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[Walter Lapchynski <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 24, 2014 9:09 AM, "Fritz Hudnut" <este.el.paz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Walter Lapchynski <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Finally PPC folks, I need to look deeper into Boris' suggestion about
boot parameters with Radeon graphics. If anyone can test that and comment
on the bug, that would be great:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1377878
>> If we can at least have a good workaround, that would be great. Then we
start looking at Qt support of PPC.
> As I CC'd you after I tried Boris' suggestion on booting the 14.10 Live
DVD, using the AGP boot parameter got me into a clean GUI and for the most
part everything worked, certainly the GUI did not "freeze" like it did when
using the "radeonfb" parameters.

Post it on the bug report please! Any test results should end up on a bug
report. Letting me know is good, but having it documented on the bug report
will allow me to justify taking further triage action. Hard to justify
based on apparent conjecture.

>> What do you guys think about PPC only for LTS versions? It might give us
the extra time we seem to often need.
> In terms of support for PPC in LTS only, personally I think that is fine,
LTS is my choice for almost all of my linux systems, since the hardware
can't really make use of bleeding edge software, LTS is more than likely
just fine; those that have the skills probably can get anything to work,
but for "end users" like myself, not enough time to be dealing with the 6
month cycle on upgrades . . . .  But, considering that the hardware more or
less continues, having something for PPC is better than dropping it
altogether, and, as I mentioned before, it seems like AmigaOne is bringing
a larger potential user base for alternative operating systems . . . .  : -
)

Yes and that's why I'd like to continue to support it! I think focusing on
LTS will allow us to better and more consistently support PPC. That being
said, we need to hit Trusty and Vivid dailies hard. For "W" cycle, we would
just continue that.

@wxl
Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA
Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
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