Hi Rob Thanks for the detailed information, in my previous project I was using sun virtual box for my Linux(centos)
I can do the same now. Can I do this, I will install windows 7 on virtual box, I have dual boot with windows xp and fedora 10 and 11. In this way i can try on four different platforms. But I have two core with 2.1Ghz. It was working fine with this environment. As liu said, I will signup with the dev mailing list. Thanks again Rob Vinay On Jul 3, 2012, at 3:07 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Vinay <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi rob >> >> I am sorry about the previous mail, I was sending from my smartphone, I >> accidentally sent you half typed mail. >> I can try on Ubuntu, centos as well. >> >> Please let me know if you need any information about my hardware. >> > > Thanks. Among our users Windows is the most popular platform. So > getting good coverage there is key. > > If you have a good desktop machine, using virtual machines is a > powerful approach to managing multiple configurations. For example, I > have a quad-core machine set up with VirtualBox (free download; > https://www.virtualbox.org/). > > Initially I created virtual machines for Windows XP, Windows 7, > Windows 8 Preview and Ubuntu. Then I cloned some of them to install > earlier versions of OpenOffice, like 3.3.0 and 3.4.0. Then when a new > 'dev snapshot" build comes out I can quickly test it on multiple > platforms, including how it installs over previous versions. > > Using a virtual machine also helps protect your main environment as > well. You never know -- a test build could have a bug that messes up > your system. Testing in a virtual machine is safer. > > Zhe Liu had some good links on where to sign up for the bug database, > where to download snapshot builds, etc. > > -Rob > > > >> Thanks rob >> >> Vinay >> >> On Jul 3, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Vinay <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Thanks a lot for letting me join the QA team. I am fairly new QA, I do have >>>> theoretical understanding of testing process, I would like to work on this >>>> project so that I can get practical skills and learn more from my seniors. >>>> >>> >>> >>> Welcome to the AOO project, Vinay! >>> >>> What platforms(s) can you run OpenOffice on? >>> >>> -Rob >>> >>> >>> >>>> I am currently starting to get information from this page >>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Site-QA-Plan, please >>>> kindly let me know where I can start off. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Regards >>>> Vinay
