[Lubuntu-desktop] Please let me know when Lubuntu is ready for early testing...

2009-12-10 Thread Jeff Elkner
Hi All, I super happy to see working moving forward on Lubuntu. I teach Information and Communication Technology classes in Arlington Virginia. We have: 1. Low income students who do not have computers at home. 2. Free older computers that I could give to them. The free computers vary, but

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Please let me know when Lubuntu is ready for early testing...

2009-12-10 Thread David Sugar
Ubuntu flavors are not LTS in the same way as Ubuntu itself. LTS I think has a specific meaning that implies with it Canonical paid support as being valid for those who have service contracts for the same period, and there is no Canonical paid support for Lubuntu or other community spins.

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Please let me know when Lubuntu is ready for early testing...

2009-12-10 Thread Julien Lavergne
Hi, Thanks, testing and feedback are always welcome :) I hope we can have a first testing iso next week, some days after the 1st iso of Lucid. It can be a good starting point. Regards, Julien Lavergne Le jeudi 10 décembre 2009 à 09:56 -0500, Jeff Elkner a écrit : Hi All, I super happy to

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Please let me know when Lubuntu is ready for early testing...

2009-12-10 Thread Jeff Elkner
Understood, David, but if the platform on which it is built is LTS, then we know that the apt repositories will stay active for longer. jeff On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 10:50 AM, David Sugar david.su...@canonical.com wrote: Ubuntu flavors are not LTS in the same way as Ubuntu itself.  LTS I think

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Please let me know when Lubuntu is ready for early testing...

2009-12-10 Thread Jeff Elkner
Thanks, Julien! I'll be able to install it on at least half a dozen different computers, and report back what I find. jeff elkner On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Julien Lavergne gi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi, Thanks, testing and feedback are always welcome :) I hope we can have a first

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Please let me know when Lubuntu is ready for early testing...

2009-12-10 Thread itfactor36
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Jeff Elkner j...@elkner.net wrote: Hi All, 1. Low income students who do not have computers at home. 2. Free older computers that I could give to them. The free computers vary, but they start at Pentium II or III processors with 128 MB or higher RAM. I would