lubuntu-qa team mailing list archive

[Walter Lapchynski <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh and the PPC team always needs help!

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing/PPC

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Walter Lapchynski <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Changes in Debian get synced downstream to Ubuntu. Where do you think
> the fix is?
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Mari <saltycat77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> First let me thank you for all the work you and your team do on Lubuntu-I am
>> a big fan! I have installed it on many old computers and it performs well! I
>> also love how it can be easily customized to one's liking.
>>
>> Here are a couple of screenshots of Lubuntu 12.04 (I installed some icon and
>> Openbox themes as well as Docky) running on a Powermac G4 7400 512 mb ram.
>> Its usable and while it does have some issues, I'm sure I will be able to
>> sort them out. It was more of a proof of concept as I was given several old
>> PPC powermacs and wanted to see if I could get them to run something other
>> than OS X before saying goodbye to them.
>>
>> But I am disappointed by the lack of PPC support-they are old computers
>> people like to keep. Its mainly the issue with the old ATI rage Pro 128
>> cards which is slowing down the install and keeping it from running
>> optimally (it should, in my opinion, run at least as well as OS X Tiger does
>> and, in fact, should run faster).  While there seems to be a fix out there
>> that Debian still maintains, Ubuntu dropped support for the PPC some time
>> ago and I had trouble compiling the necessary files for installation on the
>> powermac. I'm sure I will sort it out eventually but its clearly not for the
>> novice.
>>
>> I wonder if there might be a way to maintain a Lubuntu repo for these old
>> PPC computers, since Lubuntu is great for older hardware.
>>
>> Anyway, I would be happy to work with you all on any PPC issues-I have a lot
>> of spare time as I am physically disabled, thus I spend a lot of time at
>> home.
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> Mari
>>
>> PS Wrote this on an HP Pavilion Athlon 64 X2 running Lubuntu 14.04 :)
>>
>> --
>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa
>> Post to     : lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa
>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>
>
>
>
> --
> @wxl | http://polka.bike
> Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA
> Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
> Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader
> Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer



-- 
@wxl | http://polka.bike
Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA
Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader
Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer