Website & download
紳癒礁湖
rafaellaguna at ubuntu.com
Mon Jun 4 21:14:01 UTC 2012
Ok, in two or three days I'll finish the buttons, with your suggestion:
1) 64-Bit
2) 32-Bit
3) Mac-Intel
4) Mac-ppc
El dl 04 de 06 de 2012 a les 21:17 +0100, en/na Phill Whiteside va
escriure:
> Rafael,
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> as ever... top quality work.
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> I'll take a couple of full sets :)
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> Thanks,
>
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> Phill.
>
>
> On 4 June 2012 21:08, 紳癒礁湖 <rafaellaguna at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> Yep. I like it. I made for my blog something similar (sorry,
> attached image):
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>
>
> ...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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