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!
>
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