• biff baxter
    biff baxter Tick...Tock...wattOS R7 coming soon...I am running 64bit final on my primary systems now ...smooth as butter...32 bit being finalized tonight...Microwatt finalized tomorrow...Thursday QA...and fun for the weekend :)
    • Tue at 9:22 PM
  • biff baxter
    biff baxter posted a topic in the forum wattOS R7:
    latest wattOS update and news - finally settled.
    Greetings all,
     
    So the dust has settled a bit and some decisions have been made, so here is the plan for wattOS R7. 
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    • May 11
    • biff baxter
      Jeremy Salazar High Biff, will the next version of wattOS be under the LTS version of Ubuntu? i.e. xx.04LTS
      By the way what is the "Microwatt Edition?" Will it still be for x86 architecture?
      • May 15
    • biff baxter
      Jeremy Salazar I'll be waiting for the release by the 25th. :-)
      • May 15
  • ze mocas
    ze mocas: Hi biff, is there any chance to have the honor of being a beta tester?
    Thanx in advance.
    Morgado, Portugal
    • May 10
    • ze mocas
      biff baxter Hi there...which version would you like to test? 64bit is already being tested for the last week. 32bit will be sent out to test in the next few days...tks...biff
      • May 11
    • ze mocas
      ze mocas 32bit will be excellent for me. Thenks biff
      • May 12
  • biff baxter
    biff baxter uploading 64bit test iso for beta testers right now :) - 13.04 based 64bit to test for a few days...You know who you are. Look for an email shortly.
    • May 7
  • biff baxter
    biff baxter Just lowered the ban hammer on all *@outlook.com domain registrations. Spammers were hitting using that from the recent change with hotmail. If you have a outlook.com email and want to register, use the contact form on the web site and I will approve manually. 
    • May 7
  • biff baxter
    biff baxter replied to a topic in the forum wattOS R7:
    Dave...you were sent an email for testing...the rest of the beta testers, I have changed things up slightly. Built the 64bit wattOS R7 13.04 based image first. I am uploading the pre-production test iso for you all to test..look for an email update within...  more
    • May 7
  • biff baxter
    biff baxter replied to a topic in the forum wattOS R7:
    Hi testers...the "beta" to test for 13.04 will be out in the next couple days...look for an email likely over the weekend.....
    tks....biff
    • May 2
  • biff baxter
    biff baxter replied to a topic in the forum wattOS R6:
    Hi all...I already sent Tony (aka fragadelic) the original maintainer of remastersys a note thanking him for his work and have donated in the past. I also made contact with the OS4 guys and told them the same, and they have responded to me directly, so I ...  more
    • April 30
  • biff baxter
    biff baxter replied to a topic in the forum wattOS R7:
    David - the original email ?
    I sent it to the email address that is in your profile. If it is different than that, then send me a PM with the correct one.
    tks...biff
    • April 30
  • biff baxter
    biff baxter replied to a topic in the forum wattOS R7:
    Also if anyone that is testing could please provide some basic hardware info that you tested on, that would be great also. (RAM, Processor, model or brand if its an "off the shelf" unit as it helps build some knowledge. I have a lab with 8 systems, but ob...  more
    • April 30
  • biff baxter
    biff baxter replied to a topic in the forum wattOS R7:
    Thanks for the feedback Rob - please remember this is a pre-release version, but the info is appreciated. in Synaptic the first time you load it, you have to "reload" the repo information and you will then see all the software, otherwise you will only see...  more
    • April 30
  • biff baxter
    biff baxter replied to a topic in the forum Support:
    Yes...there could be some work ahead of you...there is not a direct supported upgrade path to 13.04. wattOS is a custom ubuntu remaster, so you cannot just do an upgrade without breaking and causing all kinds of problems. 
     
    Are you choosing LXDE at login as your DE as the upgrade might have installed unity, gnome, who knows for sure as I never upgrade direct.
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    • April 27
  • biff baxter
    biff baxter replied to a topic in the forum wattOS R7:
    OK...debian beta testers..you will be getting an email with a link to try the ISO in the next hour...please keep it to yourself :)
     
    Please post any feedback or impressions knowing its a pre-release image.
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    • April 25
  • biff baxter
    biff baxter replied to a topic in the forum wattOS R7:
    Hi all,
     
    Thanks for the great feedback and dialog. It really helps and makes me feel good we have some engaged people with opinions. I appreciate that.
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    • April 21
  • gerry beale
    gerry beale: thanks Biff. 
    • April 18