Re: Lubuntu Trusty Tahr 14.04.2 now available Will this version be available via automatic updates, or do we have to downlaod it through a link? And: if I wish to change from 14.04.1.LTS to 15.04 what is the easiest way to do it?
Thanks, Steve On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 2:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Lubuntu-users mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Lubuntu-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Plymouth does not respect default.plymouth in alternatives > system? (John Hupp) > 2. Lubuntu Trusty Tahr 14.04.2 now available (Walter Lapchynski) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:57:53 -0500 > From: John Hupp <[email protected]> > To: lubuntu user list <[email protected]> > Subject: Plymouth does not respect default.plymouth in alternatives > system? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed" > > For Intel chipsets affected by Bug 1389904 > < > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1389904 > >, > the user sees a garbled, something's-clearly-wrong Plymouth splash > screen at startup and shutdown. I wanted to create and use a very > simple monocolor Plymouth theme that I hoped would look OK. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/Plymouth indicates that > Plymouth uses the alternatives system to set the theme that it will use, > and the themes are located at > /lib/plymouth/themes/theme-name/theme-name.plymouth. Then it references > the tutorial that begins at http://brej.org/blog/?p=158 for the details, > except as amended by those two facts. > > Rather than plowing through the details of that tutorial, I used this > simple guide for my simple purpose (see section 5 on creating a very > basic theme): http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1149 > > What I found was that though alternatives reports that my > simple.plymouth is now the default.plymouth, the system ignores that and > continues to boot with the lubuntu-logo.plymouth theme. > > Can someone point out where I fell short or went astray? Or how I can > hack the lubuntu-logo theme to achieve what I want? (On the latter, can > I, for instance, simply delete some of the PNG files?) > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lubuntu-users/attachments/20150220/da9eb7b9/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:56:33 -0800 > From: Walter Lapchynski <[email protected]> > To: lubuntu user list <[email protected]> > Subject: Lubuntu Trusty Tahr 14.04.2 now available > Message-ID: > < > cafe_ewjqssfzqvtueyml5b_40cm5oqnnhqg+corzkr+yprb...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Oooh look a fancy press release by the Comms Team this time! Thanks > silverlion! > > = Lubuntu Press-Department: Breaking news = > > == Lubuntu 14.04.2 available == > > Lubuntu developers are proud to announce that ? with a delay of two > weeks ? version 14.04.2 of the fast and lightweight operating system > is now available for download via [this link][1]. > > Release-Manager Walter Lapchynski explains: ?We had to delay the > release for two weeks because of problems with X meta-packages which > caused us numerous re-spins. But we wanted to do it right in order to > maintain stability of existing installations and ? on the other hand - > roll up accumulated stable updates into updated images to reduce > download requirements for new deployments.? > > Jens Leineweber, Head of Lubuntu Press-Department, adds in: ?And > because we want our users to experience a stable environment even for > computers with low resources, we decided to not release a .2 version > of the alternate installation. That's due to the fact, that we were > not able to fix all the bugs brought to our attention.? > > One major issue the team is fighting with is the debian-installer that > causes troubles. Once again Walter Lapchynski: ?We've been asked a lot > lately to stop doing alternates in lieu of netboot, but that's not > really a good solution.? The Lubuntu team will now team up with the > Ubuntu Release-Team and Servers Team to develop a possible low > resource version of the ubiquity installer. > > CAUTION: Before you install Lubuntu, we advice you to have a read of > the [Release-Notes][2]! > > [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu/LTS > [2]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes > -- > @wxl | http://polka.bike > Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA > Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact > Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader > Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > > End of Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 38, Issue 18 > ********************************************* > -- [image: web button 125x50.png] [image: Canonical logo.svg] [image: The Shuttleworth Foundation] http://lubuntu.net/ http://www.canonical.com/ https://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/
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