Website & download
紳癒礁湖
rafaellaguna at ubuntu.com
Mon Jun 4 20:08:56 UTC 2012
Yep. I like it. I made for my blog something similar (sorry, attached
image):
...with 4 variations. I'll calculate the size and made some mockups, if
you agree.
El dl 04 de 06 de 2012 a les 20:34 +0100, en/na Phill Whiteside va
escriure:
> Hi Rafael,
>
>
>
> I'd start with four (Lubuntu does not have arm etc. candidates).
> 1) 64-Bit (Post about 2007 computers)
> 2) 32-Bit (Pre about 2007 computers)
> 3) Mac-Intel
> 4) Mac-ppc
>
>
> They could then be told the difference between Desktop Install and
> Alternate, followed by torrent / direct download choices. As to how
> make this all flow with icons etc, I'll leave that to you, who lives
> and breathes graphics :)
>
>
> I'd certainly be interested in your ideas,
> as http://thesii.org/iso/ could certainly do with a make-over :)
> (There are more iso's to be added there)
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Phill.
>
>
> On 4 June 2012 19:51, 紳癒礁湖 <rafaellaguna at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> I'm looking at Ubuntu spanish mirror and you're right, there's
> no trace of Mac images. ARM may be named now Toshiba (I'm not
> an arch expert, of course). But I count 12 only, maybe it
> depends on mirrors. Have a look:
>
> http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/cdimage/releases/precise/release/
>
> But the idea I described in last e-mails (regarding website
> design) was about including two or four buttons only, pointing
> directly to the ISOs, in usual archs (32 and 64, ubiquity and
> alternate, 2x2=4). Don't you think?
>
>
> El dl 04 de 06 de 2012 a les 18:03 +0100, en/na Phill
> Whiteside va escriure:
>
>
>
> > Hi Rafael,
> >
> >
> > I've just had a look at the ubuntu.com site. I can't even
> > find mention of the Mac series of installs (to say nothing
> > of arm etc.)? We have a total of 9 variants for Lubuntu
> > 12.04. Ubuntu has 15 (excluding server edition) !
> >
> >
> > I'm all for a nice page with icons and descriptions,
> > hopefully the wiki team can come up with one.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Phill.
> >
> > On 4 June 2012 17:50, 紳癒礁湖 <rafaellaguna at ubuntu.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Sorry, I must say what I think. The people (and I)
> > want to see a BIG button and easier navigation
> > modes, as well as avoiding third party redirected
> > pages. Remember this http://i.imgur.com/5W7B7.png ?
> > That was thinking about ubuntu.com, which is a
> > really gret job, talking in simplicity and
> > efficiency.
> >
> > This will happen again, by many many users.
> >
> > PS. Sorry for being so "graphics nazi", can't avoid
> > it.
> >
> > El dl 04 de 06 de 2012 a les 16:18 +0100, en/na
> > Phill Whiteside va escriure:
> >
> >
> > > HI,
> > >
> > >
> > > you say you were on "Get Ubuntu" ? The Lubuntu
> > > area is Get Lubuntu [1].
> > >
> > >
> > > The information on that page is up to date and
> > > covers as many the vast array of choices available
> > > owing to the vast array of computers that Lubuntu
> > > will run on. Please also note that none of Lubuntu
> > > releases are LTS.
> > >
> > >
> > > The start to Lubuntu Documentation is at [2].
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > Phill.
> > > 1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu
> > > 2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu
> > >
> > > On 4 June 2012 13:35, Ryan Gauger
> > > <rtgkid at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 06/04/2012 07:24 AM, Mark Ballard
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I would like to give some feedback on a
> > > > user's experience trying to download and
> > > > install Lubuntu, if I may.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It's hard to find the download
> > > > page. Clicking on "Get Ubuntu" takes
> > > > you to the help page. Then you have to
> > > > rummage around on the site to find
> > > > somewhere to actually download the
> > > > version you need.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > When you do select to download, it gives
> > > > you v12.04. Even after rummaging around
> > > > not possible to see any other versions
> > > > to download.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The help page talks about other
> > > > versions. It's information implies that
> > > > 11.10 is the long-term release. But
> > > > there appears to be nowhere to download
> > > > the long-term release. The importance of
> > > > short-term releases became apparent to
> > > > users recently when, for example, they
> > > > got shipwrecked with the short term
> > > > release of Ubuntu before the Unity
> > > > overhaul. Had they stuck with the long
> > > > term release prior to that, they would
> > > > not now be shipwrecked. Yes I am
> > > > speaking from experience. But what's the
> > > > point of having a long-term release if
> > > > you don't make it clear to users that
> > > > this is the most advisable version to
> > > > download and then point them to it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The checksum info page contains info
> > > > only about 11.10 checksums. But the site
> > > > downloads 12.04.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The checksum and torrent additions to
> > > > the download process have really snarled
> > > > things up for idiot users - sorry, you
> > > > can't say that, can you? It's snarled
> > > > things up for 'dummies'. No, you can't
> > > > say that either, can you? Just because
> > > > you are not an experienced command-line
> > > > user, administrator or nerd hobbyist,
> > > > that doesn't make you a dummy. But you
> > > > are likely to have plenty else to do:
> > > > looking after kids, working over-time,
> > > > fixing the car, fending off zombies. So
> > > > the install process requires that you
> > > > learn about torrent clients and command
> > > > lines and checksums. That's the last
> > > > thing I need to do. That's eliminated
> > > > most of the population of the planet as
> > > > potential users straight off. Point and
> > > > click, man. What's with all these
> > > > complications?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > So anyway. What I needed: a guarantee
> > > > that I've got a version that will work
> > > > with the target machine: PIII, 256Mb; a
> > > > long term release version; and on the
> > > > advice of this website, a checksummed
> > > > version. What I got: likelihood the
> > > > version I've got doesn't work with my
> > > > machine, a short term release version,
> > > > and no checksum validation.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On top of all that, I'm dizzy from going
> > > > back and forth and round the website for
> > > > the information I need to perform this
> > > > simplest of operations: downloading a
> > > > version to install.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hello Mark,
> > >
> > > I'm sorry your experience with downloading
> > > Lubuntu has not been pleasant. You can't
> > > download other versions of Ubuntu or
> > > Kubuntu off of their websites, unless
> > > Googleing "ubuntu 11.10", "ubuntu 11.04",
> > > etc. The latest long-term support release
> > > is Persistant (12.04 LTS, the LTS stands
> > > for Long-Term Support). Thanks!
> > >
> > > In Christ,
> > > Ryan
> > >
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