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[Walter Lapchynski <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I marked it as ready, so we're good. Melodie also pointed out we could
always suggest people do 800MB CDs. You may be able to overburn it but the
amd64 is 27MB over so I'm thinking not.

Going forward, we may want to look at removing extra languages from the
[desktop seed][1]:
 # must have
 * Languages: en es de fr ru pt it pl ja nl xh cs
 * language-pack-${Languages}
 * language-pack-gnome-${Languages}

Enough room on amd64 armel i386, not enough on powerpc:
 * Languages: zh-hans hu bn sv ar fi hi el ca da hi
 * language-pack-${Languages} [!powerpc]
 * language-pack-gnome-${Languages} [!powerpc]

Thoughts?

[1]:
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lubuntu-dev/ubuntu-seeds/lubuntu.trusty/view/head:/ship

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Den 2015-08-06 19:15, Israel skrev:
> > On 08/05/2015 04:01 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> >> Den 2015-08-05 12:46, Nio Wiklund skrev:
> >>> ...
> >>>
> >> Dear Lubuntu testers and users,
> >>
> >> Added information about Lubuntu 14.04.3 LTS: The alternate installer
> >> does not work and will not be supplied for this point version. The
> >> desktop installer is oversized for CD. There may or may not be time to
> >> get it within CD size, but we are close to the deadline, I looked into
> >> an alternative for really old computers, that boot from CD disks (but
> >> not from DVD disks or USB drives).
> >>
> >> I could install Lubuntu within CD size using the current mini.iso file
> >>
> >> 1. This general link seems to work now in order to find and download the
> >> Ubuntu mini.iso files
> >>
> >> http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/netboot/
> >>
> >> Select an architecture to install 14.04 with vivid's 3.19 HWE kernel
> >> (supported until August 2016), Index of
> >>
> >>
> /ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/main/installer-i386/current/images/vivid-netboot
> >>
> >> with this md5sum
> >>
> >> a5156887b51e5e523a099bc255274c85  ./vivid-netboot/mini.iso
> >>
> >> 2. Install a very basic system (no packages selected within the
> >> mini.iso's installer.
> >>
> >> 3. Reboot into text mode and install Lubuntu
> >>
> >> sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
> >>
> >> 4. Reboot and you have Lubuntu.
> >>
> >> I found one hickup: The nm-applet (network manager's indicator on the
> >> panel) has no icon, but if you click on the 'empty' space between the
> >> keyboard symbol and the clock, you get the relevant menus. And the
> >> network works (no pun intended) :-)
> >>
> >> This is not as easy as the alternate installer, but it is not too
> difficult.
> >>
> >> *. On the other hand, it might be better to start from the alternate
> >> installer of Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS and update/dist-upgrade to get up to
> >> date program packages including security patches. This will not get the
> >> vivid kernel, but the stay with the trusty kernel. The trusty kernel is
> >> probably at least as good as the vivid one for such old hardware, so I
> >> would recommend starting from Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS and staying with the
> >> trusty kernel 3.13.
> >>
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >> Nio
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Hi Nio,
> > isn't there a tasksel option for Lubuntu?
> >
> > Another option would be to preseed the mini with a url.  I did this some
> > time ago with debian and mate on PPC.  It worked well and was fairly
> > painless... though Debian is a bit more complicated than Ubuntu for new
> > non-technical users to use from the mini install.
> >
> > That seems like the 'best' way to make it easy for users.
>
> Hi Israel,
>
> You are probably right. I did what I'm used to, but it might be easier
> to select Lubuntu via the menu in the mini installer (I guess that is
> the 'tasksel' option).
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
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