Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Changes in Ubuntu releases decided by the Ubuntu Technical Board

On 2013-03-20 08:07, Lance wrote: > 14.04 would be the next LTS so we might want to discuss the possibility of > pursuing a 3 year (or 30 month) LTS at that time??? Yes please :-) I'm sure you are aware of LXLE. I think it is ambitious (nice looking and working well). Will it be possible to keep

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Changes in Ubuntu releases decided by the Ubuntu Technical Board

with Windows > 8 Pro."/* > */ > /* > That is not hard to achieve by the way. Spread the word of Lubuntu and > Linux in general and they will come to you, you don't need to go to them :) > > My mission is to enlighten the dark world and spread the great infecti

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Changes in Ubuntu releases decided by the Ubuntu Technical Board

achieve that and I have started since few days already :) > > This is my page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad > If you are interested and want to join me with this HOLY MISSION (:P), > you are most welcome and can contact me anytime :) > > > > > On Sat, Mar

Re: End Of Life..

There is a complication to continue with Ubuntu 10.04 desktop. Those packages not included in the server edition won't receive any updates (not even security updates) which was also discussed in the following link http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1954702 Each user can select to upgrade or

Re: End Of Life..

2015 as per this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases > > So, they need to be happy rather than sad ;) > > I hope I explained that well :) > > Thanks! > > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Nio Wiklund <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > The

Re: Touchpad Settings

I see your point. I use Touchpad-indicator, which is installed with a ppa and quite easily tweaked. But it would be nice if a little tool comes with Lubuntu. Nio On 2013-04-01 03:34, Andrew Diamond wrote: > I'm new to this group, so please excuse me if this is the wrong place > for such a request

Re: YouTube on Lubuntu 12.04

+1 It depends on your preferences concerning speed versus eye-candy :-) On 2013-04-03 17:15, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu#System_Requirements > > Lubuntu is NOT only for old machines. For the last two years, users are > starting to use it on their new machines two

Re: YouTube on Lubuntu 12.04

It is hard or impossible to install Lubuntu (any Ubuntu desktop flavour) from the desktop iso with less than 768 MB RAM, even if it works well to run a live session. Install from the alternate iso :-) On 2013-04-03 14:24, Tracer wrote: >> - Original Message - >> From: Ali Linx (amjjawad) >

Re: YouTube on Lubuntu 12.04

I makes me sad, that the Ubuntu guy gave you such an answer :-( I suggest that you try updating with terminal window commands sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade and when necessary sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Good luck :-) Nio On 2013-04-03 21:17, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 04/03/2013 11:44

Re: Lubuntu System Requirement

, I have done so many tests with that amount > of RAM :) > > My tests were done on 3 different machines. The Live Session doesn't > require so much RAM on my tests. Maybe, just maybe it depends on the > hardware but again, I have many machines and I have tested that o

Re: YouTube on Lubuntu 12.04

;-) You can use the system monitor to watch if 'swap used' is changing. Or install iotop and run sudo iotop -o to watch i/o activity. Best regards Nio On 2013-04-04 07:03, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 04/03/2013 03:31 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >> I suggest that you try updating w

Re: Lubuntu System Requirement

nux. The > system requirements will be changed according to the Kernel used on a > specific release. For example, the system requirement for Lubuntu 10.04 > is not the same as 12.04 :) > > Thank you! > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Nio Wiklund <mailto:nio.wikl

Re: Lubuntu System Requirement

Hi Lars! Do you mean Chrome (proprietary) or Chromium-browser or Chromium (another program)? My experience is that Lubuntu 12.04 works well with the default Chromium-browser and 1 GB RAM. Now I have 1.25 GB. But I like Firefox better (probably because I'm more used to it). We may have different h

Re: 450 MHz, 512 MB RAM

I have an old Compaq presario desktop with (I think) a 400 MHz CPU and 512 MB RAM and Rage graphics. It runs quite well with *Knoppix* (better than Puppy). I agree, you need more 'horsepower' for music studio applications. Nio On 2013-04-04 21:25, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 04/04/2013 12:02 PM, P

Re: HOWTO Create LiveUSB using "dd"

Hi Ali and everybody else, dd is nick-named 'disk destroyer'. I made a simple script to reduce the risk, when using this method. You are welcome to use it :-) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1958073 Good luck Nio alias sudodus On 2013-04-06 14:11, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > Hi, > >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Help - Beta2 installation Failed

Hi Ali I don't understand your problem making install USB drives. Please explain! I've done some testing of the lubuntu raring beta2 desktop 32-bit iso (and reported it to the qa tracker). I have made a CD with k3b, a live USB cloned with dd, and live/persistent live USB drives with usb-creator-

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Help - Beta2 installation Failed

tch to console 7 to see > the message "Press Enter", and there, press Enter. > > I hope this helps. > > > Ioannis Vranos > > http://www.cppsoftware.net > > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >> Hi Ali >> >> I don

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Help - Beta2 installation Failed

ink the Lubuntu people in here will help you > with it. Perhaps it is Upstart's bug. > > > Ioannis Vranos > > http://www.cppsoftware.net > > >>> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >>>> Hi Ali >>>> >>>

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Beta 2 is released

On 2013-04-07 06:05, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 04/06/2013 05:11 PM, ∅ wrote: >> >> I pretty much run "lubuntu studio" so would be happy to help if you >> give specifics. >> >> wxl >> >> On Apr 6, 2013 4:05 PM, "Aere Greenway" > > wrote: >> >> On 04/06/2013 04:1

Re: Intel Graphics on 13.04

Hi Aere and Ali, I'm testing the same graphics problem in an old IBM Thinkcentre with 'VGA compatible controller, Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])'. The driver reported by lshw is the same as yours Ali, i915. And I have the same ugly

Re: Intel Graphics on 13.04

[Sent again to add that the installed systems have version 12.04 I agree with Ali's broadcast message, that we should keep systems that are working until end of life, particularly on old hardware.] Hi Aere and Ali, I'm testing the same graphics problem in an old IBM Thinkcentre with 'VGA compat

Lubuntu installation test

Hello everybody :-) This is a short report of a Lubuntu installation from the desktop iso file (32-bit daily). The target machine was delivered in April 2008 by a small vendor of computers with Ubuntu preinstalled. It came with Ubuntu 7.10, but I soon upgraded to 8.04 LTS. See this link. http://

memory needed for Lubuntu tested with vbox

I want to share these results from testing to install and run Lubuntu with low memory. I was using today's daily build of Lubuntu Raring desktop and alternate iso files. See the attached file. Comments are welcome :-) Best regards Nio alias sudodus install-comments.pdf Description: Adobe PDF do

Re: Xscreensaver activated with switching back to original user

On 2013-04-20 18:24, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 04/20/2013 09:43 AM, Lars Noodén wrote: >> When I switch users and then log out of the second user I get the login >> screen, as expected. Then when I enter the login credentials for the >> first user, the next thing I am greeted with is Xscreensaver'

Re: Xscreensaver activated with switching back to original user

On 2013-04-20 18:31, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 20.04.2013 19:14, John Hupp wrote: >> I have observed the same thing, and someone raised the issue here >> maybe a year ago. I recall that it was regarded as a known bit of >> inelegant behavior, but it didn't seem like it was on the developers' >> rad

Re: Skype Problem

+1 Maybe the microphone is picking up noise and turns itself down unless you turn off that automatic option. If you are using a built in microphone, try with a head-set instead. Best regards Nio On 2013-04-22 00:19, Ioannis Vranos wrote: > Hi Ali, > > Skype has an option "Allow Skype to automat

playing multimedia with lubuntu raring-desktop-i386

I have installed Lubuntu raring-desktop-i386 in an old but once powerful hp-workstation, where I work with video clips from my video camera. This exercise is also reported in the qatracker, daily build 2013-04-21. The computer has double xeon processors (2x2 cores) and an nvidia geforce gt430 gra

Re: virtual machine manager ?

Which virtual machine manager? Did you try to change between nat and bridged internet connection? 2013/4/22 Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen > I installed virtual machine manager in 13.04 raring-ringtail. Tried to > install > debian wheezy inside, work, except network does not work > for the virtual

Re: Doc: A guide for porting Gtk+ applications to Qt

Hi PCMan, usb-creator-gtk doesn't work in Lubuntu Raring, but usb-creator-kde works. I tested it right now: In an installed Lubuntu Raring session, I installed usb-creator-kde, and made a persistent live USB pendrive. I tested the pendrive and it works. Is usb-creator-kde made with Qt? Do you kn

make new Lubuntu versions cooperate with Pentium M

Hi Julien, Now, that we have launched Raring, it's time to start thinking about the future of Lubuntu :-) One thing that I hope we can achieve, is to make the next version able to cooperate with Pentium M, that has no pae flag, but still the ability to run i686-pae kernels of *ubuntu. I have ver

Re: Roadmap for Lubuntu

Hi Julien and all the other Lubuntu users, These are great ideas for the future. I'm looking forward to an LTS version of Lubuntu. It should continue to run well with most computers, new, 'middle-aged' and old. I know there are so many aging computers around, that are still healthy, and I hope th

Re: Roadmap for Lubuntu

I agree, that this is a very good idea. So either to include it into standard Lubuntu, or to have a special flavour, if there is not space enough on the standard 'CD' iso file, or a 'DVD' iso file, where more software can be bundled. It is very common to install from a USB drive anyway, and the 'D

Re: Roadmap for Lubuntu

On 2013-04-26 01:52, Julien Lavergne wrote: > Considering all the big changes which may happen for 13.10, I'm also > thinking of the possibility to not do a proper 13.10 release, > depending of the state of 13.10 after all the big structural changes, > and near feature freeze. Again, it can be reco

Re: Roadmap for Lubuntu

On 2013-04-26 23:30, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > 1- My Huge Plan: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu#The_Huge_Project_-_Start_Lubuntu Yes, I agree 'We believe that Lubuntu will be the perfect candidate to replace XP. These machines which eventually will breathe Linux

make the i386 *buntu version check for UEFI

sanderj@ubuntuforums suggests 'http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop indeed says "If you have a PC with the Windows 8 logo or UEFI firmware, choose the 64-bit download.". I would find it useful if the i386 Ubuntu version would check for UEFI, and if so, bail out and advice the 64-bit version. Jus

Re: make the i386 *buntu version check for UEFI

On 2013-04-27 10:31, Nio Wiklund wrote: > sanderj@ubuntuforums suggests > > 'http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop indeed says "If you have a PC > with the Windows 8 logo or UEFI firmware, choose the 64-bit download.". > I would find it useful if the i386 Ubunt

Re: Roadmap for Lubuntu

On 2013-04-27 11:29, Julien Lavergne wrote: > 2013/4/26 Pierre Gobin : >> You talk about dropping 13.10 release for Lubuntu. I understand the reasons, >> and I tend to agree with that. Nevertheless, how can we combine that with >> the fact that Ubuntu 13.04 as a 9 months support ; what about the su

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] make the i386 *buntu version check for UEFI

On 2013-04-27 16:34, Erick Brunzell wrote: > On 04/27/2013 03:31 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >> sanderj@ubuntuforums suggests >> >> 'http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop indeed says "If you have a PC >> with the Windows 8 logo or UEFI firmware, choose the 64-bit

Re: make new Lubuntu versions cooperate with Pentium M

which I'm not > very sure, regarding the speed issues reported some time on the > thread), is to report a bug on the kernel, so it can set properly the > pae flag itself. > > Regards, > Julien Lavergne > > 2013/4/25 Nio Wiklund : >> Hi Julien, >> >>

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] make new Lubuntu versions cooperate with Pentium M

Hi Lance, Am I trying to swim in too deep water? And yes, I know that the non-pae kernel was re-activated for Lubuntu and Xubuntu 12.04, but abandoned after 12.04. I was thinking this fix could keep the Pentium Ms running for a few more years with Lubuntu. I think work-arounds like starting with

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] make new Lubuntu versions cooperate with Pentium M

y very old machines? :D > > I'm looking forward to see a unique and masterpiece release after a year > from now. Let's save each and every energy to achieve that. > > Also, if you guys really like this: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/

Re: Roadmap for Lubuntu

Hi, Would this link add something to the concept of accessibility? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2140178 "So, I have a full duplex audio processing application that acts like a hearing aid." Best regards Nio On 2013-04-26 02:05, Fernando Botelho wrote: > Julien, > > I like everythi

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] make new Lubuntu versions cooperate with Pentium M

COME ONE GUYS :D why we always want to go "Latest Release" > even on very very old machines? :D > > I'm looking forward to see a unique and masterpiece release after a > year from now. Let's save each and every energy to achieve that. > >

Lubuntu 13.04 'Raring' for Pentium M CPUs

Hello everybody, I think it will be hard to make the devs accept the small fix in the general code of *ubuntu to make it possible to install into a computer with Pentium M CPU. But it works with a system, that is installed in a modern computer, and ported to the Pentium M as a USB drive or cloned

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.04 'Raring' for Pentium M CPUs

ed to write up some >> documentation, name it etc. >> >> Regards, >> >> Phill. >> 1. http://phillw.net/isos/ >> >> On 30 April 2013 20:41, Nio Wiklund wrote: >>> >>> Hello everybody, >>> >>> I think it will be h

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.04 'Raring' for Pentium M CPUs

>> I'm okay with hosting it[1]. But you will need to write up some >> documentation, name it etc. >> >> Regards, >> >> Phill. >> 1. http://phillw.net/isos/ >> >> On 30 April 2013 20:41, Nio Wiklund wrote: >>> >>> Hello everybody

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.04 'Raring' for Pentium M CPUs

installing for the 1st time. I see this as a "win - win" situation. > > Regards, > > Phill. > > On 2 May 2013 04:19, Nio Wiklund <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > [feedback] > > Hi Julien and Phill, > > > I thin

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.04 'Raring' for Pentium M CPUs

> > Regards, > > Phill. > > On 3 May 2013 00:54, Nio Wiklund <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi Phill, > > 1. I want to make you aware of the wiki page, that was edited today by > Mörgaes to avoid doing the job twice > >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: GRUB2/ISO Boot

Hi amjjawad, I use this method to boot from downloaded iso files stored on a HDD. The method works well with some iso files, for example Ubuntu 10.04 and newer. But it does not work (at least I don't know how to do it with several other iso files). I learned this method from a post by jerrylamos @

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Slowness/Lag Problem - Facebook and Lubuntu 12.10

Hello again my friend, See comments inline! Best regards Nio On 2013-05-06 11:49, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > Hi, > > I have sent an email two days ago about the same issue (Sub: Facebook & > Gmail - Slowness Issue) and this email is MORE in depth about what is > going on with me. This is more

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Slowness/Lag Problem - Facebook and Lubuntu 12.10

OK amjjawad, Good job finding that :-) So you are affected by a two year old bug (reported 2011-02-17)?! I did not expect that. That bug is independent of the browser. I admit that it is 'worse' than a bloated web page! In that case I guess it is a bug in Facebook's code on the web page or the Ja

preliminary Lubuntu-fake-PAE wiki page

Hi Phill, Please visit the preliminary wiki page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu-fake-PAE and tell me what you think. I have deliberately avoided to copy the full instructions to the page, because I want to show that it is preliminary (like a beta release). If you suggest that I put

Re: [Pentium M] Poll

On 2013-05-09 12:52, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > Dear all, > > We are running a survey/poll to find out: > > *How Many Users are having Pentium M CPU?* > > - If you are in Linux, please run this command in your Terminal to find > out whether you do have a Pentium M CPU or not: > > cat /proc/cp

Re: Lubuntu-13.04-fake-PAE

Getting ready for easier conversion from Windows XP: Now there are instructions how to make an install USB drive *from Windows with graphical user interface tools* in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu-fake-PAE Best regards Nio On 2013-05-06 10:44, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Hello all Lubu

Re: Lubuntu-13.04-fake-PAE

graphical user interface tools* in > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu-fake-PAE > > Best regards > Nio > > On 2013-05-06 10:44, Nio Wiklund wrote: > > Hello all Lubuntu lovers, > > > > Now there are three methods to make the

Instructions for Lubuntu-fake-PAE at the wiki

Hello, The instructions for Lubuntu-fake-PAE are at the wiki now. I have converted the README files to new wiki pages and modified the original wiki page to link to these pages. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu-fake-PAE Lubuntu-fake-PAE | +--- grub-n-iso | +--- InstalledSystemFakePAE P

Instructions for Lubuntu-fake-PAE at the wiki

Hello again, The instructions for Lubuntu-fake-PAE at the wiki are improved. Text is added and changed. Screendump pictures are included. Best regards Nio -- The instructions for Lubuntu-fake-PAE are at the wiki now. I have converted the README files to new wiki pages and modified the original wi

Re: Lubuntu Manual - Getting Started With Lubuntu

On 2013-05-12 19:53, Yorvyk wrote: > Anybody up for creating a Lubuntu version of http://ubuntu-manual.org/ ? > > The team that produce this have made a rather nice job of it and > produced some useful tools to assist the process. As it's licensed under > Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike w

Re: 13.04 video problems

On 2013-05-14 03:51, Lee Gold wrote: > Hi, > > Just installed 13.04 and then mediabuntu. I have a video rendering > problem. > Watching DVDs the colors are wrong - much to saturated and orange, > Watching flash on youtube on FF - it's unusable, broken, the vid renders > as a > tiny cube with dist

Re: Lubuntu Manual - Getting Started With Lubuntu

On 2013-05-13 23:41, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > Ali and Phill, > > On Mon, May 13, 2013, at 06:51 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > >> If I write say 20% of the pages. When we will move to a new system, >> can this be transferred or should be 're-written' again? re-write the >> whole thing? > > Wh

Re: Wiki conversion

On 2013-05-14 08:33, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > On 05/13/2013 11:13 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > >> Do you know if there is a tool to make off-line manuals from the wiki >> pages (or from the moinmoin source code)? >> >> Or the other way around? >> >> I'

Re: Thunderbird Mail Experience

On 2013-05-15 19:33, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 05/15/2013 11:28 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: >> On 05/15/2013 11:19 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: >>> The only problem I have observed, is what appears in the indented >>> line below. In that line, I selected the word "bold" and changed it >>> to bold emphasi

Re: How To Install Nvidia Drivers In LUbuntu

On 2013-05-20 04:15, Tong Sun wrote: > > [resend to the group] > > On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Lee Gold > wrote: > > I think it's in the Synaptic Package Manager. IMO try the driver that > says "Nvidia-173". Then reboot ... > > > Thanks Lee, what ma

Re: vUDS and preparation for 13.10

On 2013-05-20 18:20, Tong Sun wrote: > > On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Jonathan Nadeau > wrote: > > I would vote against moving from Firefox to Chromium as the > latter does not work with the Orca screen reader. > > Fernando > > > Y

Re: vUDS and preparation for 13.10

On 2013-05-20 18:36, Nio Wiklund wrote: > On 2013-05-20 18:20, Tong Sun wrote: >> >> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Jonathan Nadeau > <mailto:j.nad...@charter.net>> wrote: >> >> I would vote against moving from Firefox to Chromium as the >&g

Re: Lubuntu DVD

I support the idea to keep focus on a Lubuntu CD size iso file, and to make it good. Best regards Nio On 2013-05-25 16:52, Phill Whiteside wrote: > I forgot about the codecs issue[1]. LXLE has the warning on the web-site > about them, but he could still get complained about. Lubuntu is now the >

an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers

Hi everybody, I suggest that we try to make a Lubuntu iso file, that can boot in 'all' computers with intel/amd CPUs. It used to be possible with 32-bit systems, but now there are more and more UEFI systems, which need a 64-bit version to boot. Many of them can be switched between UEFI and CSM, b

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] an iso for 'all' intel/amd computers

On 2013-05-25 19:11, Yorvyk wrote: > On 25/05/13 16:59, Nio Wiklund wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> I suggest that we try to make a Lubuntu iso file, that can boot in >> 'all' computers with intel/amd CPUs. >> > Why? I fail to see any benefit from this.

Re: Lubuntu-13.04-fake-PAE

l! i'm so happy, thanks to all of you. lot's of kudos! > > btw, this is my celeron M: > http://ark.intel.com/products/27138/Intel-Celeron-M-Processor-310-512K-Cache-1_20-GHz-400-MHz-FSB > > thank you again! > Iberê > > > 2013/5/11 Nio Wiklund mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>

Re: HP Pavilion DV6 Laptop - does it hate Linux?

Hi amjjawad, Can you see any difference between different versions: 12.04, 12.10, 13.04? I have a newer i5 cpu, and I see very little difference between Lubuntu and Ubuntu speed, like you do. However, I do no not notice any bad performance or overheating. Maybe the cooperation between the graphics

Re: Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

On 2013-05-31 19:53, Julien Lavergne wrote: > So, if you have feedback on using both browsers, please bring it to us > :-) But please, keep the discussion on this topic (feedback on low > spec hardware). I prefer Firefox in general (maybe because I am more used to it) but I use both. Sometimes it

Re: Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

On 2013-06-02 00:39, Phill Whiteside wrote: ... > > Do we, as lubuntu, support losing 32 bit? No, we do not. Allow Chad to > make the call on whether v27 is viable for us. He knows a lot more about > this area than any of us :) > > > Regards, > > Phill. ... I agree, that we need 32 bit version

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [LTS] I'm very confused

Thank you for making it clear :-) 2013/6/6 Yorvyk > On 06/06/13 12:34, Nio Wiklund wrote: > >> On 2013-06-06 12:37, Yorvyk wrote: >> >>> On 06/06/13 04:54, nio wiklund wrote: >>> >>> >>>> What is your advice in the particular case of

Re: zRAM

On 2013-06-08 20:05, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 06/08/2013 10:57 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Karl Anliot > > wrote: >> >> I honestly think zram could help during the one-time graphical >> installation of Lubuntu on 512MB pcs.

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu (was: zRAM)

On 2013-06-08 21:19, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 06/08/2013 12:52 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: >> I have failed to produce that issue no matter how many times I have >> tired. >> >> I even tried below 256MB of RAM but that did not crash the >> installation at all. YES, the installation process was

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu (was: zRAM)

On 2013-06-08 22:36, Karl Anliot wrote: > I've only ever had crashes when using the manual partitioner. > how many of those tests were using the manual partitioner to move the > swap partition? > > I found a user complaint in the last month about this issue (i can't > prove the cause obviously): >

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu (was: zRAM)

Hi Iberê, See inline text Best regards Nio On 2013-06-09 05:54, Iberê Fernandes wrote: > Hi everybody, > > This discussion is about *really low RAM* according to today's standards > for computers. > > Aere, you may be right. I have been thinking that many people, who want > t

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu (was: zRAM)

Phill and Jonathan, Excuse me for adding you to the list. But maybe you know what is counted or tracked on our wiki pages (visits, downloads ...) inline again ... Best regards Nio On 2013-06-09 06:58, Iberê Fernandes wrote: > 2013/6/9 Nio Wiklund mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>> &g

Re: zRAM

+1 On 2013-06-09 09:08, leszek.les...@web.de wrote: > Ok a simple suggestion from me. Why don't we decidebto enable zram (with > zram-config) for the alpha version and see how itnworks out for the testers. > We can disable this afterwards if the test fails. > But I highly doubt that you will se

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu (was: zRAM)

On 2013-06-09 10:45, Leszek Lesner wrote: > Am Sonntag, 9. Juni 2013, 12:29:11 schrieb Ali Linx: >> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >>> I normally use the manual partitioner because I make the partitions with >>> gparted before I install. I think tha

make USB boot drives for the iso testing in a convenient way

Preparing for the iso testing: (re)make USB boot drives in a convenient way. See my refreshed tutorial page about booting. It can help a lot during iso testing to use my shell script to make a *dd image of the iso file to USB device safely* http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1958073 -o-

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu (was: zRAM)

On 2013-06-09 21:41, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 06/08/2013 09:03 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >> What about the alternate installer, is that easy enough to run (it's >> text, but in a very guided way)? > Nio: > > The alternate installer works fine, but I first need to try o

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu (was: zRAM)

On 2013-06-10 09:44, Tracer wrote: >> - Original Message - >> From: Ali Linx (amjjawad) > >> I have failed to produce that issue no matter how many times I have tired. >> >> I even tried below 256MB of RAM but that did not crash the installation at >> all. YES, the installation process was

Ubuntu Wiki - FromUSBStick

I have edited the Ubuntu Wiki - FromUSBStick page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick which was previously edited by mörgæs Please have a look at it! complain and edit, if you are not happy with what I have added: Temporary edit The startup disk creator version usb-cre

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Ubuntu Wiki - FromUSBStick

On 2013-06-10 19:53, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013, at 01:49 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > >> I have edited the Ubuntu Wiki - FromUSBStick page ... > >> The startup disk creator version usb-creator-gtk is buggy in Lubuntu >> 13.04 and 13.10. Use usb-crea

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Ubuntu Wiki - FromUSBStick

On 2013-06-11 01:05, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > >> On 2013-06-10 19:53, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > >>> Wouldn't it be more useful to provide the temporary workaround of >>> >>> sudo a

Re: Let's go with Firefox by default

+1 for Firefox On 2013-06-10 23:47, Julien Lavergne wrote: > Hi, > > I was going to prepare a long thread with advantages / disadvantages > between Firefox and Chromium, but let's make it a bit short :-) > > If I am lazy, the logical choose is to keep Chromium, because Ubuntu > (Canonical) alrea

Re: Default Programs to 13.10 and 14.04

On 2013-06-13 22:05, Lars Nooden wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jun 2013, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > [snip] >> vlc > [snip] > > I appreciate VLC very much but haven't tried it on the lower-end machines. > It covers both audio and video so might take the place of two > applications. I should take a closer

Autochecking is switched off

Hi everybody, I think since Precise, autochecking the automounted filesystems is switched off. I checked in an installed instance of Saucy right now, and it is still installed without autochecking. Is this intentional or has somebody overlooked it? After all, there is a sharp warning about it in

Re: Lubuntu 12.10 on AMD Athlon 1800+ XP and 1GB RAM: installation crashes

On 2013-06-16 07:40, Iberê Fernandes wrote: > Hi there! > > I had Ubuntu 10.04 LTs installed on my desktop AMD Athlon 1800+ XP and > 1GB RAM. According to cat/proc/cpuinfo it supports PAE. > > This desktop has been turned off for 2 years and now I decided to > install Lubuntu there. Before star

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu

On 2013-06-16 20:00, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 06/10/2013 02:25 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >> I think the difference is *already installed swap* >> >> and it is probably not told to the newbies clearly enough, how important >> it is when the RAM is low. >> >> If

Re: zRAM and Live CD

On 2013-06-16 20:13, Yorvyk wrote: > As I'd just downloaded the latest daily so I could have a clean install > for writing the Lubuntu Manual, I thought I'd have a go installing on a > really on a low RAM machine to see if it made any difference. It appears > to. > > Compaq Deskpro EP K450 from la

Re: Ease of 32bit vs 64bit installation

Hi Jonathan, See inline comments Best regards Nio On 2013-06-16 21:23, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > On 06/16/2013 09:15 AM, Eric Bradshaw wrote: > >> On 06/16/2013 08:39 AM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: >>> On 06/16/2013 06:40 AM, Eric Bradshaw wrote: > One thing I'd like to add is I don't mess w

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu

See inline and end On 2013-06-16 21:36, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > On 06/16/2013 11:22 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > >> I think your analysis is correct, so if you have low RAM >> >> 1. Make sure there is swap and that it is active before starting the >> installer >&

Re: RAM Usage During Installation of Lubuntu

On 2013-06-16 22:40, Yorvyk wrote: > On 16/06/13 21:27, Nio Wiklund wrote: >> See inline and end >> >> On 2013-06-16 21:36, Jonathan Marsden wrote: >>> On 06/16/2013 11:22 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >>> >>>> I think your analysis is correct, so if yo

Re: zRAM and Live CD

On 2013-06-16 23:02, Yorvyk wrote: > On 16/06/13 20:09, Yorvyk wrote: Compaq Deskpro EP K450 from last century. Intel 440BX chip set 450 MHz Pentium III 256 MiB PC100 RAM 6.4 GB HDD (from Oct 1998) MGA G200 AGP graphics >>> >> > Using the pre-partitionin

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] [Test Report 1] Minimum RAM required to install Saucy (Lubuntu 13.10) from Desktop ISO

Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:12:18 +0200 From: Nio Wiklund To: ubuntu-qual...@lists.ubuntu.com , Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com I want to share these results from testing to install and run Lubuntu with low memory. I was using today's daily build of Lubuntu Raring desktop and alternate iso files

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] [Test Report 1] Minimum RAM required to install Saucy (Lubuntu 13.10) from Desktop ISO

On 2013-06-17 12:52, Yorvyk wrote: > On 17/06/13 01:06, Phill Whiteside wrote: >> >> @ Jluien, if Z-Ram works so well, could we drop alternate for some of >> the archs? >> > NO! NO! NO! and again NO! > > The alternate installer is needed for those machines with unsupported > video. You can install

Re: Minimum RAM required to install Saucy (Lubuntu 13.10) from Desktop ISO

On 2013-06-17 14:05, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Leszek Lesner <mailto:leszek.les...@web.de>> wrote: > > Am Montag, 17. Juni 2013, 12:48:27 schrieb Yorvyk: > > On 17/06/13 02:13, Nio Wiklund wrote: > > >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] [Test Report 1] Minimum RAM required to install Saucy (Lubuntu 13.10) from Desktop ISO

nge with Saucy is the recent inclusion of ZRam, it is for > this reason we are re-testing "how low can it go" :) > > Regards, > > Phill. > > On 17 June 2013 02:13, Nio Wiklund <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi, > > With all

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