Thank you to the the Users who added comments for the list. I am also a user and non-developer. I am trying to interest others in using Linux. I hope we have more emphasis on integrating humans into the design. Thank you, Ted P.
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User feedback for Xubuntu QA meeting on Sunday, 17th of June > 2012 (Dave) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:16:39 +0100 > From: Dave <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: User feedback for Xubuntu QA meeting on Sunday, 17th of June > 2012 > Message-ID: <1339928199.2141.10.camel@Netbook> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:23:14 +0300 >> From: Janne Jokitalo <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected], [email protected] >> Subject: Xubuntu QA meeting on Sunday, 17th of June 2012 >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Hi gang, >> >> this upcoming Sunday (17th of June) we're having the first QA process >> development meeting for Xubuntu flavor. As a new QA lead, I'm interested >> in >> enhancing the way we're assuring that the product we're building during >> the >> development cycle performs at its best, preferably even during the >> development. >> For this, I'm looking to see assistance from all interested parties. That >> means >> YOU, too. :) >> >> For starters, we have already begun the refining of testcases [0] for ISO >> images. There are other work items currently on-going as well, and you >> can >> follow the progress of them at [1]. If there's anything you'd like to >> discuss >> about, the upcoming meeting is a perfect, but not the only, occasion to do >> that. >> At any time, you can address me or anyone from the Xubuntu Team about >> anything >> you have on your mind by chatting on our development IRC channel [2] or >> by >> writing to our development mailing list [3] >> >> Other things relating to the quality that I'd like to see getting >> improvements >> over this cycle are: >> >> * Boot-time speed-up >> * Compositor usage >> >> Currently these don't have specific blueprints, but we can either do >> something >> about that, or keep working on the issues despite the lack of such. We can >> also >> talk about this in the meeting, provided enough knowledgeable people are >> present. If not, I'll raise the issue with other leads with the outcome of >> the >> meeting. >> >> The list above does not by any means limit the topics of the conversation, >> but I >> do like to stress that this meeting isn't about adding new features or >> functions >> to the product that we're building. Its aim is to find issues, viewpoints >> and >> details that can be improved in the already existing components, or the >> integration of them. The development team, however, is always willing to >> discuss >> topics outside the scope of this meeting in our already mentioned forums, >> so >> feel free to raise any issues, throw in wishes and hopes that you may >> have, but >> please do it on any other time than during this meeting. :) >> >> But without further ado, I hope to see enthusiastic people willing to >> contribute >> to the quality of our fine flavor on Sunday. The meeting takes place on >> our >> development IRC channel [2], and you can check the exact time at [4]. >> Welcome! >> >> [0]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Testing/Short >> [1]: >> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-q-xubuntu-qa-procedures >> [2]: #xubuntu-devel @ irc.freenode.net >> [3]: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >> [4]: >> http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Xubuntu+QA+meeting&iso=20120617T16&ah=1&am=30 >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> -- >> Jaska (astraljava on irc.freenode.net) >> > > > Hi, > > I'm a new Xubuntu user (switch from Ubuntu-Unity) and would like to try > and contribute, I'm not a software developer but think I could help with > feedback as a user on the quality of the product and the quality of my > 'user experience'. I have a Lenovo Netbook and an AM64 3200 based > desktop. I have 3 hard disks for my Netbook which I swap out to try > releases and creating partitions on my desktop is never a problem. Here > is some feedback on my Xubuntu 12.04 experience, I didn't want to clog > Launchpad with things which are my opinion so this forum is probably a > good place for the developers to pick up anything worth while or direct > me to raise it as a bug/improvement request. > > > User Quality discussion points: > > > 1. During the install here were no User icons to chose from, you > can only take a web-cam snap shot. A few icons to chose from > would be good. > > 2. The default screen saver and standby times are too short 10min > and 15 min, it was unnerving for the screen to go blank during > the install process. I have a particular HW issue that meant if > a left the install unattended I could not recover from standby > and had to restart the install process. I suggest screen saver > 30min and standby 40 min defaults would be better. > > 3. In use on my Netbook it was noticeable that when operating from > battery, my hard-disk spun down immediately after use. This made > Xubuntu sluggish to use and also there was a worrying mechanical > noise from my hard-disk every time it was needed. I'm not sure > spinning down the hard-disk in this fashion actually saves power > as the torque/power required to spin it up may be more that that > required to keep it spinning at a constant speed. I would > suggest a option is proved to spin down hard-disks or not with a > time setting. > > 4. On completion of the 12.04 release install there were 108 > updates to install ! This raises a question in the Users mind > regarding the quality of the release ISO ? Are the ISOs for > download maintained/ kept up to date ? > > > > Xubuntu Product Quality feedback: > > > 1. The current release failed to install properly ?language > support?. There was an error window pop up on reboot. I presumed > this had been picked up during the formal testing. > > 2. I selected the encrypt home partition option during an install > last week and although a window dialogue box popped up post > install, this was behind the ?language support? window and went > away when I dismissed the ?language support? window. I've not > researched how to activate the encrypt home partition yet. > > 3. I had a crash post install of my Broadcom wireless driver, there > was already bug report logged, added affects me too. > > 4. I would suggest a home partition is implemented as default > during for the install. > > 5. I would suggest old N-1 Kernel images and related files are > deleted during an upgrade. The ?synaptic package manager? method > to remove them is not newbie or family member friendly. Over a > long period time they can occupy a significant amount of > hard-disk space. > > > > > > Best regards > > > Dave > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/attachments/20120617/d9615bc8/attachment-0001.html> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 198 bytes > Desc: This is a digitally signed message part > URL: > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/attachments/20120617/d9615bc8/attachment-0001.pgp> > > ------------------------------ > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > > End of xubuntu-devel Digest, Vol 81, Issue 8 > ******************************************** > -- Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. 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