[lubuntu-devel] Testing Lubuntu Alternate i386 version 20160727

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

Got this message today...








*A new build of Lubuntu Alternate i386 is ready for testing!Version:
20160727Link:http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/364/builds/127060/testcases
<http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/364/builds/127060/testcases>Testcases:
- Alternate Install (Entire Disk)*

Downloaded the iso and used Startup Disk Creator to put the iso onto a USB
flash drive.

ian at turing:~/isos/Yakkety-Yak/daily-20160727$ md5sum -c MD5SUMS
yakkety-alternate-i386.iso: OK

Installed it on my Samsung NC10 NetBook (32-bit, Intel Atom, 2GiB RAM), of
which details can be found here -
https://gist.github.com/21b61903871ee685fc79

I'd printed a Lubuntu testing list sometime this week, with a view to using
it to check Lubuntu installs. Discovered that some steps of the install
weren't mentioned in the testing list. Wasn't sure if this was a priority
so ignored it and carried on with the install. System installed fine,
rebooted and logged in OK.

Interestingly, the testing list mentioned the use of ALT+F4 during an
install for more verbose messages and ALT+F1 to get back to the main
screen/terminal.

Did post-install testing ...
* Using Synaptic Package Manager, installed LibreOffice, GIMP,
lubuntu-restricted-extras, gnome-games, emacs, ruby-dev, ruby2.3-doc

The main menus for LibreOffice were a bit squashed - "Window" and "Help"
were squashed together for Calc, Impress, Writer. In addition, for Impress,
"Slideshow" and "Tools" were closely squashed together.

Started a terminal. Made sure "man mkdir" worked (it failed on a previous
spin) - it worked.

Tried looking up info about the Ruby String class - discovered the keyboard
wasn't being handled properly for double or single quotes. This is a big
problem for programmers. Trying to type in a quote character is a bit
strange - you have to press the relevant key _twice_ for the keypress to
register. To test for this bug, install ruby-dev and ruby2.3-doc packages
and, in a terminal, attempt to type:-

ri 'String.+'

I think this is a bug but I am not sure where to file it.

HTH,


Ian

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