Hi All!!! I downloaded the PPC alpha and will test it on two computers. One as a live Environment, and one I will install it, and post my results here, and on the qa tracker
On 06/27/2014 10:44 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > @wxl: > > I think we have chatted in the past and you offered help to me a few > years back when I was first getting into linux and trying to get > something running on my ppc iMac . . . . But, just a short comment, > it was only a few days ago that you first posted about needing ppc > testers here . . . although I'm personally thinking that 14.04 will be > the bleeding edge for my two ppc units . . . even if I had the time to > test out an alpha one . . . it takes time to actually do that . . . . > It seems like Lubuntu has taken or has been given the task of > providing a ppc friendly product . . . so part of "priming the pump" > might be to move forward with the image--if you build it they will > come . . . . > > There are numbers of ppc people still out there, they might not be > hanging out here . . . . It was somewhat amusing to see perhaps > Israel's response to one of my comments or questions about ppc . . . > as simply, "PPC is a mess" . . . and that is somewhat correct from > what I've found; it's certainly not "plug n play" . . . . I'm looking > specifically at the fact that the NV driver is no longer included, and > now it seems that the radeon driver needs special handling . . . . > Meaning even more time is required to run a test, etc . . . reducing > the number of people who have time to do that. > > To get more potential people involved, and you may have done this, > but, you should also at least post a thread on the Apple Users > sub-forum, and possibly some of the PPC people there would be > available to test stuff and report back . . . . Rsavage and others > have posted a number of "Testers wanted for xxx PPC" on that forum; > although I haven't stopped by there recently . . . due to time > constraints. Thanks if you are helping to keep Lubuntu PPC friendly. > > F/e.e.p. > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 5:00 AM, > <lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com > <mailto:lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com>> wrote: > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:51:11 +0000 > From: ? <carsrcoffin...@yahoo.com <mailto:carsrcoffin...@yahoo.com>> > Subject: Lubuntu Utopic Unicorn 14.10 Alpha 1 released! (no ppc or > > > Release notes are here: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UtopicUnicorn/Alpha1/Lubuntu > > Note there are no ppc or amd64+mac images because no one with suitable > hardware bothered to test. Please do so with the dailies and record > your results on the ISO QA tracker so we can squash any obvious bugs > and be ready for Alpha 2 testing in July: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing > > wxl > > > > > > -- Regards
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