[Lubuntu-qa] One Button Installer improved with dialog menus and xz compression

[Nio Wiklund]

Hi Federico,

Thank you very much for testing the OBI and several versions of Lubuntu
tarballs (so also Lubuntu). I hope that our work will be useful for many
current and future users.

There will be a pause until I can upload a new version of the OBI, but I
want to do it as soon as possible.

Best regards
Nio

On 2013-10-30 14:39, Federico Leoni wrote:
> Tested both the OBI install on my notebook and a liveCD on
> virtualbox.: the "language support is not installed completely"
> message is related to a single package, hunspell-en-ca
> 
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/saucy/+package/hunspell-en-ca
> " This is the English_canadian dictionary for use with the hunspell
> spellchecker"
> 
> If you change the language then you'll install the complete one but
> this package for english will always miss.
> I have installed Italian and Portuguese without completing the install
> for English but when I launched again the Language Support the missing
> package alert was still there. Removing completely the English
> language solved the problem, obviously.
> Curiously installing the English version of the package hunspell-en-ca
> has been successfully added.
> 
> I didn't see any bug report related to this situation, later today
> I'll open one.
> 
> Anyway beside this isue both the new tarball are working fine, Nio.
> Drop me a line when you want to try the new revision of the OBI
> installer.
> 
> F.
> 
> 2013/10/30 Federico Leoni <effelle at gmail.com>:
>> Good morning Nio,
>> I'll test both today but as far as I remember the language is never
>> completely installed, even the english one.
>> Let me confirm or deny this behavior installing a classic desktop from
>> a live CD.
>>
>> F.
>>
>> 2013/10/30 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com>:
>>> On 2013-10-30 01:04, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>>> On 2013-10-30 00:59, Federico Leoni wrote:
>>>>> 2013/10/29 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com>:
>>>>>> On 2013-10-29 23:11, Federico Leoni wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think this convinced me to make the system ready for the end user
>>>>>> (skipping the oem-stage).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would there still be a need for an open text file with simple
>>>>>> instructions? In that case, what instructions?
>>>>>
>>>>> If you skip the oem-stage then no instructions are needed. The OEM
>>>>> installer is easy to follow.
>>>>
>>>> OK
>>>>
>>>>>> The wallpaper could make the pure Lubuntu and the tweaked version
>>>>>> different visually.
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with you.
>>>>>
>>>>>> xubuntu-precise.tar.xz
>>>>>>
>>>>>> is already among the uploaded tarballs. Try it in a computer that copes
>>>>>> with precise or wait for the Saucy version :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Then I'm out. Precise was always full of issues on my notebook. I
>>>>> think I'll install Xfce desktop on Lubuntu 13.10 just to see how it
>>>>> runs on such an old machine. You know, watch competitors is always a
>>>>> good thing. :)
>>>>
>>>> Yes, that's a good idea :-)
>>>>
>>>>> F.
>>>
>>> Hi Federico,
>>>
>>> Now there are two new tarballs without tweaks at phillw.net for you to test
>>>
>>> md5sum
>>> 06b3fe52a56a3af758ef48b59b9e3b24  tarballs/Lubuntu_13.10oct30.tar.xz
>>> 4c5259a774d0945b08a8d7515e192f68  tarballs/Lubuntu_13.10oem-oct30.tar.xz
>>>
>>> 'Lubuntu_13.10oem-oct30.tar.xz' is for OEM guys (like you)
>>>
>>> 'Lubuntu_13.10oct30.tar.xz' is for end users (after the OEM guy has
>>> clicked the icon in the top left corner)
>>>
>>> There is at least one glitch: The end user is given the opportunity to
>>> select language, but it will not be installed properly at the
>>> installation (at least not Swedish, that I tested). But when the user
>>> selects (from the main menu)
>>>
>>> Preferences--Language Support
>>>
>>> and installs the relevant language, it will work after the next reboot.
>>>
>>> Do you know if this can be improved (without installing all languages at
>>> the OEM level)?
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio