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 ===== Fine tuning your development setup ===== ===== Fine tuning your development setup =====
  
-=== Using IRC for contact ===+===== Using IRC for contact =====
  
 If you do have questions regarding issues in a development version, please do ask in the Xubuntu Developer channel (chat room)- don't worry if you dont understand much of what is being discussed there - don't be put off as the community is a friendly bunch and is always happy to see more potential testers. Just ask your question and people will try to help you. If you do have questions regarding issues in a development version, please do ask in the Xubuntu Developer channel (chat room)- don't worry if you dont understand much of what is being discussed there - don't be put off as the community is a friendly bunch and is always happy to see more potential testers. Just ask your question and people will try to help you.
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     * For non-Xubuntu questions (e.g. about IRC!) or just to chat [[http://webchat.freenode.net/?nick=Choose%20a%20nickname&channels=%23xubuntu-offtopic&prompt=1&uio=d4|#xubuntu-offtopic]]      * For non-Xubuntu questions (e.g. about IRC!) or just to chat [[http://webchat.freenode.net/?nick=Choose%20a%20nickname&channels=%23xubuntu-offtopic&prompt=1&uio=d4|#xubuntu-offtopic]] 
  
-With IRC you will miss messages when you are not logged on, but luckily the latest [[https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/latest/%23xubuntu-devel.html|Xubuntu-devel]] and  [[https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/latest/%23xubuntu.html|Xubuntu Support]] channels are logged and updated every hour or so, and you can find older ones here [https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/]. Similarly, other people won't be in the channel all the time either - but if you say that you'll check the weblogs later for an answer they will at least try to get back to you even if when they come back you are not around.+With IRC you will miss messages when you are not logged on, but luckily the latest [[https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/latest/%23xubuntu-devel.html|Xubuntu-devel]] and  [[https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/latest/%23xubuntu.html|Xubuntu Support]] channels are logged and updated every hour or so, and you can find older ones [[https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/|here]]. Similarly, other people won't be in the channel all the time either - but if you say that you'll check the weblogs later for an answer they will at least try to get back to you even if when they come back you are not around.
  
-Although it's not essential, it is a good idea to register your chosen nickname for IRC, so that you can be guaranteed of allways having the same recognisable identitybecause you can then use the same name across sessions and accross the channels and people will be able to reckognize you:+Although it's not essential, it is a good idea to register your chosen nickname for IRC, so that you can be guaranteed of always having the same recognisable identity because you can then use the same name across sessions and across the channels and people will be able to recognize you:
  
 Just enter any IRC channel via one of the links above (Remembering to choose a nickname!) and type,  '/msg NickServ REGISTER password youremail@example.com' substituting a password of your choice and your email.  Just enter any IRC channel via one of the links above (Remembering to choose a nickname!) and type,  '/msg NickServ REGISTER password youremail@example.com' substituting a password of your choice and your email. 
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-=== Manual Partitions and Bootloader location ===+===== Manual Partitions and Bootloader location =====
  
-If you have more than one installation on your system, often the autoresize option won't be available. Or you want control over where your new install goes. Use the Something Else option and you will be shown a list of disks and partitions on your system, with any unallocated space shown as such.+If you have more than one installation on your system, often the autoresize option won't be available. Or you want control over where your new install goes. 
 + 
 +Use the Something Else option and you will be shown a list of disks and partitions on your system, with any unallocated space shown as such.
  
 You can create partitions or edit existing partition sizes until you have a new partition available to install too. You can create partitions or edit existing partition sizes until you have a new partition available to install too.
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 Once at the Something Else window, select the existing partition you wish to resize and then the Change button - set the partition size you wish to keep for this partition. Once at the Something Else window, select the existing partition you wish to resize and then the Change button - set the partition size you wish to keep for this partition.
  
-{{edit.png?550}}+{{edit.png?600}}
  
 Now, select the resulting freespace  Now, select the resulting freespace 
  
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 Press the + button to create your new partition Press the + button to create your new partition
  
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 Now you can use the Change button to set the mount point for your new installation. Now you can use the Change button to set the mount point for your new installation.
  
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 Once you have done that you can continue with your installation using your new partition. Once you have done that you can continue with your installation using your new partition.
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 Press ''Device for bootloader installation'' and a drop down will appear showing your available partitions. Choose the device which corresponds to the installation, in this example /dev/sda2 and then continue the installation Press ''Device for bootloader installation'' and a drop down will appear showing your available partitions. Choose the device which corresponds to the installation, in this example /dev/sda2 and then continue the installation
  
-{{bootloader.png?550}}+{{bootloader.png?600}}
  
 Once the installation has finished you can reboot as is normal, however in this case there is no way yet to boot into your new installation as your main bootloader doesn't know about it yet. Once the installation has finished you can reboot as is normal, however in this case there is no way yet to boot into your new installation as your main bootloader doesn't know about it yet.
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 ''sudo update-grub'' ''sudo update-grub''
  
-{{grubupdate.png?550}}+{{grubupdate.png?600}}
  
 Reboot the machine again and your new installation will now be available in Grub. Reboot the machine again and your new installation will now be available in Grub.
  
-{{newgrub.png?550}}+//Note: when installing Grub in this manner - kernel updates to your development installation will not be reflected automatically in the Grub menu until you have re-run update-grub.//
  
-=== Adding an ISO to Grub ===+{{newgrub.png?600}} 
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 +===== Adding an ISO to Grub =====
  
 Sometimes you might find it easier to have the development ISO available as an option in your Grub menu. Sometimes you might find it easier to have the development ISO available as an option in your Grub menu.
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 It is important that the default top lines of this file are not changed. It is important that the default top lines of this file are not changed.
  
-The following content works for the QA member because, the location of the ISO file (grubiso) and the hard drive setting (hd0,5) are correct for them. You need to input your ISO location and hd setting. The remaining parts should then work for you.+The following content works for the QA member because, the location of the ISO file (grubiso) and the hard drive setting (hd0,5) are correct for them. You need to input //your// ISO location and hd setting. The remaining parts should then work for you.
  
 They have 2 options available on their grub menu, one boots the ISO directly, the second loads the ISO into RAM and then boots from there. They have 2 options available on their grub menu, one boots the ISO directly, the second loads the ISO into RAM and then boots from there.
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         set isofile="/boot/grubiso/xubuntu-cosmic-desktop-amd64.iso"         set isofile="/boot/grubiso/xubuntu-cosmic-desktop-amd64.iso"
         loopback loop (hd0,5)$isofile         loopback loop (hd0,5)$isofile
-        linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile noprompt noswap noeject+        linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile noprompt noswap noeject
         initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz         initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
   }   }
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         set isofile="/boot/grubiso/xubuntu-cosmic-desktop-amd64.iso"         set isofile="/boot/grubiso/xubuntu-cosmic-desktop-amd64.iso"
         loopback loop (hd0,5)$isofile         loopback loop (hd0,5)$isofile
-        linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi toram maybe-ubiquity boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile noprompt noswap noeject+        linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz toram maybe-ubiquity boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile noprompt noswap noeject
         initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz         initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
   }   }
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 Once the file has been edited and saved, you must update grub to include your new ISO options, ''sudo update-grub'', when you reboot you should now see them on your Grub menu Once the file has been edited and saved, you must update grub to include your new ISO options, ''sudo update-grub'', when you reboot you should now see them on your Grub menu
  
-{{newgrub.png?550}}+{{isogrub.png?600}}
  
 === QA Team Contributor Information === === QA Team Contributor Information ===
  
 Further, more detailed, information can be found at the Xubuntu Team's [[https://docs.xubuntu.org/contributors/ | Contributor Documentation]], Chapter 4 of which is specifically about the Xubuntu QA Team. Further, more detailed, information can be found at the Xubuntu Team's [[https://docs.xubuntu.org/contributors/ | Contributor Documentation]], Chapter 4 of which is specifically about the Xubuntu QA Team.