I have, since the 02-25-`1 daily builds, been testing Kubuntu, Lubuntu, and Xubuntu, with good results. The build back then for Lubuntu, was a bust; I had to bring in the LXDE packages myself, but since then, it has been fine. Kubuntu had a few minor, but annoying defects, but it wouldn't let me download the dbg packages, which they mandated, in order to report the issues, so I just waited, tested a little later, and the issues went away. Xubuntu, in contrast, has been perfect for me from the start; no issues to report! I'd rate it best of the bunch! <div></div><div> </div>-- Brian Masinick masinick at yahoo dot com 603-545-2669 <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr" > <hr size="1"> From: "xubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com" <xubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com> To: xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 4:14 PM Subject: xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 63, Issue 18 </div> ----- Forwarded Message ----- Send xubuntu-users mailing list submissions to <a ymailto="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target=_blank >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to <a ymailto="mailto:xubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:xubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a> You can reach the person managing the list at <a ymailto="mailto:xubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:xubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com</a> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of xubuntu-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: 12.04 beta2 (Jack Fromm) 2. Re: 12.04 beta2 (Alex Ong) 3. Re: 12.04 beta2 (Karim REKIK) 4. Msi410 overheat xubuntu (Cazador) 5. Re: Msi410 overheat xubuntu (Peter Frenning [OZ1PIF]) 6. Xubuntu 12.04 LTS (wanda) 7. Ramdisk usage (tmpfs) (J?rg Roesinger) 8. Xubuntu and Ubuntu Studio Release Candidate images on ISO tracker (Janne Jokitalo) On 04/19/2012 07:15 PM, Karlton Douglas wrote: > Just wanted to say I'm impressed with the 12.04 beta2 Xubuntu release. Been using it since last night and it is looking good, seems a bit more polished than the 11.10 release. The only issue I've had at all is Firefox crashing on me just once, otherwise seems pretty stable. I think this will be a good LTS release :-) > KBD > Based on this I gave it a try too. Installed it in Virtualbox. First thing I noticed was how much quicker than 11.10 it was to boot and shut down. Seeing as how boot times have been regressing since 10.04, this was a pleasant surprise. I'm still using Ubuntu Lucid on my desktop and can't tolerate Unity or Gnome Shell. Xubuntu 11.10 had some minor issues on my hardware (in addition to the slower startup and shut down times) that prevented me from adopting it but 12.04 might be just the thing to move me to the next LTS. JJF I am hesitant on leaving 10.10 as it was very stable. I might try 12.04 once it is released. Sent from iPhone On 21 Apr, 2012, at 9:23 PM, Jack Fromm <<a ymailto="mailto:jjfrv8@gmail.com" href="mailto:jjfrv8@gmail.com">jjfrv8@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > On 04/19/2012 07:15 PM, Karlton Douglas wrote: >> Just wanted to say I'm impressed with the 12.04 beta2 Xubuntu release. Been using it since last night and it is looking good, seems a bit more polished than the 11.10 release. The only issue I've had at all is Firefox crashing on me just once, otherwise seems pretty stable. I think this will be a good LTS release :-) >> KBD >> > Based on this I gave it a try too. Installed it in Virtualbox. First thing I noticed was how much quicker than 11.10 it was to boot and shut down. Seeing as how boot times have been regressing since 10.04, this was a pleasant surprise. I'm still using Ubuntu Lucid on my desktop and can't tolerate Unity or Gnome Shell. Xubuntu 11.10 had some minor issues on my hardware (in addition to the slower startup and shut down times) that prevented me from adopting it but 12.04 might be just the thing to move me to the next LTS. > > JJF > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > <a ymailto="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target=_blank >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> <meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id=yiv1303290375><div dir="ltr">You can save your 10.10 installation with clonezilla, try 12.04, and return later to 10.10 if needed. <div dir="ltr">Wkr </div> <div class="yiv1303290375gmail_quote">2012/4/21 Alex Ong <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:alexong2005@yahoo.com.sg" target="_blank" href="mailto:alexong2005@yahoo.com.sg">alexong2005@yahoo.com.sg</a>> <blockquote class="yiv1303290375gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> I am hesitant on leaving 10.10 as it was very stable. I might try 12.04 once it is released. Sent from iPhone <div class="yiv1303290375HOEnZb"><div class="yiv1303290375h5"> On 21 Apr, 2012, at 9:23 PM, Jack Fromm <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jjfrv8@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jjfrv8@gmail.com">jjfrv8@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > On 04/19/2012 07:15 PM, Karlton Douglas wrote: >> Just wanted to say I'm impressed with the 12.04 beta2 Xubuntu release. Been using it since last night and it is looking good, seems a bit more polished than the 11.10 release. The only issue I've had at all is Firefox crashing on me just once, otherwise seems pretty stable. I think this will be a good LTS release :-) >> KBD >> > Based on this I gave it a try too. Installed it in Virtualbox. First thing I noticed was how much quicker than 11.10 it was to boot and shut down. Seeing as how boot times have been regressing since 10.04, this was a pleasant surprise. I'm still using Ubuntu Lucid on my desktop and can't tolerate Unity or Gnome Shell. Xubuntu 11.10 had some minor issues on my hardware (in addition to the slower startup and shut down times) that prevented me from adopting it but 12.04 might be just the thing to move me to the next LTS. > > JJF > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> </div> </div><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id=yiv1573449928>Hi! Ive recently installed xubuntu 11.10 on my laptop msi410. The problem: it overheats! Its imposible to use it, even shutdown by itself a couple of times. Someone out there with a similar problem? What can i do to to keep the laptop cool? I dont want to use it like this, but ill have to try out other distros if i dont find a solution. By the way, under windows the laptop gets hot but its not serious. Cazador Ps. Sorry for my english, its not my first lenguaje. I hope you could understand me. </div><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id=yiv1434894945><html> <head> </head> <div> Den 21-04-2012 17:50, Cazador skrev: <blockquote type="cite"> Hi! Ive recently installed xubuntu 11.10 on my laptop msi410. The problem: it overheats! Its imposible to use it, even shutdown by itself a couple of times. Someone out there with a similar problem? What can i do to to keep the laptop cool? I dont want to use it like this, but ill have to try out other distros if i dont find a solution. By the way, under windows the laptop gets hot but its not serious. Cazador Ps. Sorry for my english, its not my first lenguaje. I hope you could understand me. <fieldset class="yiv1434894945mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> Probably a dirty and/or clogged fan! You need to clean these things regularly - especially in laptops! <pre class="yiv1434894945moz-signature">-- Vy 73 de OZ1PIF/5Q2M, Peter ***************************************** ** Genius is one per cent inspiration, ** ** and ninety-nine per cent ** ** perspiration. ** ** -- Thomas A. Edison ** ***************************************** email: peter(no-spam <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv1434894945moz-txt-link-abbreviated" ymailto="mailto:filler)@frenning.dk" target="_blank" href="mailto:filler)@frenning.dk">filler)@frenning.dk</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv1434894945moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.frenning.dk/oz1pif.htm">http://www.frenning.dk/oz1pif.htm</a> Ph. +45 4619 3239 Snailmail: Peter Frenning Ternevej 23 DK-4130 Viby Sj. Denmark ***************************************** </pre> </div> </html> </div><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id=yiv582735426>This is the best Xubuntu (12.04) ever made an excellent job .. summit. Thanks. Wanda Rooze.sen -- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://sites.google.com/site/wandasblogxubuntu/home">W_Intro </a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#%21/wandaxubuntu">Twitter</a> Made on Linux Xubuntu - Machine..... </div><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on">Hi list! I've been testing Xubuntu 12.04 for 2 weeks on my Samsung N220 Plus Netbook (upgraded to 2 gb RAM) now. I downloaded the daily builds a few times and played around with several programs, tools and tweaks to get the system to my personal "perfect" status. When the final release comes out, I'll just work down my list and get productive. :) One thing I am unsure atm is the Ramdisk usage. What I do right now is: sudo leafpad /etc/fstab then I enter the following lines at the end: #RAMDISK tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0 this creates a dynamic Ramdisk for the /tmp folder, so my harddisk gets less read/writes, the system overall speed increases and temporary data gets deleted on every downtime, freeing up the disk space. Also I have set my Firefox cache onto the Ramdisk, speeding up the load time of websites critically. What I would like to know now is, what folders can I add safely to the ramdisk to improve further (if at all)? I have read that the whole /var folder should remain untouched, even /var/tmp. Is that true? Greetings, Joerg -- "... and that's how I saved Earth and am the greatest!" Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, testing time is here... First off, let me apologize for the cross-posting. But please swallow your rising anger, and read on, I have an explanation embedded in the message. Release Candidates have been released, and they're in great need of testing. Please help us with finding the rest of the bugs in hiding, go to <a href="http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/" target=_blank >http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/</a> now! You will see a list of releases that are being tracked currently. The latest and the most important is the Precise Pre-Release. But before you click on that link, please do log in first on your left hand menu button. If you have a Ubuntu Single Sign-on account, you will be prompted to log in with that (it includes all wiki accounts, LP accounts etc.). If you don't, now is an excellent opportunity to create one. Once you've logged in, you can click on the link mentioned above. You will be introduced with a long list of images in need of quality assurance. Most of these have good assistance, but if you feel like it, please help the other flavors/teams by testing their images as well. I'm mostly interested in two projects, though, and asking for help on them. They would be Xubuntu and Ubuntu Studio. Why? Because starting from oneiric release cycle, Ubuntu Studio started using Xubuntu as the base for the release. So helping Xubuntu also directly helps Ubuntu Studio. But choosing either one will benefit both projects. It all comes down to your individual preference, whether you're more interested about an all-around desktop distribution, or need more multimedia-related features. So according to your machine, you would be choosing either i386 or amd64 arch. (do ask if you're unsure which you should be using) If you're choosing Ubuntu Studio, you're left with the live-dvd only, but for Xubuntu you can choose whether you need more advanced features for the installer (like encryption for more than just /home directory etc. which can be found in the alternate image) or if you want to test the system first without making changes to it (this would be the live-cd). For Ubuntu Studio, you are faced with two test cases; Install (ubiquity) and Live Session. The latter is the one you would choose when you want to see how the distribution runs, prior to proceeding with the install, whereas the former will commence with the install immediately. For Xubuntu, you have more choices. The alternate installer provides auto-resize, entire disk and entire disk with encryption test cases (plus the once-only manual partitioning case), and the desktop image add the wubi installer case to the aforementioned bunch. The run-once test case means it's considered reliable if it has been ran once, by anyone, during the whole Release Candidate ISO tracking process. All the other test cases need to be re-run, if there are updates to the images, which occasionally happens (and has happened several times already, hence I'm only now giving the larger audience this notification email). When you execute a test case, please make sure to read the test case specifications linked to on the image page (saying 'Link to the testcase'), and also please provide bug information if you happen to stumble upon any (bug filing in LaunchPad is explained in length at [0]). The hardware profile part is optional, but highly appreciated, especially if there are bugs filed. It's totally free-form, just feel free to fill in any info regarding your setup. And that's it, you've then officially been an important part in the quality assurance process for Ubuntu development! The projects and the whole community thanks You for your contribution! :) Oh and finally a few words for the people filing an application to Xubuntu Testers team. I'm going to go through them during the next 24 hours. Please make sure you've added yourself on the wiki page listed in the description of the team's LP page. It'll help us review your application, thus quickening the process. It also helps if you have a public email listed in your LP profile, but that's not absolutely necessary. Looking forward to seeing lots of results soon. Thanks in advance for all the help You can give us! If you have some questions you don't feel like asking on the mailing lists, or generally just want to talk about the contributing to the projects, feel free to stop by at our IRC channels [1]. Most of the time there are helpful people willing to resolve any issues you might have, but please bear in mind that even though nicks are visible, it doesn't necessarily mean anyone's staring at the channel all the time. Some of us have persistent connections for several purposes, but have life outside of the network, as crazy as it might sound like. :) [0]: <URL:<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs" target=_blank >https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs</a>> [1]: For Xubuntu, go to #xubuntu, and for Ubuntu Studio, go to #ubuntustudio. The server is irc.freenode.net, instructions on how to connect at <URL:<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat" target=_blank >https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat</a>> Best regards, -- Jaska (astraljava on irc.freenode.net) -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a ymailto="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target=_blank >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </div> </div>