[lubuntu-devel] uploaded: almost the released 16.04.1 LTS version for PowerPC

Sun Jul 24 21:09:52 UTC 2016

Fritz,

What are the specs of your iBook? Mine is a 1.42Ghz w/ 1.5 GB of Ram and Lu runs fine. 

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> On Jul 24, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Fritz Hudnut <este.el.paz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nio:
> 
> Thanks to you and phil for making that available and posting those links.  Yes, playing around with it yesterday on my iBook Lu 16.04 is working well, nice visuals in the toolbar for the launched apps, nice "openbox-like" background image, i.e., "black" . . . .  I would try to use it more, but I believe the hardware is just not up to the present demand from web sites, and the fan is blowing constantly . . . 646 MB of RAM just isn't enough to be worth messing with.  It could be that there are G5's that have fast cpu's and greater capacity for RAM . . . still able to trade punches with the interweb . . . and Lu for PPC would be perfectly worthy of the time spent setting it up.
> 
> F
> 
>> On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com> wrote:
>> new thread, previously Re: [lubuntu-devel] State of PPC
>> ---
>> Hi Lubuntu PPC users and testers,
>> 
>> You find a version that is almost the same as a released Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS version for PowerPC at
>> 
>> http://phillw.net/isos/lubuntu/xenial/testppc/
>> 
>> ---
>>       124 24 jul 21.28 md5sum.txt
>> 771637248 24 jul 16.47 xenial-alternate-powerpc.iso
>>   1507332 24 jul 21.29 xenial-alternate-powerpc.iso.zsync
>> 941045760 24 jul 17.23 xenial-desktop-powerpc.iso
>>   1838208 24 jul 21.29 xenial-desktop-powerpc.iso.zsync
>> ---
>> 
>> You can download the iso files as usual or via zsync with
>> 
>> zsync http://phillw.net/isos/lubuntu/xenial/testppc/xenial-desktop-powerpc.iso.zsync
>> 
>> and
>> 
>> zsync http://phillw.net/isos/lubuntu/xenial/testppc/xenial-alternate-powerpc.iso.zsync
>> 
>> zsync is checking the md5sum as part of the process, so it is very reliable, and it is particularly good, if you intend to check daily iso files regularly, because you need only download the difference from the previous (daily) iso file.
>> 
>> -o-
>> 
>> These files can be tested, but you can also install them like they were the real released 16.04.1 LTS version for PowerPC. Not much has happened during the few days after the release. I think nothing at all happened during the first two days, so these iso files should be very similar. Probably some minor bug is squashed, and I think and hope that no major bug has emerged during these days.
>> 
>> So happy testing and usage :-)
>> 
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>> 
>>> Den 2016-07-24 kl. 18:15, skrev Fritz Hudnut:
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 7:36 PM, Simon Quigley <tsimonq2 at ubuntu.com
>>> <mailto:tsimonq2 at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>     I just make sure that
>>>     they know we're listening and understand. In fact, could you link me to
>>>     some of these forums? Maybe I should link the release announcements
>>>     there and respond to responses on that. I could also look at some
>>>     threads and instruct people on filing bugs and reporting issues that a
>>>     bunch of people are having in a way we can see it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> @Simon:
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your reply.  Link to Ubuntu's Apple Hardware User sub-forum,
>>> wherein all topics related to PPC would be posted or funneled by the
>>> list mods:
>>> 
>>> <https://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=328>
>>> 
>>> BTW I do and have filed bug reports, to varying degrees of response from
>>> devs . . . and have reported my test results on the QA; I was a member
>>> of the QA group until I was dropped awhile back . . . .  I do read or
>>> scan most posts on the Lu list serve and recall little or few mentions
>>> of "PPC" related topics or requests for testing for release, until this
>>> recent round.
>>> 
>>> But, indeed, it would be "nice" if you or some of the devs tasked with
>>> PPC would blow through that forum and respond to various posts, possibly
>>> that would or could get the people who are trying to get various ubuntu
>>> flavros to run on their PPC machines enthused about testing . . . ???
>>> Personally I don't look to Twitter for reliable data  . . . .  As far as
>>> my post yesterday requesting for testers, "152 views" with "0 replies" .
>>> . . .  "luigiburdo" is someone who is actively trying to get linux
>>> running on his various PPC computers, has filed bug reports and so forth
>>> and yet seems to have his issues unaddressed; based upon his posts on
>>> the apple user forum . . . people are trying, but don't seem to be
>>> connecting to the people who actually do stuff . . . .  Thanks for
>>> listening.
>>> 
>>> BW,
>>> 
>>> F
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