Experience with Alpha2 release: 1. If there is an internet connection during install it installs OpenOffice by default. If you don't want OO, just disable your internet connection, it worked for me... this is just a temporary solution (I hope :) 2. Still can't change keyboard layout (no option in GUI, had to reinstall) 3. Can't change timezone (no option in GUI) - had to reinstall OS in order to change it at setup time 4. xscreensaver /usr/share/backgrounds/ is still missing (directory has to be created manually, same problem was there in Aplha1) 5. On my compaq nc6320 wifi card (broadcom) was not recognized (had to install jockey-gtk). This is same in regular Ubuntu as well. 6. No flash plugin in browser (not sure if this is planned in final release or not). I installed it manually. 7. Printing got included in this release (was missing in Alpha1), but stil can not add printer ("New" and "Server/Settings" is disabled )
I need flash and Java (for applets) in my browser, plus my wifi card to be recognized, so I run the following commands on top of a regular Lubuntu install: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install jockey-gtk sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin sudo apt-get install update-manager sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get autoremove Did some disk space measurements with df, here are the values: clean install with openoffice.org 1.749.168 clean install without openoffice 1.129.184 after adding flashplugin, sun-java6, jockey-gtk and update-manager 1.267.352 Overall it's great, I love it, and there is visible improvement. I'm very excited and looking forward to new releases. Let me know if I can help more. Thanks a lot! Zoltan On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Julien Lavergne <gi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Hi, > > The second Alpha of Lubuntu is now available for testing. Don't forget > that it's build with Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) which is still in Alpha state > of development, so same warnings : > > "Pre-releases of Lucid are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable > system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even > frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers > and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs." > > There is not so much changes between Alpha 1 and Alpha 2, don't expect > big surprises. The next release (Alpha 3), which will be released after > the Feature Freeze, will be more interesting :) > > Features : > - LXDE packages up-to-date > - LXDM > - The new pcmanfm for testing (type "pcmanfm2" in a terminal) > - Many wallpapers and start icons from lxde forum, gnome-look or Leszek > Lesner, to be able to switch easily and to test the result > - First customization with a splash screen from Leszek Lesner > - Installable with ubiquity (but upgrade from this Alpha 2 to next > release is not guaranteed). > > Known bugs: > - Alpha 2 may not boot on karmic Virtualbox, you should upgrade > virtualbox to avoid this problem. > > If you want to create a bootable usb system, please use the usb creator > directly on Ubuntu. > > Please follow the testing process described on this page : > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/TestingSubTeam . You can also > report problems and bugs relative to the tests on this page. > > Download : > http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-lucid-alpha2.iso<http://people.ubuntu.com/%7Egilir/lubuntu-lucid-alpha2.iso> > > Regards, > Julien Lavergne > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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