Re: Introduction

[Nicholas Skaggs]

∅, you have more machines than I my friend. Hold your head very high and 
proud. Your a testing guru :-)


Nicholas

On 09/18/2012 08:07 PM, ∅ wrote:

Well, I hang my head in shame as I say this because I haven't been actually 
testing that much, but I've got 6+ machines and countless VMs. So touché! I say 
encourage people to aspire to great heights and accept them where they're at. :)

On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:42:12 +0800
Ho Wan Chan  wrote:


Well of course more testing the better, but then if you are not
Nicholas or Phill you won certainly have that much machines or VMs.



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Re: Introduction

[∅]

Well, I hang my head in shame as I say this because I haven't been actually 
testing that much, but I've got 6+ machines and countless VMs. So touché! I say 
encourage people to aspire to great heights and accept them where they're at. :)

On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:42:12 +0800
Ho Wan Chan  wrote:

> Well of course more testing the better, but then if you are not
> Nicholas or Phill you won certainly have that much machines or VMs.

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Re: Introduction

[Nicholas Skaggs]

Just as an fyi -- #ubuntu-qa isn't a "special" channel, it's the old 
channel that was closed to consolidate with #ubuntu-testing. No one can 
get into it :-) It used to redirect automagically, I guess they stopped 
that.



Nicholas

On 09/18/2012 07:32 PM, Ho Wan Chan wrote:

Gee some wrong info given by wxl...

1. If you notice #ubuntu-qa is invite only. Please use #ubuntu-testing.

2. I think it is the best to test the distro that you are now using.

Anyway, welcome to the testing/QA team!

Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)

2012/9/19 ∅ :

Welcome Adrian!

If you don't have a Launchpad account, get one:
https://login.launchpad.net/8XZb0RscX7K2WnFD/+new_account
You'll need it. This is the bug tracker and code repository.

Speaking of which, I think the most fundamental part of QA is testing, 
identifying bugs, and gathering the information necessary to squash them. Right 
now, being between releases (beta1 is out and beta2 is due soon on the 27th 
with the final release being October 18th), testing daily builds is crucial. 
That being said, you can use the tracker to help you figure out what to do:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/

Of course, then you'll need to report some bugs which this should help with:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

Finally, for my own personal bias, I will encourage you to look into the other 
derivatives, especially Lubuntu because it is the best :)
http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/derivatives

Hopefully that gives you a good start.

If you need help, feel free to pop into #ubuntu-qa on Freenode IRC.

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Re: Introduction

[Phill Whiteside]

He he,

I'm more afraid of what the devs do to the dailies than I am of Virtual
Machines [1] :D

Regards,

Phill.
1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Overview/TheStages#Virtual_Machines

On 19 September 2012 00:42, Ho Wan Chan  wrote:

> Well of course more testing the better, but then if you are not
> Nicholas or Phill you won certainly have that much machines or VMs.
>
> It is best to first choose your favorite distro (I first use Desktop,
> then test Ubuntu Studio), then once you feel comfortable then do other
> distros:)
>
> Regards,
> Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
>
> 2012/9/19 ∅ :
> > 1. I meant #ubuntu-testing. My bad.
> > 2. This is of course a matter of opinion, but the more testing the
> better, no?
> >
> > wxl
> >
> > On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:32:10 +0800
> > Ho Wan Chan  wrote:
> >
> >> 1. If you notice #ubuntu-qa is invite only. Please use #ubuntu-testing.
> >> 2. I think it is the best to test the distro that you are now using.
> >
> >> 2012/9/19 ∅ :
> >> > I will encourage you to look into the other derivatives, especially
> Lubuntu because it is the best :)
> >> > http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/derivatives
> >> > If you need help, feel free to pop into #ubuntu-qa on Freenode IRC.
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Re: Introduction

[Ho Wan Chan]

Well of course more testing the better, but then if you are not
Nicholas or Phill you won certainly have that much machines or VMs.

It is best to first choose your favorite distro (I first use Desktop,
then test Ubuntu Studio), then once you feel comfortable then do other
distros:)

Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)

2012/9/19 ∅ :
> 1. I meant #ubuntu-testing. My bad.
> 2. This is of course a matter of opinion, but the more testing the better, no?
>
> wxl
>
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:32:10 +0800
> Ho Wan Chan  wrote:
>
>> 1. If you notice #ubuntu-qa is invite only. Please use #ubuntu-testing.
>> 2. I think it is the best to test the distro that you are now using.
>
>> 2012/9/19 ∅ :
>> > I will encourage you to look into the other derivatives, especially 
>> > Lubuntu because it is the best :)
>> > http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/derivatives
>> > If you need help, feel free to pop into #ubuntu-qa on Freenode IRC.

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Re: Introduction

[∅]

1. I meant #ubuntu-testing. My bad.
2. This is of course a matter of opinion, but the more testing the better, no?

wxl

On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:32:10 +0800
Ho Wan Chan  wrote:

> 1. If you notice #ubuntu-qa is invite only. Please use #ubuntu-testing.
> 2. I think it is the best to test the distro that you are now using.

> 2012/9/19 ∅ :
> > I will encourage you to look into the other derivatives, especially Lubuntu 
> > because it is the best :)
> > http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/derivatives
> > If you need help, feel free to pop into #ubuntu-qa on Freenode IRC.

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Re: Introduction

[Ho Wan Chan]

Gee some wrong info given by wxl...

1. If you notice #ubuntu-qa is invite only. Please use #ubuntu-testing.

2. I think it is the best to test the distro that you are now using.

Anyway, welcome to the testing/QA team!

Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)

2012/9/19 ∅ :
> Welcome Adrian!
>
> If you don't have a Launchpad account, get one:
> https://login.launchpad.net/8XZb0RscX7K2WnFD/+new_account
> You'll need it. This is the bug tracker and code repository.
>
> Speaking of which, I think the most fundamental part of QA is testing, 
> identifying bugs, and gathering the information necessary to squash them. 
> Right now, being between releases (beta1 is out and beta2 is due soon on the 
> 27th with the final release being October 18th), testing daily builds is 
> crucial. That being said, you can use the tracker to help you figure out what 
> to do:
> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/
>
> Of course, then you'll need to report some bugs which this should help with:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
>
> Finally, for my own personal bias, I will encourage you to look into the 
> other derivatives, especially Lubuntu because it is the best :)
> http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/derivatives
>
> Hopefully that gives you a good start.
>
> If you need help, feel free to pop into #ubuntu-qa on Freenode IRC.
>
> wxl
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Re: Introduction

[∅]

Welcome Adrian!

If you don't have a Launchpad account, get one:
https://login.launchpad.net/8XZb0RscX7K2WnFD/+new_account
You'll need it. This is the bug tracker and code repository. 

Speaking of which, I think the most fundamental part of QA is testing, 
identifying bugs, and gathering the information necessary to squash them. Right 
now, being between releases (beta1 is out and beta2 is due soon on the 27th 
with the final release being October 18th), testing daily builds is crucial. 
That being said, you can use the tracker to help you figure out what to do:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/

Of course, then you'll need to report some bugs which this should help with:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

Finally, for my own personal bias, I will encourage you to look into the other 
derivatives, especially Lubuntu because it is the best :)
http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/derivatives

Hopefully that gives you a good start.

If you need help, feel free to pop into #ubuntu-qa on Freenode IRC.

wxl

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Re: Introduction

[Phill Whiteside]

Hiyas Ade,

firstly a warm welcome to QA. Don't worry about being new to QA, we are
were all once new and have some very dedicated people who are also
relatively new. Have a good read of the QA Wiki area[1]. Feel free to ask
questions and let myself or Nicholas (balloons on IRC) know of any
improvements you'd like to see on the Wiki. You have already found the
mailing list, our IRC channel is on freenode and is #ubuntu-testing.

Regards,

Phill.
1.

On 18 September 2012 18:23, Adrian Goodyer  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> ** **
>
> My name is Ade and I am a second year university student studying
> Computing and Software Development. I am an intermediate Java SE developer
> with skills in mathematics, project management and previous to my degree, I
> have a background in web development. I have used Ubuntu for approximately
> 18 months now and really am impressed at its progress, especially within
> the last 12 months or so.
>
> ** **
>
> As a result of this great progress and the wonderful things I have heard
> about the Ubuntu community in general, I have decided to get more involved
> and have chosen QA as the place to start my journey. I currently have no
> experience what-so-ever in QA! So this is all new to me but I am a quick
> learner, dedicated and fun to work around. I hope to gain some personal
> experience from this as well as help those around me and ensure we all have
> a great time along the way.
>
> ** **
>
> I look forward to working with you all and have a great day,
>
> ** **
>
> Ade.
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Introduction

[Adrian Goodyer]

Hello everyone,

 

My name is Ade and I am a second year university student studying Computing
and Software Development. I am an intermediate Java SE developer with skills
in mathematics, project management and previous to my degree, I have a
background in web development. I have used Ubuntu for approximately 18
months now and really am impressed at its progress, especially within the
last 12 months or so.

 

As a result of this great progress and the wonderful things I have heard
about the Ubuntu community in general, I have decided to get more involved
and have chosen QA as the place to start my journey. I currently have no
experience what-so-ever in QA! So this is all new to me but I am a quick
learner, dedicated and fun to work around. I hope to gain some personal
experience from this as well as help those around me and ensure we all have
a great time along the way.

 

I look forward to working with you all and have a great day,

 

Ade.

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Re: Hello! [Introduction]

[Nicholas Skaggs]

On 08/10/2012 03:54 PM, Sanchit Gangwar wrote:

Hello everyone.

I'm Sanchit Gangwar and I'll be testing the ISOs and packages. I'm 
completely new to all this and  I hope I'll be able to contribute a 
little bit to Ubuntu.



Sanchit, welcome! If you've not already done so, check out our wiki for 
an overview of the team and how to get started. Being signed up to this 
mailing list is a great start:


https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Overview
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/QATracker
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities


Ping us if you need any help! Happy testing!

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Hello! [Introduction]

[Sanchit Gangwar]

Hello everyone. 

I'm Sanchit Gangwar and I'll be testing the ISOs and packages. I'm completely 
new to all this and  I hope I'll be able to contribute a little bit to Ubuntu. 
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Re: Introduction

[Nicholas Skaggs]

Hello Howard! Glad your interested in helping out. Have a look at the 
activities page on the Ubuntu Wiki for ideas about what we do, and pay 
attention to the mailing list for requests to help test.


https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities

Right now we have an on-going effort to help with kernel testing. Check 
it out below:


http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2012/07/call-for-testing-1210-kernel-on-1204.html

Welcome and happy testing! Thanks for helping make free software and 
ubuntu better. If you have any questions, simply post them to this list 
or email me and I'd be happy to help.


Nicholas

On 07/16/2012 02:25 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:

Hi Howard,

there is no formal enrolement to the QA team, simply register on the 
mailing list, be aware of our meetings [1], roll up your sleeves and 
get testing [2] :)


Do feel free to ask on the mailing list or on the IRC channel any 
questions that you may have. Not knowing your level of experience in 
QA testing, you may find the information for the lubuntu-qa team of 
use [3] It provides an overview and links to the various areas that 
apply to all of the flavours.


Welcome to QA!

Phill.
1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings
2. http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker
3. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing


On 16 July 2012 15:11, Ho Wan Chan > wrote:


Hi, I'm Howard Chan. I want to join the Ubuntu QA team. I've been
a tester at the Ubuntu testing team, testing Ubuntu Alpha and
Daily Builds.
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Re: Introduction

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi Howard,

there is no formal enrolement to the QA team, simply register on the
mailing list, be aware of our meetings [1], roll up your sleeves and get
testing [2] :)

Do feel free to ask on the mailing list or on the IRC channel any questions
that you may have. Not knowing your level of experience in QA testing, you
may find the information for the lubuntu-qa team of use [3] It provides an
overview and links to the various areas that apply to all of the flavours.

Welcome to QA!

Phill.
1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings
2. http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker
3. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing


On 16 July 2012 15:11, Ho Wan Chan  wrote:

> Hi, I'm Howard Chan. I want to join the Ubuntu QA team. I've been a tester
> at the Ubuntu testing team, testing Ubuntu Alpha and Daily Builds.
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Introduction

[Ho Wan Chan]

Hi, I'm Howard Chan. I want to join the Ubuntu QA team. I've been a tester
at the Ubuntu testing team, testing Ubuntu Alpha and Daily Builds.
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Introduction and Hello

[Andrew McDonnell]

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Hello, all


I met some friendly Ubuntu people at LCA2012 who suggested one of the ways I
could help out would be ISO testing, so I just now signed up on Launchpad and
here I am :-)

I primarily use Debian Squeeze on my desktop but I use Xubuntu live quite a
lot as a rescue system so I figured I can at least help with testing the daily
Xubuntu ISO images once a week or so.  Not so sure about IRC meetings due to
family commitments but we will see how it goes

PS I havent normally been in the habit of digitally signing email but I
thought I'd try it out, seeing as I had to upload a key into Launchpad, so
this one is,


cheers,
Andrew

https://launchpad.net/~andymc73
http://blog.oldcomputerjunk.net

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Re: Introduction

[José Cardoso de Almeida]

Thank you for the reply.

I have been a Ubuntu user since Lucid Lynx release.

I work mainly with datacenter environments, hp-ux, storage, and some
networking.

Interests: Feature testing, Ubuntu server, bug squad.

Cheers,
José

2012/1/13 Alex Lourie 

> 2012/1/13 José Cardoso de Almeida 
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My name is José Almeida, and I recently joined this team to start giving
>> my contribution to the Ubuntu project.
>>
>> Could you kindly advise where should I begin.
>>
>> Thank you and regards,
>> José
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> Hi Jose,
>
> There are many different avenues to get involved in with Ubuntu. We are
> the QA team, and we're dealing with unity testing, iso testing, doing sru
> testing, etc. What are your interests? Hop on the #ubuntu-testing IRC
> channel and introduce yourself. We're happy to get you plugged in :-)
>
> You could also state your other interests and we'll try to point you to
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2012/1/13 José Cardoso de Almeida 

> Hi,
>
> My name is José Almeida, and I recently joined this team to start giving
> my contribution to the Ubuntu project.
>
> Could you kindly advise where should I begin.
>
> Thank you and regards,
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Hi Jose,

There are many different avenues to get involved in with Ubuntu. We are the
QA team, and we're dealing with unity testing, iso testing, doing sru
testing, etc. What are your interests? Hop on the #ubuntu-testing IRC
channel and introduce yourself. We're happy to get you plugged in :-)

You could also state your other interests and we'll try to point you to the
right direction.

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Re: Introduction & Eee PC

[Barney Holmes]

Thanks Nicholas and Phill ! 

Forgot this in my sig: https://launchpad.net/~barney-holmes

In my experience a lightweight browser does not provide the kind of
embedded "internet OS" which Firefox is now if you think about it.
People use Firefox as an entire system that they use between various
devices (using the sync). I've seen it criticised as bloatware or a
memory hog but that's just because it's "internet OS" nature. With a
stripped down linux it fits fine into the Eee 701 memory unless you have
too many tabs open or too much flash running. Of course that can be
stopped by using the noflash add on. Only other problem was update
manager popping up and maxing out the memory and SSD at bad moments
(this had me tearing my hair out a couple of times).

I'll test and see if alternate server edition uses less memory than
lubuntu alternate. At least a clear guide could be written for
installation for the Eee PC 701. There seem to be quite a few
enthusiastic 701 users out there ... eg.
http://www.delicious.com/redirect?url=http%
3A//www.jkkmobile.com/2008/06/easy-to-add-touch-screen-kit-for-asus.html
Of course the guide would be applicable to other low spec notebooks.
What is good about Ubuntu, at least last time I checked, is the support
for the Eee 701 keyboard as well as the CPU scaling and laptop power
management, although I think there has been a problem recently with
cpufreq not addressing the 701 processor properly (it only has two
speeds).

If necessary, would it be appropriate to create a special package for
the 701 that installs a lightweight window manager and some other basics
after the alternate install ? Not sure what the Ubuntu way is there.

DJ Barney

https://launchpad.net/~barney-holmes

On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 15:35 +0100, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
> Welcome! I also had an underpowered laptop for a long time. Not to
> make this into a support thread, but I would offer using the alternate
> install cd and installing the server edition. Then install something
> like flubox or jwm or enlightenment, etc.. really any other
> lightweight window manger should work. This should allow your system
> to perform nicely. In addition, you can try using a lightweight
> browser.
> 
> ISO Testing to make sure the installer works and installs properly is
> part of our on-going tasks.
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/TasksPrecise Since the eeePC would have
> to be booted and installed using usb this would make an interesting
> test case for our generated isos. Cheers, 
> 
> 
> Nicholas
> 
> On 01/12/2012 02:36 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > 
> > welcome to QA. 
> > 
> > 
> > Hmm, if lubuntu is still too big for you I can only suggest you try
> > lubuntu-core (not lubuntu-desktop) which is the really stripped down
> > version of lubuntu. Details of the 11.10 series of this can be found
> > at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall  
> > I am asking our head of dev to find out if the lubuntu-core option is 
> > available for 12.04 yet.
> > 
> > @Julien, is lubuntu-core available for 12.04 yet?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > 
> > Phill.
> > 
> > On 12 January 2012 11:33, Xelsior  wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Just joined the group. I've been a Linux user since the late
> > 90's and
> > an Ubuntu user since 07. I've contributed to some bug
> > reporting and
> > pages on the help wiki.
> > 
> > At the moment I have AntiX on my Asus EeePC simply because
> > Ubuntu was
> > using too much memory. I had problems with Firefox maxing
> > out the
> > memory and hitting the swap very hard. Swap access is just
> > way too
> > slow on an Eee 701 with a slow SSD and 512mb of memory.
> > Actually
> > everything else seems to run fine with an Ubuntu
> > installation ...
> > except for the memory problem. I tried the other Ubuntu
> > distro's like
> > Lubuntu but they have the same problem (they are aimed more
> > at the
> > later Eee's). The general advice is to use a distro like
> > AntiX, but I
> > don't see why Ubuntu could not have a repository package
> > that strips
> > everything down - removes unnecessary kernel modules and
> > other memory
> > and space saving tactics. Don't know if I'm in the right
> > place for
> > that kind of development but I can do testing (boot on a
> > live Ubuntu
> > SSD?) and I can help in many other ways.
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Re: Introduction

[Nicholas Skaggs]

Chris, welcome! There are many different avenues to get involved in with 
QA -- unity testing, iso testing, doing sru testing, etc. What are your 
interests? Hop on the #ubuntu-testing IRC channel and introduce 
yourself. We're happy to get you plugged in. Thanks,


Nicholas


On 01/13/2012 05:09 AM, Chris Robinson wrote:
Hello everyone, this is by way of introducing myself, though I 
normally lurk for longer to get some idea of the group before posting.


I've been using Ubuntu since 9.04 (or was it 8,10...).  More recently 
I've got involved in my Loco (AU) and in testing.  I always have at 
least one testing machine running that I try to use for at least half 
the time and currently even have it on my carry-everywhere EeePC due 
to a bug I'm working on to get it investigated (maybe more on this later).


My experience includes careers in the IT industry, the Photographic 
industry, and most recently in Engineering and metals technology.


I'm looking forward to the release of 12.04 as it seems faster in 
Alpha than the stable release of 11.10 is on my EeePC.



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[Chris Robinson]

Hello everyone, this is by way of introducing myself, though I normally lurk 
for longer to get some idea of the group before posting.

I've been using Ubuntu since 9.04 (or was it 8,10...).  More recently I've got 
involved in my Loco (AU) and in testing.  I always have at least one testing 
machine running that I try to use for at least half the time and currently even 
have it on my carry-everywhere EeePC due to a bug I'm working on to get it 
investigated (maybe more on this later).

My experience includes careers in the IT industry, the Photographic industry, 
and most recently in Engineering and metals technology.

I'm looking forward to the release of 12.04 as it seems faster in Alpha than 
the stable release of 11.10 is on my EeePC.



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Re: Introduction & Eee PC

[Nicholas Skaggs]

Welcome! I also had an underpowered laptop for a long time. Not to make 
this into a support thread, but I would offer using the alternate 
install cd and installing the server edition. Then install something 
like flubox or jwm or enlightenment, etc.. really any other lightweight 
window manger should work. This should allow your system to perform 
nicely. In addition, you can try using a lightweight browser.


ISO Testing to make sure the installer works and installs properly is 
part of our on-going tasks. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/TasksPrecise 
Since the eeePC would have to be booted and installed using usb this 
would make an interesting test case for our generated isos. Cheers,



Nicholas

On 01/12/2012 02:36 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:

Hi,

welcome to QA.

Hmm, if lubuntu is still too big for you I can only suggest you try 
lubuntu-core (not lubuntu-desktop) which is the really stripped down 
version of lubuntu. Details of the 11.10 series of this can be found 
at 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall  I 
am asking our head of dev to find out if the lubuntu-core option is 
available for 12.04 yet.


@Julien, is lubuntu-core available for 12.04 yet?


Regards,

Phill.

On 12 January 2012 11:33, Xelsior > wrote:


Hello,

Just joined the group. I've been a Linux user since the late 90's and
an Ubuntu user since 07. I've contributed to some bug reporting and
pages on the help wiki.

At the moment I have AntiX on my Asus EeePC simply because Ubuntu was
using too much memory. I had problems with Firefox maxing out the
memory and hitting the swap very hard. Swap access is just way too
slow on an Eee 701 with a slow SSD and 512mb of memory. Actually
everything else seems to run fine with an Ubuntu installation ...
except for the memory problem. I tried the other Ubuntu distro's like
Lubuntu but they have the same problem (they are aimed more at the
later Eee's). The general advice is to use a distro like AntiX, but I
don't see why Ubuntu could not have a repository package that strips
everything down - removes unnecessary kernel modules and other memory
and space saving tactics. Don't know if I'm in the right place for
that kind of development but I can do testing (boot on a live Ubuntu
SSD?) and I can help in many other ways.

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Re: Introduction & Eee PC

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi,

welcome to QA.

Hmm, if lubuntu is still too big for you I can only suggest you try
lubuntu-core (not lubuntu-desktop) which is the really stripped down
version of lubuntu. Details of the 11.10 series of this can be found at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall  I
am asking our head of dev to find out if the lubuntu-core option is
available for 12.04 yet.

@Julien, is lubuntu-core available for 12.04 yet?


Regards,

Phill.

On 12 January 2012 11:33, Xelsior  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Just joined the group. I've been a Linux user since the late 90's and
> an Ubuntu user since 07. I've contributed to some bug reporting and
> pages on the help wiki.
>
> At the moment I have AntiX on my Asus EeePC simply because Ubuntu was
> using too much memory. I had problems with Firefox maxing out the
> memory and hitting the swap very hard. Swap access is just way too
> slow on an Eee 701 with a slow SSD and 512mb of memory. Actually
> everything else seems to run fine with an Ubuntu installation ...
> except for the memory problem. I tried the other Ubuntu distro's like
> Lubuntu but they have the same problem (they are aimed more at the
> later Eee's). The general advice is to use a distro like AntiX, but I
> don't see why Ubuntu could not have a repository package that strips
> everything down - removes unnecessary kernel modules and other memory
> and space saving tactics. Don't know if I'm in the right place for
> that kind of development but I can do testing (boot on a live Ubuntu
> SSD?) and I can help in many other ways.
>
> Barney
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Introduction & Eee PC

[Xelsior]

Hello,

Just joined the group. I've been a Linux user since the late 90's and
an Ubuntu user since 07. I've contributed to some bug reporting and
pages on the help wiki.

At the moment I have AntiX on my Asus EeePC simply because Ubuntu was
using too much memory. I had problems with Firefox maxing out the
memory and hitting the swap very hard. Swap access is just way too
slow on an Eee 701 with a slow SSD and 512mb of memory. Actually
everything else seems to run fine with an Ubuntu installation ...
except for the memory problem. I tried the other Ubuntu distro's like
Lubuntu but they have the same problem (they are aimed more at the
later Eee's). The general advice is to use a distro like AntiX, but I
don't see why Ubuntu could not have a repository package that strips
everything down - removes unnecessary kernel modules and other memory
and space saving tactics. Don't know if I'm in the right place for
that kind of development but I can do testing (boot on a live Ubuntu
SSD?) and I can help in many other ways.

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Re: Introduction

[Alex Lourie]

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Scott  wrote:

> Hi,
>
>I am following the "How do I get Involved" on the wiki and it suggested
> I introduce myself on this mailing list and list my goals and Interest, so
> I am. :)
>
>I have been testing Ubuntu for a while now and based on the activities
> list I like doing General Testing.  I like to take a release as early as I
> can in the Alpha stage and use it as my main OS.  As long as there are no
> show stopper bugs for me I will continue to use it and report any bugs I
> find.  This type of bug testing interest me most, but depending on my time
> I would like to look at other testing that can help.
>
>My goal is to simply give back to the Ubuntu community from which have
> provided me a product I depend on so much.
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Hi Scott

Thanks for expressing interest in Ubuntu QA. If you like General Testing,
you've come to the right place!!

We have a lot of such activities and you can participate in any way that
suites you. You can read about these at the wiki [1].

Additionally, you can hop into #ubuntu-testing on Freenode IRC for a chat
on participating in other QA activities.

Just remember, that it is still a holidays period, so not many may be
available for chat yet.

Currently, there is testing going on for the Precise Pangolin Alpha 1
release - the test tracker is [2] and you can ask on #ubuntu-testing if you
aren't sure how to use it.

[1] http://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam
[2] http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/205/builds


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Introduction

[Scott]

Hi,

I am following the "How do I get Involved" on the wiki and it 
suggested I introduce myself on this mailing list and list my goals and 
Interest, so I am. :)


I have been testing Ubuntu for a while now and based on the 
activities list I like doing General Testing.  I like to take a release 
as early as I can in the Alpha stage and use it as my main OS.  As long 
as there are no show stopper bugs for me I will continue to use it and 
report any bugs I find.  This type of bug testing interest me most, but 
depending on my time I would like to look at other testing that can help.


My goal is to simply give back to the Ubuntu community from which 
have provided me a product I depend on so much.


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[janak dev]

hi everyone,
Been using Ubuntu for quite some time. And now want contribute to it.
I am doing my B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from NIT-Bhopal
(India).
I am very much interested in open source work. And want to be a part of the
Ubuntu open source community.
hope to work with you guys and spread the message of open source.

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New member introduction

[shariq murtaza]

Hello,

  My name is  Shariq (tuxer) .I have beenusing Ubuntu since many years

  I want to be the part of testing team in a healthy and active manner

  thanks


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Re: Introduction - Lee Boorse

[Lee Boorse]

Thanks Paolo.  I'll be kind of scanning.  It's in the middle of my work day,
but I'll be trying to following along as closely as possible.  See you in
about 10 minutes.

Thanks,
Lee

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Paolo Sammicheli  wrote:

> Alle 01:02 del 3/5/2011, Lee Boorse ha scritto:
> > Thanks for the warm welcome and pointing me in the right direction.  It
> > looks like desktop testing and iso testing may be the best places to get
> my
> > feet wet.
>
> Hi Lee,
>
> take a look to the Open Week Schedule (1); today at 15.00 UTC we'll talk
> about ISO
> testing. I hope to see you in there.
>
> (1) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek
>
> Ciao!
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Re: Introduction - Lee Boorse

[Paolo Sammicheli]

Alle 01:02 del 3/5/2011, Lee Boorse ha scritto:
> Thanks for the warm welcome and pointing me in the right direction.  It
> looks like desktop testing and iso testing may be the best places to get my
> feet wet.

Hi Lee,

take a look to the Open Week Schedule (1); today at 15.00 UTC we'll talk about 
ISO 
testing. I hope to see you in there.

(1) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek

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Re: Introduction - Lee Boorse

[Charles Profitt]

On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 13:24 -0400, Lee Boorse wrote:
> Hi all.  I just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself.  My name is Lee
> and I live in the Philadelphia, PA area.  I started experimenting with
> Ubuntu about 6 months ago and was blown away by its relative ease of
> installation.  I had my Dell D620 set up and running with no issue in about
> 30 minutes on Ubuntu 10.10.  A week or so later, I decided to set up Ampache
> and accomplished the LAMP set up plus the Ampache application install in
> about 1 hour.

It is amazing how simple it is considering how the fear and
disinformation crowd tell you it is so much more difficult than Windows.
We need to spread the word so more sys admins can be liberated.

> I then starting looking at Canonical closer and really like their
> philosophies.  I felt the need to try to get more involved.

Our team is a great place to get involved and we can help you find other
teams and areas that you may have interest in as well.

> I currently work as a data center manager for a retail drug store chain.  I
> just recently acquired my Bachelor's degree in Information Technology and am
> now looking for other ways to expand my knowledge.  I've just loaded Ubuntu
> 11.04 on two laptops, 1 old spare off the shelf here at work (IBM Thinkpad
> T43) and my new laptop at home (Acer Aspire 5552).  Contrary to much of the
> feedback I'm reading, I'm enjoying the Unity interface.

That sounds great. The first items for business would be to get a
'guide' (which is an existing member) to assist you in getting all the
basics setup -- launchpad account, wiki page, etc. The best way to do
that is visit us on IRC -- irc.freenode.net #ubuntu-beginners-team and
just ask someone to take you under their wing.

> I stumbled across the Test Team Wiki last week after reading a post in the
> forums about bug posting.  I thought this would be the perfect opportunity
> to get more involved.  I've set up a launchpad account and now, I guess, I'm
> looking for direction on where to go from here.  I'm excited to jump right
> in where ever I can.
> 
> Looking forward to getting into the mix.

I look forward to seeing you on-line in IRC and hope we can guide you on
your journey with Ubuntu and the greater Ubuntu community.

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Re: Introduction - Lee Boorse

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Thanks for the warm welcome and pointing me in the right direction.  It
looks like desktop testing and iso testing may be the best places to get my
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Re: Introduction - Lee Boorse

[Patrick Wright]

On 05/02/2011 10:24 AM, Lee Boorse wrote:
Hi all.  I just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself.  My name 
is Lee and I live in the Philadelphia, PA area.  I started 
experimenting with Ubuntu about 6 months ago and was blown away by its 
relative ease of installation.  I had my Dell D620 set up and running 
with no issue in about 30 minutes on Ubuntu 10.10.  A week or so 
later, I decided to set up Ampache and accomplished the LAMP set up 
plus the Ampache application install in about 1 hour.


I then starting looking at Canonical closer and really like their 
philosophies.  I felt the need to try to get more involved.


I currently work as a data center manager for a retail drug store 
chain.  I just recently acquired my Bachelor's degree in Information 
Technology and am now looking for other ways to expand my knowledge. 
 I've just loaded Ubuntu 11.04 on two laptops, 1 old spare off the 
shelf here at work (IBM Thinkpad T43) and my new laptop at home (Acer 
Aspire 5552).  Contrary to much of the feedback I'm reading, I'm 
enjoying the Unity interface.


I stumbled across the Test Team Wiki last week after reading a post in 
the forums about bug posting.  I thought this would be the perfect 
opportunity to get more involved.  I've set up a launchpad account and 
now, I guess, I'm looking for direction on where to go from here.  I'm 
excited to jump right in where ever I can.


Looking forward to getting into the mix.

-Lee

Hello and welcome, Lee.

This link is a good start.  Read the Getting Involved section.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam

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Introduction - Lee Boorse

[Lee Boorse]

Hi all.  I just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself.  My name is Lee
and I live in the Philadelphia, PA area.  I started experimenting with
Ubuntu about 6 months ago and was blown away by its relative ease of
installation.  I had my Dell D620 set up and running with no issue in about
30 minutes on Ubuntu 10.10.  A week or so later, I decided to set up Ampache
and accomplished the LAMP set up plus the Ampache application install in
about 1 hour.

I then starting looking at Canonical closer and really like their
philosophies.  I felt the need to try to get more involved.

I currently work as a data center manager for a retail drug store chain.  I
just recently acquired my Bachelor's degree in Information Technology and am
now looking for other ways to expand my knowledge.  I've just loaded Ubuntu
11.04 on two laptops, 1 old spare off the shelf here at work (IBM Thinkpad
T43) and my new laptop at home (Acer Aspire 5552).  Contrary to much of the
feedback I'm reading, I'm enjoying the Unity interface.

I stumbled across the Test Team Wiki last week after reading a post in the
forums about bug posting.  I thought this would be the perfect opportunity
to get more involved.  I've set up a launchpad account and now, I guess, I'm
looking for direction on where to go from here.  I'm excited to jump right
in where ever I can.

Looking forward to getting into the mix.

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Re: Introduction

[Sergio Zanchetta]

2011/4/5 Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía :
> Hi. I'm a user of a laptop and Ubuntu for about 5 months now. Really
> liked Ubuntu and want to help to make it better. I'm not a developer, at
> least not professionally, i write some code when i need it, I'm a
> mechanical engineer (student, but a year from graduation) so i'm used to
> technology and programming some stuff.
>
> I bought this laptop (Vostro 3500) in the hope it will be fully Ubuntu
> compatible (it says so on the official Ubuntu website). Unfortunately it
> wasn't for all the hardware, Hybrid graphics is not supported for this
> laptop, but I hope this issue will be fixed soon. I'm a member of the
> Ubuntu nVidia proprietary drivers test team to help in a way or another
> to get support on my hardware. So I'm trying to help for some people who
> made the same "mistake" I've done. I had to clarify I'm not blaming
> anyone for this issue, at least not directly (I blame MS for it's
> monopoly and everybody's assumption you will use Win7), i want the issue
> fixed and I'm trying my best in my capabilities to improve this system.
>
> For now it's all. I'm at your service for any questions, suggestions and
> of course I'm here to learn (as always). Thanks for making computing a
> lot better everyday.
>


Hi Joaquín, welcome to the team!

Ciao,
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Introduction

[Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía]

Hi. I'm a user of a laptop and Ubuntu for about 5 months now. Really
liked Ubuntu and want to help to make it better. I'm not a developer, at
least not professionally, i write some code when i need it, I'm a
mechanical engineer (student, but a year from graduation) so i'm used to
technology and programming some stuff.

I bought this laptop (Vostro 3500) in the hope it will be fully Ubuntu
compatible (it says so on the official Ubuntu website). Unfortunately it
wasn't for all the hardware, Hybrid graphics is not supported for this
laptop, but I hope this issue will be fixed soon. I'm a member of the
Ubuntu nVidia proprietary drivers test team to help in a way or another
to get support on my hardware. So I'm trying to help for some people who
made the same "mistake" I've done. I had to clarify I'm not blaming
anyone for this issue, at least not directly (I blame MS for it's
monopoly and everybody's assumption you will use Win7), i want the issue
fixed and I'm trying my best in my capabilities to improve this system.

For now it's all. I'm at your service for any questions, suggestions and
of course I'm here to learn (as always). Thanks for making computing a
lot better everyday.


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Re: self introduction

[Sergio Zanchetta]

2011/3/25 oupamster 

> hi all,
>
> i'm new to this mailing list and would like to contribute as much as i can.
> at the moment i'm learning python language and very much intrigued by
> helping on the testing of ubuntu and identifying bugs along the way. i'm a
> south african and i'm also a member on the #ubuntu-za channel on the irc.
>
> i hope to enjoy my stay here on the laptop testing team.
>
>
Welcome to the team!

Sergio.



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self introduction

[oupamster]

hi all,

i'm new to this mailing list and would like to contribute as much as i can.
at the moment i'm learning python language and very much intrigued by
helping on the testing of ubuntu and identifying bugs along the way. i'm a
south african and i'm also a member on the #ubuntu-za channel on the irc.

i hope to enjoy my stay here on the laptop testing team.

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Re: Introduction

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

On 11/01/2010 10:01 PM, Charles Profitt wrote:
> Hello all:
> 
> My name is Charles Profitt (irc cprofitt)
Welcome Charles, that's great to see you here!

> 
> I recently went to UDS and learned about the QA and Testing teams. I
> would like to join for two purposes.
> 
> 1.  To perform some QA work myself
> 2.  To learn more about the QA team so I can help people interested in
> contributing to Ubuntu make a transition from user to QA team member
> (this is as part of the Beginners Team).
> 
> I have put in a join request on the LP page as well. I look forward to
> learning to work with you guys more and learning more about the QA
> process / team.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ~ cprofitt
> 


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Re: Introduction Andree Wille

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

On 11/04/2010 01:26 PM, Andree Wille wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i'm Andree Wille from Hamburg, Germany. I'm working as a software tester
> (testing rest web services, web applications and mobile applications).
> 
Welcome to the team Andree,

> I subscribed to this list to learn more about the qa ubuntu team and how
> the team works in order to figure out where i could help.
If not already done, you can read our wiki page [1] and our website [2].
It contains a set of activities you can perform to help with testing.

Please, join us daily at #ubuntu-testing and #ubuntu-bugs on IRC.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing
[2] http://qa.ubuntu.com/testing/

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Re: Introduction Octavian Damiean

[indigo196]

Octavian:

That is fantastic to hear that you are interested in giving back. Myself and 
two other members of the Beginners team just returned from UDS-N and testing is 
one of the areas we will be focusing on this cycle. I am hoping that we can, in 
the near future, be of assistance to folks looking to get in to testing. Right 
now we have to learn more about the process ourselves.

It is exciting and rewarding to contribute to the Ubuntu project!!

~ cprofitt


 Octavian Damiean  wrote: 
> Hello,
> 
> My name is Octavian Damiean. Here is a link to my Launchpad profile
> where you can find more personal information about me.
> 
> I'm trying to start giving something back to Ubuntu by contributing in
> various ways (finally). With regards to testing I'm mostly interested in
> desktop testing, laptop testing and server testing maybe even ISO
> testing I'm not sure yet.
> 
> I hope to have a great time helping you with making Ubuntu even better
> than it already is.
> 
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Re: Introduction Andree Wille

[Ara Pulido]

On 04/11/10 13:26, Andree Wille wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i'm Andree Wille from Hamburg, Germany. I'm working as a software tester
> (testing rest web services, web applications and mobile applications).

Great, welcome!
> 
> I subscribed to this list to learn more about the qa ubuntu team and how
> the team works in order to figure out where i could help.
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Introduction Andree Wille

[Andree Wille]

Hi,

i'm Andree Wille from Hamburg, Germany. I'm working as a software tester
(testing rest web services, web applications and mobile applications).

I subscribed to this list to learn more about the qa ubuntu team and how the
team works in order to figure out where i could help.

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Re: Introduction

[Jeremy Foshee]

On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 05:01:43PM -0400, Charles Profitt wrote:
> Hello all:
> 
> My name is Charles Profitt (irc cprofitt)
> 
> I recently went to UDS and learned about the QA and Testing teams. I
> would like to join for two purposes.
> 
> 1.  To perform some QA work myself
> 2.  To learn more about the QA team so I can help people interested in
> contributing to Ubuntu make a transition from user to QA team member
> (this is as part of the Beginners Team).
> 
> I have put in a join request on the LP page as well. I look forward to
> learning to work with you guys more and learning more about the QA
> process / team.
>
Welcome Charles! :-)

~JFo 
> Thanks,
> 
> ~ cprofitt



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Introduction

[Charles Profitt]

Hello all:

My name is Charles Profitt (irc cprofitt)

I recently went to UDS and learned about the QA and Testing teams. I
would like to join for two purposes.

1.  To perform some QA work myself
2.  To learn more about the QA team so I can help people interested in
contributing to Ubuntu make a transition from user to QA team member
(this is as part of the Beginners Team).

I have put in a join request on the LP page as well. I look forward to
learning to work with you guys more and learning more about the QA
process / team.

Thanks,

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Introduction Octavian Damiean

[Octavian Damiean]

Hello,

My name is Octavian Damiean. Here is a link to my Launchpad profile
where you can find more personal information about me.

I'm trying to start giving something back to Ubuntu by contributing in
various ways (finally). With regards to testing I'm mostly interested in
desktop testing, laptop testing and server testing maybe even ISO
testing I'm not sure yet.

I hope to have a great time helping you with making Ubuntu even better
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Introduction

[Victor De Leon]

Hi team:

My ID launchpad is Victor De Leon i have already read the  Triage Guide and i 
have experience doing test cases and QA for web enviorement.

I want to start testing for ubuntu i wat to learn new things and help to others 
with this great OS.

If you have comments or questions please let me know.

Regards.
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Introduction

[DHARMESH PRAJAPATI]

Hi Everyone,

I am new joine this  group for contributing like you guys are doing.

@Myself,

I am Dharmesh Prajapati , I have done my B.E in Electronics and
communication.
Currently I am developing Automation Tools for company's Network Security
product.
I have joined this group for knowing new technology and sharing knowledge.

This day is special for me as i have joined whole community of Ubuntu.

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Re: Introduction

[Ara Pulido]

On 04/27/2010 03:56 PM, Jeremy Di Salvo wrote:
> Greetings all,
> 
> I'm Jeremy Di Salvo and I'm a college student in California majoring in
> Mechanical & Aerospace Science/Engineering. I am currently going to a
> Community College to get my lower division stuff done. I use Ubuntu for
> practically everything and I love it! I hope to get involved in the
> testing of Ubuntu software.

Welcome!

If you are interested in testing, make sure to have a look to our
activities page [1]. I am sure you will find something interesting to do
starting just now!

Also, make sure to visit #ubuntu-testing IRC channel at freenode to work
with all of us.

Cheers!
Ara.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities
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Introduction

[Jeremy Di Salvo]

Greetings all,

I'm Jeremy Di Salvo and I'm a college student in California majoring in
Mechanical & Aerospace Science/Engineering. I am currently going to a
Community College to get my lower division stuff done. I use Ubuntu for
practically everything and I love it! I hope to get involved in the
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Re: Hello and introduction.

[Ara Pulido]

On 02/24/2010 09:44 PM, Kyle Law wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I decided to help prelaunch testing due to I would like the release of
> ubuntu to be as solid as can be. I figured that combined with what I
> have learned in the short time I was in bugsqaud would help this come to
> be. Every little big counts. Everything else that I have to say could be
> found on my launchpad Profile. 

Welcome! Thanks for your help!

Cheers,
Ara.

> 
> https://launchpad.net/~anzenketh
> 
> 

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Hello and introduction.

[Kyle Law]

Hello All,

I decided to help prelaunch testing due to I would like the release of
ubuntu to be as solid as can be. I figured that combined with what I
have learned in the short time I was in bugsqaud would help this come to
be. Every little big counts. Everything else that I have to say could be
found on my launchpad Profile. 

https://launchpad.net/~anzenketh

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Re: introduction and testing

[Ara Pulido]

On 01/11/2010 05:32 PM, Kamus wrote:
[snip]
> Hola!, thanks for this information. I would like to add some words
> because I registered just a few days
> ago, so a really big hello word to everyone in this list. :)
> 
Hola Victor! Welcome to you too!
It is so nice to see so many new contributors

Rock on!

> Victor
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introduction

[Remi Hachey]

Hi all just to introduce myself

My name is Remi Hachey

 


I work for a it firm in new-brunswick canada

I just joined unbutu-testing since I love ubuntu and I wanted to help out
and since I'm not a programmer I tought I could give a help in testing

I've been using ubuntu for 4 to 5 years now  on desktop and now from last 10
months on server and last 8 months on laptops

 

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Re: introduction and testing

[Kamus]

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Ara Pulido  wrote:
> Hello Scott! Welcome!
>
> On 01/11/2010 02:35 PM, Scott Aughenbaugh wrote:
>> Group,
>>
>> I just wanted to introduce myself. I work in DC (looking for other users
>> for a launch party in April), and have done mainly web-dev/mac-tech work
>> for the last few years. I have been using Ubuntu since Gutsy and am
>> interested in testing new candidates. I have been following the posts
>> and look forward to starting with Alpha 2.
>>
>> I guess I just need to register through the ISO tracker...anything else?
>
> Apart from registering, you can subscribe to the images you are
> interested in testing, so you will get an email every time there is a
> build chosen as "candidate" for that image.
>
> You can read the details in the ISO procedures wiki page [1]
>
> Also, if you have access to IRC, make sure you join us at
> #ubuntu-testing in Freenode, where all the fun and bad jokes happen ;-)
>
> Cheers!
> Ara.
>
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Procedures
>
>>
Hola!, thanks for this information. I would like to add some words
because I registered just a few days
ago, so a really big hello word to everyone in this list. :)

Victor

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Re: introduction and testing

[Ara Pulido]

Hello Scott! Welcome!

On 01/11/2010 02:35 PM, Scott Aughenbaugh wrote:
> Group,
> 
> I just wanted to introduce myself. I work in DC (looking for other users
> for a launch party in April), and have done mainly web-dev/mac-tech work
> for the last few years. I have been using Ubuntu since Gutsy and am
> interested in testing new candidates. I have been following the posts
> and look forward to starting with Alpha 2.
> 
> I guess I just need to register through the ISO tracker...anything else?

Apart from registering, you can subscribe to the images you are
interested in testing, so you will get an email every time there is a
build chosen as "candidate" for that image.

You can read the details in the ISO procedures wiki page [1]

Also, if you have access to IRC, make sure you join us at
#ubuntu-testing in Freenode, where all the fun and bad jokes happen ;-)

Cheers!
Ara.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Procedures

> 
> Scott
> 
> 

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introduction and testing

[Scott Aughenbaugh]

Group,

I just wanted to introduce myself. I work in DC (looking for other users for
a launch party in April), and have done mainly web-dev/mac-tech work for the
last few years. I have been using Ubuntu since Gutsy and am interested in
testing new candidates. I have been following the posts and look forward to
starting with Alpha 2.

I guess I just need to register through the ISO tracker...anything else?

Scott
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Re: New Member Introduction

[Cameron Will]

I'm in New York / Eastern Standard Time. And I'll be sure to check the
IRC channel out. Thanks!

Cameron

Ara Pulido wrote:
> Hello Cameron and welcome to the team!
>
> This is perfect timing because next week we have a round of ISO testing
> for Lucid Alpha 2.
>
> You can check our procedures at the wiki [1]. Also, I have a blog post
> to explain a bit what ISO testing is [2].
>
> What time zone are you in? We are likely to be around #ubuntu-testing
> IRC channel to solve issues you may have.
>
> Cheers,
> Ara.
>
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Procedures
> [2]
> http://ubuntutesting.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/old-friend-iso-testing-tracker/
>
>
> On 01/07/2010 02:09 AM, Cameron Will wrote:
>   
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I decided a while ago to start giving back to the Ubuntu community, but
>> I was unsure of where I could fit in to the community. I started out in
>> launchpad answers, and then realized I had a couple computers lying
>> around, just waiting for Ubuntu test releases to be put on them. I would
>> love to start helping with testing, even though I haven't had much
>> experience with it in the past. Hopefully I can make some kind of
>> contribution here.
>>
>> Cameron
>>
>> 
>
>   

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Re: New Member Introduction

[Dave Morley]

On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 08:39 +0100, Ara Pulido wrote:
> Hello Cameron and welcome to the team!
> 
> This is perfect timing because next week we have a round of ISO testing
> for Lucid Alpha 2.
> 
> You can check our procedures at the wiki [1]. Also, I have a blog post
> to explain a bit what ISO testing is [2].
> 
> What time zone are you in? We are likely to be around #ubuntu-testing
> IRC channel to solve issues you may have.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ara.
> 
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Procedures
> [2]
> http://ubuntutesting.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/old-friend-iso-testing-tracker/
> 
> 
> On 01/07/2010 02:09 AM, Cameron Will wrote:
> > Hey all,
> > 
> > I decided a while ago to start giving back to the Ubuntu community, but
> > I was unsure of where I could fit in to the community. I started out in
> > launchpad answers, and then realized I had a couple computers lying
> > around, just waiting for Ubuntu test releases to be put on them. I would
> > love to start helping with testing, even though I haven't had much
> > experience with it in the past. Hopefully I can make some kind of
> > contribution here.
> > 
> > Cameron
> > 
> 
Cameron welcome to the team if you get stuck just look around the qa
part of the site and if the answer isn't obvious ask here or for a
faster response try on #ubuntu-testing on the freenode network.


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Re: New Member Introduction

[Ara Pulido]

Hello Cameron and welcome to the team!

This is perfect timing because next week we have a round of ISO testing
for Lucid Alpha 2.

You can check our procedures at the wiki [1]. Also, I have a blog post
to explain a bit what ISO testing is [2].

What time zone are you in? We are likely to be around #ubuntu-testing
IRC channel to solve issues you may have.

Cheers,
Ara.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Procedures
[2]
http://ubuntutesting.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/old-friend-iso-testing-tracker/


On 01/07/2010 02:09 AM, Cameron Will wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I decided a while ago to start giving back to the Ubuntu community, but
> I was unsure of where I could fit in to the community. I started out in
> launchpad answers, and then realized I had a couple computers lying
> around, just waiting for Ubuntu test releases to be put on them. I would
> love to start helping with testing, even though I haven't had much
> experience with it in the past. Hopefully I can make some kind of
> contribution here.
> 
> Cameron
> 

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New Member Introduction

[Cameron Will]

Hey all,

I decided a while ago to start giving back to the Ubuntu community, but
I was unsure of where I could fit in to the community. I started out in
launchpad answers, and then realized I had a couple computers lying
around, just waiting for Ubuntu test releases to be put on them. I would
love to start helping with testing, even though I haven't had much
experience with it in the past. Hopefully I can make some kind of
contribution here.

Cameron

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My belated mailing list introduction

[Scott Ritchie]

Hey everybody.  This started out as a long email but I've decided to
split it into an actual introduction and some separate productive talk
about what I've been doing lately.

I'm Scott Ritchie.  I believe I met most of you that attended UDS, where
I sort of have a reputation as being the "Wine guy".  I'm really excited
about the idea of connecting the Ubuntu community with Canonical, and
based on the sessions at UDS I'm confident we know what to do and how to
do it.

Personally, I am an Ubuntu packager, MOTU, and have a good chunk of
experience with software testing.  This of course includes bug triage in
launchpad and Wine, but before then I spent a few years working for
RomNet Support Services doing (mostly manual) software testing.

>From experiencing both sides first hand with different clients, I can
say that having an open bug tracker and the potential for community
involvement makes a huge difference; it is, in short, a big part of the
reason why I'm here.  This is a huge advantage of open source, and the
more we can exploit it the better.

Anyway, I'll follow up with some additional emails based on a few
thoughts I had while editing the Testing wiki pages and tying up UDS
loose ends.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie

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Re: New Member Introduction & Testing Wiki Mailing List URL Question - Take 2

[Ronald McCollam]

On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 23:28 +1100, Mitch Towner wrote:
> Hi. My name is Mitch. I have recently signed up to the Ubuntu Testing 
> Team & this mailing list, with the goal of trying to contribute back to 
> Ubuntu. 



Hello and welcome!  It sounds like you've got a lot of Ubuntu and QA
experience already, which is fantastic!

> As I was reading through the mailing list archives, I read that it was 
> suggested to another new team member to "user test" the wiki itself. I 
> noticed a slight spelling mistake in the URL for for the ubuntu-testing 
> mailing list & have rectified that so it is no longer bringing up a 404 
> Error. But upon further reading of this mailing list archive I believe 
> it may be better to change this mailing list URL to point to this 
> ubuntu-qa mailing list instead of the seemingly inactive 
> "ubuntu-testing" mailing list. The page on the wiki I am referring to is 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing .
> 
> I was going to change this, but upon reading the "TODO" list 
> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/TODO) I noticed that there is possibly 
> another mailing list (ubuntu-test...@l.u.c) so I was unsure what mailing 
> list URL should be displayed on the Testing wiki page. Can someone 
> please let me know what mailing list URL should be used so that I can 
> change it?

Thanks for the attention to detail.  It seems to me that this list
(ubuntu-qa) is the best one to point people to for the time being, so
unless anyone else objects, please feel free to update the documentation
on the wiki.

> I have just noticed that this is starting to become somewhat long-winded 
> & that was not my intention so I will stop writing this & get back to 
> reading more of the Testing wiki & documentation :) I look forward to 
> being able to help with testing within Ubuntu & to finally be able to 
> give something back to this awesome community.

Excellent!  Please speak up if you have any questions or suggestions,
either here or in #ubuntu-testing on Freenode. And ISO testing will
start up next week for Lucid Alpha 2 -- we can *always* use more help
testing the ISOs.  (Hint, hint ;) )

> Kind Regards,
> Mitch Towner

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New Member Introduction & Testing Wiki Mailing List URL Question - Take 2

[Mitch Towner]

Note to self - mailing lists do not like HTML emails. My apologies for 
the jumbled mess that was my previous post. Please see below for a 
properly formatted plain text version of my original introductory post.


Hi. My name is Mitch. I have recently signed up to the Ubuntu Testing 
Team & this mailing list, with the goal of trying to contribute back to 
Ubuntu. I first started using Ubuntu a couple of years ago (7.04 Feisty 
release, I think) & I switched to being a full time Ubuntu user when 
7.10 came out. At that time I (and a couple of my work colleagues) were 
lucky enough to be able to convince the management team at my work place 
to switch the whole company network (currently 200 or so desktops & 
laptops) from Windows 2000 (*shudder*) to Ubuntu. We are still trying to 
convince the management team that Ubuntu Server should replace the 
Fedora based servers that are currently operating in-house. From that 
time on we have been creating & continually improving upon an internal 
company SOE for use within our workplace. I am also currently working on 
an Ubuntu based SOE PXE server to aid in our rapid deployment of Ubuntu 
within our company.

At my workplace (NCSS - http://ncss.com.au/) we are focussed almost 
entirely on HP/Compaq equipment as we are currently Australia's largest 
HP/Compaq Authorised Service Centre. As such, my main focus has been on 
resolving issues related to HP/Compaq Desktop & Laptop computers running 
Ubuntu. I have been focussing on sound related issues for HP laptops, 
but these seem to be almost entirely resolved now in karmic (with the 
installation of an alsa backports package). I have also been 
contributing to the Translations team, but I have found that there is 
not much work to be done in en_AU translations.

In one of the many different technical roles I have had at my current 
employer over the years, I was Quality Assurance Officer. As such I was 
motivated to explore QA testing within Ubuntu. I am currently reading 
through the wiki pages for the Testing & QA teams to find out where I 
can best help. Hopefully I will be able to give back to the community as 
it has helped me to see that computing can be fun, interesting & 
exciting again!

As I was reading through the mailing list archives, I read that it was 
suggested to another new team member to "user test" the wiki itself. I 
noticed a slight spelling mistake in the URL for for the ubuntu-testing 
mailing list & have rectified that so it is no longer bringing up a 404 
Error. But upon further reading of this mailing list archive I believe 
it may be better to change this mailing list URL to point to this 
ubuntu-qa mailing list instead of the seemingly inactive 
"ubuntu-testing" mailing list. The page on the wiki I am referring to is 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing .

I was going to change this, but upon reading the "TODO" list 
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/TODO) I noticed that there is possibly 
another mailing list (ubuntu-test...@l.u.c) so I was unsure what mailing 
list URL should be displayed on the Testing wiki page. Can someone 
please let me know what mailing list URL should be used so that I can 
change it?

I have just noticed that this is starting to become somewhat long-winded 
& that was not my intention so I will stop writing this & get back to 
reading more of the Testing wiki & documentation :) I look forward to 
being able to help with testing within Ubuntu & to finally be able to 
give something back to this awesome community.

Kind Regards,
Mitch Towner

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New Member Introduction & Testing Wiki Mailing List URL Question

[Mitch Towner]

Hi. My name is Mitch. I have recently signed up to the Ubuntu Testing
Team & this mailing list, with the goal of trying to contribute
back to Ubuntu. I first started using Ubuntu a couple of years ago
(7.04 Feisty release, I think) & I switched to being a full time
Ubuntu user when 7.10 came out. At that time I (and a couple of my work
colleagues) were lucky enough to be able to convince the management
team at my work place to switch the whole company network (currently
200 or so desktops & laptops) from Windows 2000 (*shudder*) to
Ubuntu. We are still trying to convince the management team that Ubuntu
Server should replace the Fedora based servers that are currently
operating in-house. From that time on we have been creating &
continually improving upon an internal company SOE for use within our
workplace. I am also currently working on an  Ubuntu based SOE PXE
server to aid in our rapid deployment of Ubuntu within our company.

At my workplace (NCSS - http://ncss.com.au/) we are focussed almost
entirely on HP/Compaq equipment as we are currently Australia's largest
HP/Compaq Authorised Service Centre. As such, my main focus has been on
resolving issues related to HP/Compaq Desktop & Laptop computers
running Ubuntu. I have been focussing on sound related issues for HP
laptops, but these seem to be almost entirely resolved now in karmic
(with the installation of an alsa backports package). I have also been
contributing to the Translations team, but I have found that there is
not much work to be done in en_AU translations.

In one of the many different technical roles I have had at my current
employer over the years, I was Quality Assurance Officer. As such I was
motivated to explore QA testing within Ubuntu. I am currently reading
through the wiki pages for the Testing & QA teams to find out where
I can best help. Hopefully I will be able to give back to the community
as it has helped me to see that computing can be fun, interesting &
exciting again!

As I was reading through the mailing list archives, I read that it was
suggested to another new team member to "user test" the wiki itself. I
noticed a slight spelling mistake in the URL for for the ubuntu-testing
mailing list & have rectified that so it is no longer bringing up a
404 Error. But upon further reading of this mailing list archive I
believe it may be better to change this mailing list URL to point to
this ubuntu-qa mailing list instead of the seemingly inactive
"ubuntu-testing" mailing list. The page on the wiki I am referring to
is (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing).

I was going to change this, but upon reading the "TODO" list
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/TODO) I noticed that there is possibly
another mailing list (ubuntu-test...@l.u.c) so I was
unsure what mailing list URL should be displayed on the Testing wiki
page. Can someone please let me know what mailing list URL should be
used so that I can change it?

I have just noticed that this is starting to become somewhat
long-winded & that was not my intention so I will stop writing this
& get back to reading more of the Testing wiki & documentation
:) I look forward to being able to help with testing within Ubuntu
& to finally be able to give something back to this awesome
community.

Kind Regards,
Mitch Towner (A.K.A kermiac on ubuntuforums.org & freenode irc)



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Re: My introduction

[Ara Pulido]

Hey Scott!

It is great to have you on board!

Cheers,
Ara.

On 12/13/2009 11:35 AM, Scott Ritchie wrote:
> Hey everybody,
> 
> This started out as a long email but I've decided to
> split it into an actual introduction and some separate productive talk
> about what I've been doing lately.
> 
> I'm Scott Ritchie.  I believe I met most of you that attended UDS, where
> I sort of have a reputation as being the "Wine guy".  I'm really excited
> about the idea of connecting the Ubuntu community with Canonical, and
> based on the sessions at UDS I'm confident we know what to do and how to
> do it.
> 
> Personally, I am an Ubuntu packager, MOTU, and have a good chunk of
> experience with software testing.  This of course includes bug triage in
> launchpad and Wine, but before then I spent a few years working for
> Romnet Support Services doing (mostly manual) software testing.  First
> hand, I can say that having things like an open bug tracker and the
> potential for community involvement makes a huge difference; it is, in
> short, a big part of the reason why I'm here.
> 
> Anyway, I'll follow up with some additional emails based on a few
> thoughts I had while editing the Testing wiki pages.
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott Ritchie
> 
> 

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My introduction

[Scott Ritchie]

Hey everybody,

This started out as a long email but I've decided to
split it into an actual introduction and some separate productive talk
about what I've been doing lately.

I'm Scott Ritchie.  I believe I met most of you that attended UDS, where
I sort of have a reputation as being the "Wine guy".  I'm really excited
about the idea of connecting the Ubuntu community with Canonical, and
based on the sessions at UDS I'm confident we know what to do and how to
do it.

Personally, I am an Ubuntu packager, MOTU, and have a good chunk of
experience with software testing.  This of course includes bug triage in
launchpad and Wine, but before then I spent a few years working for
Romnet Support Services doing (mostly manual) software testing.  First
hand, I can say that having things like an open bug tracker and the
potential for community involvement makes a huge difference; it is, in
short, a big part of the reason why I'm here.

Anyway, I'll follow up with some additional emails based on a few
thoughts I had while editing the Testing wiki pages.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie


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Re: My introduction

[Ara Pulido]

I would like to add that Grant has already started working on making
LoCos involvement in testing easier by improving the documentation:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/LoCos

Thanks Grant!

Regards,
Ara.

On 12/08/2009 01:08 AM, Grant Bowman wrote:
> Hello, I'm new to the QA list.  I enjoyed meeting folks at UDS and
> look forward to contributing by involving more of the Ubuntu community
> in testing efforts, lowering the unnecessary barriers to entry for
> effective contributors.  I look forward to establishing a record of
> contributions with this team.
> 
> I have been involved with the California LoCo for over a year and a
> half and became a member shortly before our team was Approved.  My
> background in QA includes positions with The Learning Company, Adobe
> and Bank of America.  I have held other roles in software development,
> IS & support including a year and a half with SuSE, Inc.  the small US
> branch of SuSE Linux AG which later merged with Novell.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Grant Bowman
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam
> 

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My introduction

[Grant Bowman]

Hello, I'm new to the QA list.  I enjoyed meeting folks at UDS and
look forward to contributing by involving more of the Ubuntu community
in testing efforts, lowering the unnecessary barriers to entry for
effective contributors.  I look forward to establishing a record of
contributions with this team.

I have been involved with the California LoCo for over a year and a
half and became a member shortly before our team was Approved.  My
background in QA includes positions with The Learning Company, Adobe
and Bank of America.  I have held other roles in software development,
IS & support including a year and a half with SuSE, Inc.  the small US
branch of SuSE Linux AG which later merged with Novell.

Best Regards,

Grant Bowman
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam

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