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[Jackson Doak <doak.jackson@xxxxxxxxx>]

great work guys,  it's a shame we got this close to release, but good work.


On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have even better news,
>
> julien (our boss on lubuntu-devs) has not only got the alternate iso onto
> a diet, but the release team have also re-spun it.
>
> Hat's off to the people who do care. Please let us know if the alternate
> is also CD sized. I know there are other bugs on the system, but getting a
> CD sized installation is quite a step forward. Next release.... we tackle
> other bugs :D
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
>
> On 24 April 2013 00:48, <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>>
>>> the release team *think* that they have gotten the lubuntu-ppc-desktop
>>> as iso size[1]. Please do check. and even if it still oversized.. test the
>>> crap out of it. It will take more time to get alternate correctly sized,
>>> but they do this stuff in their spare time as it is a community supported
>>> system. I'd appreciate any comments as to if it is.
>>>
>>> You testers keep ppc alive for desktops; again, with the complete respin
>>> - do have a look at kubuntu-ppc. With agreement, it now uses the same tests
>>> as lubuntu-ppc. This will make it easier to make the release notes of where
>>> things fail.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Phill.
>>> 1. http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/**qatracker/milestones/269/**builds<http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/269/builds>
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>>
>> I was able to burn it to a CD. The CD size shows 701.8 MB (735,842,304
>> bytes). I successfully booted the following machine with the CD:
>>
>> Powermac G4 MDD FW800, 1.25GHz Dual Processors, 2GB Ram, ATI Radeon 9800
>> Pro (flashed PC card)
>>
>> I also successfully booted the following iBook G4, but I had to use a USB
>> flash drive because the laptop's optical drive is broken:
>>
>> iBook G4, 1.33GHz processor, 1.5GB Ram, ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
>>
>> I will attempt some official testing later tonight, but I'm new at this
>> and still not very confident as to the proper testing procedures.
>>
>> Keith
>>
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