Lubuntu 12.04 Powerpc

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That sounds an awful lot like the problem I had with 11.10 dailies
initially on my G4. /etc/apt/sources.list needs to be edited such that
the mirrors are something like archive.ubuntu.com rather than just archive.

Anyways, I've kind of neglected that machine but had planned to give it
another shot once 12.04 is official. At least assuming that the PPC
build doesn't disappear this time like it did once 11.10 became
official. Take a look at the Alpha release of 12.04/Precise and you'll
find no PPC there. Yeah, maybe I should burn a copy.

Long story short: PPC support is unofficial and community supported.
Which is to say it could use more people like you, Dan. I'm all for
writing an official HOWTO if there will actually be official ISOs.

Does anyone know the status of official PPC builds when 12.04 is
official? Julien?

wxl/walter

On 01/27/2012 07:53 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> if the image is a couple of months old, it will be quite out of date
> now. Rather than doing a massive zsync (which you can if you wish), it
> may be easier to re-download the latest daily build
> from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily-live/current/. There is a
> bug that affects when you start lubuntu 12-04 you get a blank screen.
> You can still type in your password and log-in.
> See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/918401 for
> where we are up to with it.
>
> As for worrying about meagre skills, do not! The willingness to try
> the iso out is all that is required. If you are not familiar with
> filing bug reports have a look
> at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs  / ask on the
> #lubuntu support area or simply just email this list for further help.
> We are very short of people with Macs to help with testing, so your
> help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Happy testing!
>
> Phill.
>
> On 26 January 2012 21:58, Dan Koch <dan at beckwithheatcool.com
> <mailto:dan at beckwithheatcool.com>> wrote:
>
>     I found the test iso for Lubuntu 12.04 powerpc about two months
>     ago. I burned a copy and ran it as a live CD on my eMac G-4 (3.3)
>     {1GHZ, 1-GB RAM, 133 MZ Bus Speed}. It ran spectacularly well –
>     everything just flat worked! I couldn’t wait to install it, but
>     when I tried, I got a “bad mirror” message and of course, the
>     install failed. I now have Ubuntu 10.10 installed on this machine
>     and I have to say I’m not at all disappointed, but I still wonder
>     how much faster Lubuntu would be. I had wanted to participate in
>     the testing, but I looked at the requirements and my meager skills
>     would end up wasting everyone’s time. Is there a fix for this
>     coming or already here? Will there be an official Ppc version
>     released? Thanks for your time.
>
>      
>
>     Dan Koch
>
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>
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