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! -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
