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Hi51

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Registered: 2025-01-14

Posts: 2

New setup is this normal?

On a fresh install of Xubuntu it boots into grub.  I then select Ubuntu to boot. 
I just came from an Ubuntu install and want to make sure it erased it all.

Secondly there was gnome-services selected on the start menu.  Is it ok to disable that?
I may want a text editor called gedit for autosave. (or something else)

Thanks

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 988

Re: New setup is this normal?

On a fresh install of Xubuntu it boots into grub.  I then select Ubuntu to boot. 
I just came from an Ubuntu install and want to make sure it erased it all.

If you reinstalled and didn't keep /home then it should be complete overwritten.

Secondly there was gnome-services selected on the start menu.  Is it ok to disable that?

I would leave it enabled if you want any Gnome apps such as Gedit.

I may want a text editor called gedit for autosave. (or something else)

If that's what you want, install it.

sudo apt update && sudo apt install gedit

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Hi51

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Registered: 2025-01-14

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Re: New setup is this normal?

Alright thanks a lot! sounds good 

I like that this Os is a bit lighter weight/faster and I was using Vnc well before.

Last edited by Hi51 (2025-01-16 01:08:46)

k3dAR

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From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2022-07-27

Posts: 112

Re: New setup is this normal?

about autosave, not sure what method have gedit, but Xfce native editor Mousepad have option in menu "Edit/Preferences/File/Session Restore", where you can select restore last if unsaved or if saved or always...

if you set always and you have:
- new file, unnamed/unsaved with some text
- previous saved file where you add some text but not save it
and quit (or reboot/crash computer), then after Mousepad reopen you see all previous tabs, for already saved you see "*" before filename indicated new content is not saved to file, for unsaved you see "*Untitled XY"...

whole "trick" is that Mousepad in backgroud autosave content of all tabs to ${HOME}/.local/share/Mousepad/ from which restore it...