UnlockMe App for Linux Lite

[bitsnpcs]

This is not a Lite Software replacement. Linux Lite offers a set of commonly used apps for its users in Lite Software. UnlockMe app simply adds some of those that didn't make it to Lite's list.

Thank You for explaining

[ralphy]

[member=6811]Oobuntus[/member] I added an info dialog at the beginning of the execution. I did not make it a warning dialog; just an info box letting the user know there is a custom /etc/hosts file in place.


I don't know how effective it will be but for the vast majority of users it should be fine considering that mostly advanced users will ever dare to edit the hosts file in the first place.





Thoughts?

[Oobuntus]

[member=6629]ralphy[/member] Works for me.

[ralphy]

[member=6629]ralphy[/member] Works for me.

Great! I'm pushing the update for UnlockMe to github tonight.

[ralphy]

I have included few new tweaks specifically tailored for Linux Lite:

1- LXTerminal Geometry:
Change default LXTerminal geometry in Linux Lite system-wide so that LXTerminal opens with your desired geometry whether it is launched from wiskermenu, panel shortcut, right-click custom action or a dock.



2- Open as Administrator
Use pkexec policykit instead of gksu to open directories as Administrator in Thunar (Open as Administrator Custom Action). This tweak allows opening directories as super user from non admin accounts with proper elevation. Also, if combined with bypass pkexec prompt for admins, you wont be asked to enter your password each time.



3- Open Terminal Here
Opens Terminal in the selected folder path (Open Terminal Here Custom Action)




Hope you find them useful!  ;D

[Scott(0)]

Ralphy, thanks for all the excellent, hard work.

[ralphy]

[member=47]Scott[/member] you're most welcome!


Here goes another tweak I will be committing to UnlockMe @Github soon:


Compton Compositor - Compton Compositor for beautiful tear free compositing in Xfce


This is the one display compositor that has saved my old machines running Linux Lite. The default compositor does not provide tear free compositing for many old (and some new) video cards, e.g.: Intel G33 or Nvidia 9800GT in my case. With Compton, there is not only beautiful and lightweight animations in LL but also a really nice tear free compositing in Xfce - no more choppy Youtube videos... the other route is compiz but that's an entire different beast.


I've read posts in the forum from users asking how to install and configure compton. While the installation is not difficult at all, the configuration is what makes compton usable. So, UnlockMe tweak will handle this out of the box


What the tweak does:
- Installs compton and provides a functional/tested/optimized configuration out of the box.
- It disables the default compositor during installation (if enabled) to prevent display compositing conflicts.
- Compton configuration is installed and available for all user accounts on install.
- Compton Autostart is installed and available for all user accounts. Each user account can enable or disable compton compositor individually.
- Elevation is only required for install/uninstall. It uses pkexec so that it can be installed or removed from any account with proper elevation.
- When user enables compton it sets itself to autostart. When disabled, it removes itself from the autostart to prevent conflicts with other display compositor the user may enable.
- If compton was installed prior to UnlockMe, a configuration file will be set for the user in those cases if it doesn't exists.
- GUI displays Compton status Enabled/Disabled and hints whether it is set for Autostart or not.


Now we can just point and click to get it all done and done. No more copying config files after installing compton, no more manually adding autostart. The list keeps on growing














What's not included but already in my ToDo's:
- Option to backup compton configuration
- Better detection of compton config - Instead of installing the config included in UnlockMe, prompt the user if a previous compton config exists and provide options to backup the previous config or to overwrite it.
- GUI to manage compton parameters (this is way down at the bottom of the list because each config file can be directly edited by the user with no admin privileges required).


I'm pushing it up to github by the end of the day  ;D


Cheers!

[bluzeo]

im just got it on my machine- im loving it so far

[ralphy]

im just got it on my machine- im loving it so far

Glad you like it [member=5997]bluzeo[/member] . That makes it two of us  ;D


Please run UnlockMe updater (install.sh) once again to get the latest updates. There was a small but important bug fix pushed to Github and a set of features added for Compton:









* Fixed retrieving/storing username for non admins executions
* Added new features for Compton Compositor
- Check if APT processes are running before compton install/uninstall
- Check if compton.conf file exists during install/uninstall and prompt user to backup config file.
- Added “Backup configuration” GUI option
- Added “Restore from backup” GUI option
- Added “Use Unlockme default config” GUI option
- Added “Push config to all users” GUI option


Admins can login into a non admin accounts and configure or edit the compton.conf for that account and then push it to all users accounts in the computer. That makes making changes  for all users in the configuration really easy if ever necessary.

[Artim]

UnlockMe is an awesome tool set and keeps getting better and better!  That's why I linked it in my signature.