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[Paul Gorski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phill,

I actually have a half a dozen G3 iMacs, with two or three different processors and graphic chips. Its just that it takes a while do some testing on these, while testing my G4 eMacs (two of those two) and G4 iBook at the same time.

With the G3 iMacs that problem has been, for all sorts of Linux distros over the years, the video settings. There's a long history of having to edit xorg.conf to get the graphical display to work. Just do a search for iMac G3 xorg.conf and you'll have a full page of hits.

While standard Ubuntu is too much for a G3 iMac, Lubuntu is perfect. I've done a couple of alternate installs and edited xorg.conf on the G3 iMacs, and they're working pretty well.

And I have one Intel-based Mac I can do some testing on if that's needed.

But all this testing cuts into my limited free time I live in northern Illinios, USA, and have a 2.5 hour commute to work, one way, each day. Five hours on the road, 10 hours at work, and 3-4 hours testing makes for a long day.

 

 

Sincerely,
Paul Gorski
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: lubuntu-qa <lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, Mar 3, 2012 4:51 pm
Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] dig out your old computers...


Hiyas,


Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] 


We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work. We only have one with actual hardware as yet, the others are doing it via VM.


We are also testing mac-ppc stuff, seems okay on G4 with quibbles, but an extra G3 equipped person would allow a bug to be confirmed as we only have one person.


For the "new" Intel-Macs, again, we only have one - but that will only get a bug heat if we have a couple of testers: If you know of any one who could help on these, please join the lubuntu-qa team, so far it looks still possible.



The beta 1's are at the usual place https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/TechnicalOverview/Beta1


The dailies, as always are spilt between Desktop and alternate. If you need more information on testing but think you do not know how to do so, please do reply - Honest, we do not bite from any of the testing teams. It is frequently that the new comers say something is wrong & the rest of us go "Dho!, who did we miss that one?"


Please do not see my request to UK list as any attempt to favour one flavour of *buntu over an other. Each flavour has an important section in our family.


Thanks,


Phill.
[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu
[2] http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/204/builds
[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu#System_Requirements




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