[lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu-devel Digest, Vol 4, Issue 15

Sat Jan 30 06:36:04 UTC 2016

Could i pls ask for a link to a guide on how to upgrade my Lubuntu 14.04
PPC (iMac G7450) to the latest image. I shall wait until we have a beta
vesion, but i can read up on how-to first.
Thanx
jim

On 29 January 2016 at 23:33, <lubuntu-devel-request at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

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>    1. Re:  Xenial Alpha 2 available for testing, due Friday
>       (Herminio Hernandez, Jr.)
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> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:18:03 -0600
> From: "Herminio Hernandez, Jr." <herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com>
> To: Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com>
> Cc: lubuntu-devel <lubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [lubuntu-devel] Xenial Alpha 2 available for testing, due
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> 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
> >
> .
>
> 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> @wxl | http://polka.bike
> >>>>> Lubuntu Release Manager & Head of QA
> >>>>> Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
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> >>>> Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
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> >>>
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