new launcher
Install with
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gnome-panel
to not include the dependencies and then
gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new
to make a new launcher
I'm sticking to the 11.04 due to the ability of having a "classic ubuntu" (gnome).
11.10 users are now forced to use unity or can install gnome manually but it doesn't integrate with the system nicely any more.
I'm seriously considering moving back to debian or trying Kubuntu first, although I never really liked kde.
To me it's a shame that the system that was able to work flawlessly in business has now go wild.
It's a real pain to teach staff to use unity. System better connected to social networks is not what everyone is looking for.
11.10 users are now forced to use unity or can install gnome manually but it doesn't integrate with the system nicely any more.
I'm seriously considering moving back to debian or trying Kubuntu first, although I never really liked kde.
To me it's a shame that the system that was able to work flawlessly in business has now go wild.
It's a real pain to teach staff to use unity. System better connected to social networks is not what everyone is looking for.
barrydrake
Silver Level Poster
Have you thought about Edubuntu? The basic installation without all the educational software has all the usual stuff, but you can install with the Gnome desktop if you want. It takes slightly more space than Ubuntu - around 5.5 GiB, but that's not a lot.
yup that is the first thing I do. I quite like Unity. It did take me a little time to get used to it and find out how to manage it though.taken the annoying lock screen off