Hi Cory, welcome to QA!
having got this far I know you will have read the wiki area [1] The more people who can test on the more computers, the better the releases can be. If you are about when the the next meeting is [2] then do please attend, it will give you a good idea of what we discuss. Also for more immediate answers, please do use the IRC channel [3] Regards, Phill. [1]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam / https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings [3] #ubuntu-testing on freenode / irc://chat.freenode.net/ubuntu-testing On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:36 AM, Cory Flick <fli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, all! > > Been using Ubuntu as my main OS since the Hoary Hedgehog CD that was > included with Linux Pro Magazine back in 2005. Dabbled with lots of > other distros, always came back to Ubuntu for the conveniences and > polish. Did a little bug reporting and patch/fix testing regarding > wireless for the Hardy Heron release : > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/197819 > > Since then I've mostly used laptops that had as much Intel hardware as > possible for graphics and wifi and everything else, and for the most > part everything has worked wonderfully. The last couple of releases, > Natty and Oneiric, have both not had working wifi out of the box on my > Lenovo Ideapad V570, but for slightly tech-savvy users like I think I > am, there is an easily found workaround/fix : > > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm/browse_thread/thread/17973dc872366ff6?pli=1 > > I'd like to jump into testing Precise, so I downloaded the Alpha 1, > installed it ( clean install ), been updating. Most everything has > been smooth sailing, except for the same wireless issue as in the last > two releases. So I'd like to throw myself out there as a guinea pig > for testing/fixing this issue, if possible, so less > experienced/Google-savvy folks with similar hardware don't run into > the no-wifi wall. > > Aside from that particular issue, I'd like to test Precise and report > bugs/test patches, as a way to give back to a community that has given > me 6 years of fun, safe, interesting computer use. > > I am not in IT, nor a programmer. Just a casual desktop end-user, with > 6-ish years experience running mostly Ubuntu, for typical home > end-user stuff : web browsing, email, music, photo fixing and > managing, and such. I'm not afraid of the command line at all, use it > for little tweaks, file managing, and the like all the time. Certainly > NOT a guru, but comfortable. > > Hopefully I'll not make too much of a nuisance of myself, and maybe > even help a little, over the next 4 months or so. > > See you 'round on Launchpad! > > -- > Ubuntu-qa mailing list > Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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