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Re: Fwd: Testing 17.10 Ubuntu Budgie Respin

 

Hi,

I tested it on a HP probook 430 G1 and it works like a charm.

Thank you,
Vincent

On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 5:45 PM, David Mohammed <davidmohammed@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Ah - the QA Tracker has the wrong download information.  It should be
>
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-budgie/artful/daily-live/current/
>
>
> thanks
>
> David (project lead)
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Mohammed <davidmohammed@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 6 January 2018 at 11:42
> Subject: Testing 17.10 Ubuntu Budgie Respin
> To: budgie-remix-bug-busters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> All,
>
>   this is a call-out for everyone to test the new 17.10 UB ISO's that
> have been respun to fix the critical issue where the BIOS was being
> corrupted on some computers
>
>  - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1734147
>
>
> So these ISOs contain the fix - great news!
>
> Now we need to double check that both the 64bit and 32bit ISOs still
> install correctly.
>
>
> All the test cases are found on the QA ISO tracker
>
>  - http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/385/builds
>
> IMPORTANTLY - all results should be added to the ISO Tracker otherwise
> I will not know if you have managed to test the ISOs
>
> A step by step guide on how to use the ISO tracker is here:
>
>  - https://www.tsimonq2.net/blog/2016/04/27/
>
> Or a video is also available
>
>  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJLj0eG7Gjw
>
> The time-frame as always is tight - we need to release at the same
> time as Ubuntu and other flavours on Thursday Jan 11 - so all results
> need to be available by early wednesday.
>
> From Steve Langasek - Ubuntu
> "Note that these images are being prepared in advance of the release of
> fixes
> for Spectre and Meltdown.  As a rule, we do not re-release install media
> for
> security bugs, even those as severe as this; Ubuntu 17.10 install media
> without the Meltdown fix will be in the same category as Ubuntu 14.04.5
> and
> Ubuntu 16.04.3 install media which also do not include the fix.  Also, it
> is
> beneficial to have Ubuntu 17.10 images available again ASAP in the face of
> the impending 17.04 EOL."
>
> thanks
>
> David (project lead)
>
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