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Lubuntu 14.04 LTS EndUser-nonPAE, the OBI tarball
Background information
This tarball contains two kernels, a non-pae kernels for old CPUs, and a generic pae kernel. It is uploaded as an alternative for users with old computers, where a generic pae kernel will not work. But it can used in any Intel/AMD computer where standard 32-bit kernels work, and can be a good alternative for a portable 'installed system' on a USB pendrive.
OBI tarballs are installed from mass storage devices, usually USB pendrives. If you cannot boot from USB, try the Plop boot manager. If it still does not boot, try the 9w installer which can boot from a CD drive. [The wiki page about 9w is not ready yet, instead you can start at this link.
This tarball
Lubuntu_14.04_eu-npae.tar.xz
is uploaded to make it convenient to manage Lubuntu 14.04 LTS now. There is one major tweak or work-around to start nm-applet, which puts a network indicator onto the panel (the 'two monitors' symbol when not connected, the 'arrow up arrow down' symbol when connected via Ethernet (wired) and a 'staircase' when connected via wifi). It is done using a terminal window (lxterminal).
The work-around does not work with the guest user but if the main user stays logged in (and connected via wifi), it should work also for the guest user.
Update and dist-upgrade
The packages are updated and dist-upgraded to the file date shown at
http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer/tarballs
Grub menu visible for easy choice of kernel
Two kernels
The boot option forcepae was used during the installation and is active, which makes it possible to update and upgrade the non-pae kernel as well as the generic (PAE) kernel.
linux-3.13.0-non-pae '124' linux-3.13.0-24-generic
The non-pae kernel files dated 04-May-2014 21:36 were downloaded from
http://phillw.net/isos/non-pae
ls -l -rw-r--r-- 899846 May 4 21:36 linux-firmware-image-3.13.0-non-pae_124_i386.deb -rw-r--r-- 6340890 May 4 21:36 linux-headers-3.13.0-non-pae_124_i386.deb -rw-r--r-- 39868542 May 4 21:36 linux-image-3.13.0-non-pae_124_i386.deb -rw-r--r-- 739474 May 4 21:36 linux-libc-dev_124_i386.deb
md5sum linux-* fc8ed56bec7407d331f4045053a81802 linux-firmware-image-3.13.0-non-pae_124_i386.deb ffbc1956eae396447e1803f13022c9f8 linux-headers-3.13.0-non-pae_124_i386.deb b0a72589a6f412226b3ad272e0825750 linux-image-3.13.0-non-pae_124_i386.deb 0ecdfbdd2bb221dbc90cd676a6f7b825 linux-libc-dev_124_i386.deb
The non-pae kernel works for old processors without PAE capability. The generic kernel works for processors with PAE capability (even if there is no PAE flag). The generic kernel is better when there is more than 2 GB RAM; this is the task of PAE (physical address extension).
Tweak for the network indicator
The following code is appended to /etc/bash.bashrc
ps -A|grep nm-applet $HOME/.config/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart > /dev/null
#ps -A|grep nm-applet > /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
if [ "${USER:0:5}" != "guest" ]
then
nm-applet &
echo 'nm-applet' >> $HOME/.config/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart
fi
fi
The system is made via an OEM installation
When the system is installed, reboot, and the computer will start a wizard to create the end user account.
Login as End User
Initiate the network indicator applet
The network indicator will appear after you have started a terminal window from the menu or with the hotkey combination
ctrl +alt + t
This will be automatic after this first instance.
Install a new language
There is an opportunity to select language, but it will not be installed properly at the installation via the OEM dialogue (at least not Swedish, that I tested). But when you select (from the main menu in Lubuntu)
Preferences--Language Support
and install the relevant language, it will work after the next reboot.
Preferences--Keyboard Input Methods
The 14.04 LTS 'Trusty' version needs the keyboard layout to be set separately: select the tab 'Input Method', then 'Select an input method' (and select your language), then click the '+ Add' button
Then you can select keyboard with the applet on the panel, and it will survive at reboot.
When the bug is fixed
When the bug is fixed for the network indicator, the special version of this tarball will be deprecated, so remove the tweak for the network indicator from /etc/bash.bashrc and $HOME/.config/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart.
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