We reported how to run upcoming Lubuntu desktop LXQt in Xenial Xerus on a Raspberry Pi 2 and now, thanks to tester Herminio Hernandez, Jr. (and his iBook G4), we can confirm that it works on PowerPC machines!
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To replicate:
- install a Xenial Xerus 16.04 image (the Alpha 2 just came out!)
- follow the instructions on the wiki to install the LXQt packages
Sep 21, 2016. Dec 18, 2014. Dec 21, 2017. Download the latest LTS version of Ubuntu, for desktop PCs and laptops. LTS stands for long-term support — which means five years, until April 2025, of free security and maintenance updates, guaranteed. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS release notes. Recommended system requirements: 2 GHz dual core processor or better; 4 GB system memory; 25 GB of free hard. Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) alternate install image For Apple Macintosh G3, G4, and G5 computers, including iBooks and PowerBooks as well as older IBM OpenPower 7xx machines. A full list of available files, including BitTorrent files, can be found below.
Previous to having the LXQt packages in the repositories, PPC testers were unable to use the PPA because Launchpad didn’t build for architectures outside of i386 or amd64. The other benefit is that it should be less cutting edge and thus more stable.
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Since we release PowerPC images only for LTS versions and since we’re not planning on releasing LXQt for Xenial, there will be a bit more waiting for PPC users, but at least in this way, a pretty solid preview can be obtained.
![Mac Mac](/uploads/1/2/6/7/126794358/160498619.jpg)
Should you follow this procedure, please report any bugs against the appropriate package itself, since all of the necessary packages are in the repos.
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Meanwhile, PPC testers can get back to ISO testing the LXDE Xenial Xerus image, which is due 21 April 2016.
Further questions can be directed at the Lubuntu QA Team.