Hi Alice,
I would be more than happy to help where I can.
While I have been using FreeBSD on servers for around 25 years I have
recently started using it on Laptops in an attempt to migrate away from
MacOS. It has been a challenge even with being comfortable with FreeBSD
already. I would very much like to help in improving the overall
experience of FreeBSD on Laptops.
Kind regards
Ben
On 1/27/25 18:24, Alice Sowerby wrote:
Hi Steven,
Thanks for doing this, super helpful! I do believe that this kind of
testing is really valuable. My understanding is that though there is a
process for logging bugs in FreeBSD, there isn't a clear place to
lodge usability issues, or this sort of end-to-end testing. But I'm
new to FreeBSD and if there is something I would love to be pointed in
the right direction.
The Foundation's Laptop project is a subset of the overall community's
work related to laptops, and the work we are doing is visible in the
repo you mentioned. At the moment we are aiming for this repo to be a
place for making the work visible, and for it to be read-only (not a
place to report bugs or file test reports).
However, the Foundation is aware that there is a need for a more
UX-focused testing effort for this project (and maybe for FreeBSD in
general?). It's something we need to solve for sooner rather than
later. We've put out a call for any volunteers in the community who
can help with this, both as testers and also helping to set up and
manage a community-based testing group. So far we've seen a bit of
interest in testing, less so for helping manage the effort.
I intend to discuss this with Ed Maste tomorrow, so I may have a
suggestion after that. In the meantime, if anyone would like to help,
we would welcome it with open arms!
Thanks,
Alice.
On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM Steven Harms (High-Security Mail)
<sgha...@stevengharms.com> wrote:
I recently did an install of FreeBSD and kept copious notes of
where things were confusing scary, or where I hit non-support,
etc. In short, what does installing and the first steps of FreeBSD
feel like. I have some ideas for projects. (1) What's the best way
to document my experience? Additionally, (2) is it appropriate to
add issues directly to
https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues? Most of
them seem to be created by one person who seems to be the project
lead (Alice S.) and I wasn't sure if it was appropriate for the
unwashed to drop items in there.
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