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[Steve <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:05:34 -0000, Phill Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> a thousand apologies, got some family matters, so have lost the plot a  
> bit
> as to where everything is up to. So, if I say where I am up to could some
> one tell me what would be of the most help.
>
> 1) Currently on my desktop is the alpha3 iso. (yes, I HAVE deleted the
> alpha2)
> 2) I currently use a 2GB memory stick and run with persistance.
> 3) I also have a 512MB memory stick that is sat doing very little, if  
> that
> would be of any use in testing lower specification installation  / test  
> on.
Can’t think of a use for it.

> 3) I have now set up a partition now set up (10 GB) for an installation,
> either via USB install, or I have a CD-RW's that my laptop is quite happy
> with as 'Boot' media.
I’d go with the CD install as the machines this is aimed at won’t boot off  
USB Flash drives.

> My laptop is a single core Intel Celeron M 440 (1 GB RAM) As I already  
> have
> 9.10 and 'main' 10.04 Ubuntu, an installation will, unless I am told
> otherwise how to do it "see" my 1GB /swap area
That doesn’t matter as it will only use the swap it needs.

> I'm still very new to testing, so would need, for example ..
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lernid-devs/lernid-releases
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install lernid
The PPA you’d need is ppa:lubuntu-desktop/ppa


> Or something similar to add repositories / updates
>
> I note that lubuntu stuff is hitting the main lucid updates, but last  
> time I
> tried it the system wanted to give me ALL the lucid updates, there was a
> comment of using --safe,
I always do:-
	sudo apt-get update
	sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
so anything that needs to be uninstalled is.  If anything gets fouled up  
it isn’t a massive job to reinstall.

> I will have about 11:00 --> 16:00 GMT (UCT) available to test things out  
> on.
> I do have access to a Win XP laptop, but it is only XP Home, so I am not
> sure what help that may be for testing things like samba
WinXP is OK for testing samba, I’ve been testing with win98. It’s not  
likely the users Lubuntu is aimed at will have XP Pro.

> Sorry to sound like the n00b that I am, list of instructions - what you  
> want
> testing and I'll get it done !!!
Just do what you normally do with a computer.  I’ve copied some documents,  
PDFs, photos, music across and I’m editing those making copies and doing  
all the things you would normally do.  You can also alter the system  
settings, change themes, fonts, etc. Install other programs, such as games  
or what ever you normally use, see what space they take up, what  
dependencies they have.  Check printers and scanners work.  Check CDs burn  
OK.
And have fun :D

> Regards,
>
> Phill.


--
Steve

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