Update for the mailing list: Ben and I have agreed to see what a testing plan could look like, and are going to collaborate offline a bit on it. If anyone else is interested in working with us in the running/management of this, please let me know. Or if you are interested in being a tester, keep your eye on this mailing list and I will post more details when we are ready for you.
Thanks! Alice. On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM Ben Hutton <b...@benhutton.com.au> wrote: > 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. >> >> --- >> >> Public Key: 22BE39E2FA68D8BA8DC4B43A55A16D8CE2B036DE >> >> Messages from this account are considered the best-secured and most >> reliable. Send information regarding health, wealth, or requiring higher >> standards of security to this address. >> >> Sent with Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> secure email. >> >
