<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">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. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Thanx </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">jim </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On 29 January 2016 at 23:33, <<a href="mailto:lubuntu-devel-request@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">lubuntu-devel-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send Lubuntu-devel mailing list submissions to <a href="mailto:lubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-devel" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-devel</a> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to <a href="mailto:lubuntu-devel-request@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-devel-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a> You can reach the person managing the list at <a href="mailto:lubuntu-devel-owner@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-devel-owner@lists.ubuntu.com</a> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Lubuntu-devel digest..." 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Re: Xenial Alpha 2 available for testing, due Friday (Herminio Hernandez, Jr.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:18:03 -0600 From: "Herminio Hernandez, Jr." <<a href="mailto:herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com">herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com</a>> To: Walter Lapchynski <<a href="mailto:wxl@ubuntu.com">wxl@ubuntu.com</a>> Cc: lubuntu-devel <<a href="mailto:lubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: Re: [lubuntu-devel] Xenial Alpha 2 available for testing, due Friday Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:CAJRA9dzx73fg8sDzjJNFvn9BLdO6uhXNEvEwj2RFTCx6ofbh9A@mail.gmail.com">CAJRA9dzx73fg8sDzjJNFvn9BLdO6uhXNEvEwj2RFTCx6ofbh9A@mail.gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I also posted a short review on my blog *here* <<a href="http://ricanlinux.blogspot.com/2016/01/lubuntu-1604-alpha-2-is-out-with-lxqt.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ricanlinux.blogspot.com/2016/01/lubuntu-1604-alpha-2-is-out-with-lxqt.html</a>> . On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < <a href="mailto:herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com">herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Sweet! > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Walter Lapchynski <<a href="mailto:wxl@ubuntu.com">wxl@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: > >> Officially, Herminio, [you are famous][1]. ;) >> >> [1]: <a href="http://lubuntu.me/xenial-lxqt-ppc/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lubuntu.me/xenial-lxqt-ppc/</a> >> >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < >> <a href="mailto:herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com">herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com</a>> 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 <<a href="mailto:wxl@ubuntu.com">wxl@ubuntu.com</a>> >>> 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 <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">packages.ubuntu.com</a>, it doesn't >>>> appear there are ppc builds, but according to Launchpad they're being built >>>> for everything. Some examples: >>>> <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcmanfm-qt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcmanfm-qt</a> >>>> <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxqt-panel" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxqt-panel</a> >>>> I know I had no problem installing from the xenial repos on my >>>> Raspberry Pi2, for example. More info on this is here: >>>> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/LXQt#Stable_Packages" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/LXQt#Stable_Packages</a> >>>> 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. < >>>> <a href="mailto:herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com">herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com</a>> 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 <<a href="mailto:wxl@ubuntu.com">wxl@ubuntu.com</a>> 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]: >>>>> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2016-January/003537.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2016-January/003537.html</a> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> @wxl | <a href="http://polka.bike" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://polka.bike</a> >>>>> 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 >>>>> -- >>>>> Lubuntu-devel mailing list >>>>> <a href="mailto:Lubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">Lubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >>>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>>>> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-devel" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-devel</a> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> @wxl | <a href="http://polka.bike" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://polka.bike</a> >>>> 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 | <a href="http://polka.bike" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://polka.bike</a> >> 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 >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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