Hi all, I am new to that part of Open Source/FREE Software where my feedback is important. I have used Linux for a number of years and it mostly just worked, and that made me a bit of a spectator. Now that I am trying something more ambitious (integrating Edubuntu with AD, accross a small school district), I realize that I need to learn to participate usefully. So this is a learning curve for me. I suspect a few others may be in a similar situation.
I have been experiencing many of the issues that others are reporting here. I am glad to hear that I am not the only one. I was feeling pretty dumb and bad. I can say categorically that Ubuntu 6.06/LTSP 4.2 was a more stable tool than Edubuntu 7.04. That being said, IMO Edubuntu is a clear improvement over its predessors in many ways (mangament, ease of installation, updating, look and feel etc) and I believe that Edubuntu is going to get better and better as time goes on. And I want to help contribute to its improvement if I can. Thanks to Scott for a list of the things he needs to know in order to troubleshoot. Here's what I need to know: 1. I need to know where to send this information. Please be specific. To whom or where. 2. I would also like to second the request for a tool that would allow us to check outstanding/already reported Edubuntu bugs or pointers to where Edubuntu bugs are more generally Ubuntu bugs. Currently too much of this information seems anectodal. If this place aleady exists please let me know where. If it doesn't exist it needs to and the sooner the better IMO. In order for Edubuntu to be useful it must work, in order for it to work we users must be able to collect and feed useful information to devs. Having a central place where we can quickly check the "state" of the project would be helpful to all, I believe. As I mentioned before, I offer this feedback in a spirit of greatest respect for the responsiveness and work of the developers and users on these lists. I learn a lot from you all every time I read your emails and I appreciate your efforts. John On 9/14/07, Scott Balneaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Trask wrote: > > Scotty....just an idea....any chance of a place to host a template with > > the info you mentioned...similar to Bugzilla? Just for Edubuntu? > > It's not a template, it's just common sense. How does anyone possibly > expect people to fix problems WITHOUT all that information, at a bare > minimum? > > Every time you make a bug report, you should include ALL information > about your setup, hardware, software, anything special you've done, etc. > > If someone wants to put it up on the wiki, by all means. > > Scott > > > -- > Scott L. Balneaves | "Eternity is a very long time, > Systems Department | especially towards the end." > Legal Aid Manitoba | -- Woody Allen > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > -- edubuntu-devel mailing list edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
