I am certainly not an expert on this, having found exactly two bugs. But, if you have no other test plan, simply start using the installation.
For example, when I booted on my persistent flash drive installation, the battery monitor did not detect the battery until I connected and disconnected the charger cord. This one was already reported. Next, as I usually do, I went to change the time zone, and found it had a problem, requiring root as opposed to receiving a password window, and Kubuntu does not come set up for root log-in. This one I reported. Gwenview from 9.10 has had a problem with not displaying the correct file name when you step through a group of photos. I keep trying to get time to check 10.04 alpha, but haven't got around to it yet to see if it is fixed. 9.10 also have a Gwenview crop problem on some machines, mine being one of them. (The corner boxes in crop for a photo are not visible, and one must fumble around looking for hidden boxes.) They got the patch a long time ago but have not shipped it as an update for 9.10. I did verify it works okay on my machine now in the new version. So, until you (we) get more experience, just do your favorite things to see if they work on alpha. Try to connect with wireless if you have it. Run some check book reconciliation with dc, edit some photos, listen to some music or watch a movie or rip one, whatever you normally do with your machine. On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 05:03 +0000, ubuntu-qa-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:41:42 +0530 > From: Anand Balachandran Pillai <abpil...@gmail.com> > Subject: How to help ? > To: ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: > <8548c5f31002092011u321279dbgcb07ecac30811...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi ppl, > > I am new to the Ubuntu project and would like > to help out with Lucid testing. I have joined launchpad and > completed the formalities. I have applied for Bugsquad > membership and read the triaging guide (well, in the > reverse order). > > I have downloaded lucid alpha2 and installed it using > virtualbox. > > So, as a relatively late-comer, what is the best way > in which one can help out in finding/fixing bugs in > the distro ? Any pointers would be useful. > > Thanks, > > -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
