[lubuntu-devel] Xenial Alpha 2 available for testing, due Friday

[Herminio Hernandez, Jr.]

I also posted a short review on my blog *here*
<http://ricanlinux.blogspot.com/2016/01/lubuntu-1604-alpha-2-is-out-with-lxqt.html>
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On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. <
herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sweet!
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>> Officially, Herminio, [you are famous][1]. ;)
>>
>> [1]: http://lubuntu.me/xenial-lxqt-ppc/
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. <
>> herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I got lxqt installed. It is a little buggy. Trackpad scrolling on the
>>> windows does not work. This is something I have noticed in qupzilla since
>>> 14.04. I have placed a bug report with no result.  It looks beautiful.
>>> Another issue I keep running into on Ubuntu based distros is video playback
>>> on PPC. It fans just start kicking  away and Xorg process take almost half
>>> the CPU. I am going to keep it installed and play with it some more.
>>>
>>>
>>> ​
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 10:57 PM, Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you so much for your help Herminio!!!!!!!!!!! Between you and
>>>> Phill Whiteside, I've marked the PPC images as ready. THey don't have the
>>>> full gamut of test cases, but this is an alpha. Be mindful that when it
>>>> comes to maybe beta and certainly final, I won't be quite so forgiving. So
>>>> test like nuts!
>>>>
>>>> As for the lxqt packages, looking at packages.ubuntu.com, it doesn't
>>>> appear there are ppc builds, but according to Launchpad they're being built
>>>> for everything. Some examples:
>>>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcmanfm-qt
>>>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxqt-panel
>>>> I know I had no problem installing from the xenial repos on my
>>>> Raspberry Pi2, for example. More info on this is here:
>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/LXQt#Stable_Packages
>>>> My guess is you mean the PPA. That's a little too bleeding edge,
>>>> methinks and lacks all the archs (as most PPAs do). Testing the packages in
>>>> the repo is ideal. If you get it working, send a screenshot!!!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 8:47 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. <
>>>> herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am testing on my iBook G4. So far it looking good. I wish the lxqt
>>>>> packages were available for PPC. I already posted my results on iso tracker.
>>>>>
>>>>> Herminio
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 27, 2016, at 9:30 AM, Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> As you can see from the [email][1] to the release team from yours
>>>>> truly, Xenial Xerus 16.04 LTS Alpha 2 is now available for testing, with a
>>>>> goal of releasing on Friday. Thanks to the wonderful Lubuntu QA team, much
>>>>> of the testing is already done (thank you!), but PPC is in need of help. I
>>>>> remind you that we only ship PPC in LTS, so now is the time to act. If you
>>>>> have any questions, comments, or concerns, let me know!
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]:
>>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2016-January/003537.html
>>>>>
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>>>>> Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Lubuntu Release Manager & Head of QA
>>>> Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
>>>> Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader
>>>> Ubuntu Membership Board & LoCo Council Member
>>>> Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> @wxl | http://polka.bike
>> Lubuntu Release Manager & Head of QA
>> Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
>> Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader
>> Ubuntu Membership Board & LoCo Council Member
>> Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer
>>
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