Lubuntu would like members of the Ubuntu community to help testing the following
(1) Ensure firefox as a snap works as expected:
The firefox application is now a snap package for all Ubuntu 22.04 LTS systems (including flavors like our beloved Lubuntu). Whilst we’ve already attempted to ensure all links (eg. if using an app like featherpad and you click a link) open as expected, and we’d appreciate yor help in ensuring there aren’t any missing surprises we missed.
Please note: We’re aware that firefox appears twice in the menu; we’ve not found the reason for this yet though; so any clues you discover would be appreciated (Ubuntu Desktop if the canary ISO is used also has this issue). Also there are cases where LibreOffice help gives a 404 error due to confinement issue which is being worked on.
(2) Ensure there are no mishaps with dropped packages:
You’ll note at our discourse in this post that we’ve dropped trojita, k3b and fcitx from Lubuntu 22.04 LTS. This won’t impact many users, but it will some. We’d appreciate users (especially those that use these programs) help test that they can still use them after upgrade, or on new installs of Lubuntu 22.04 LTS beta. Refer to the link I provided for what documentation we currently have, and please report any problems you have (esp. if not covered by our documentation).
(3) No issues with the calamares installer:
Lubuntu is only one of two flavors using the calamares installer (instead of Ubuntu’s default ubiquity desktop installer) so we’d appreciate any testing you can perform on this installer.
Lubuntu’s testcases for installs are found here with the documentation on understanding the types of installs found here. If your installs encounter issues, please file a bug report using ubuntu-bug calamares and provide as much detail about the type of install you were trying as possible.
(4) Anything else that’s important to you, on your Lubuntu install.
Only you know how you use your Lubuntu system, so you’re the best person to find issues that will impact you in your normal usage. You can use the system normally when testing it, just reporting any issues you encounter.
Lubuntu jammy jellyfish (22.04) tracker issue link
Please see this discourse post which is one location where we are tracking various items on our ‘watch list’. When Ubuntu have started their tracker on the community hub, I’ll add the link here too.
If you need help, or have questions.
If you need help, please don’t forget our links page for where you can get in touch with your Lubuntu team, or just use our discourse here. Finally, our Release notes and more Lubuntu 22.04 (jammy) announcements will be found too on our discourse.