On 14/08/12 12:17, Ho Wan Chan wrote: > You don't normally use Windows alongside Ubuntu Wubi in VMs, also then > the bootloader is better.
Agreed, the usual use case here is a user on their PC installing from wubi from their windows. Same concerns apply, when doing this, back up your data! Gema > > 2012/8/14 Tobias <k1...@gmx.de <mailto:k1...@gmx.de>> > > but wubi testing is preferred on real hardware, right?? > > > > > Am 14.08.2012 12:06, schrieb Gema Gomez: >> On 14/08/12 11:04, Ho Wan Chan wrote: >> >> >>> Mart, >>> >>> Use Gema's opinion: She's an official Canonical employee, while I am >>> only a active community tester... >> Hey, everyone's opinion count and is welcome! >> >> More than a canonical employee I am a QA Engineer, I have been for many >> years now, so I tried to give an explanation for a new comer from that >> viewpoint, I hope everyone can benefit from it and I am open to >> discussion if you guys think it may help. >> >> Thanks everyone for your help, >> Gema >> >>> 2012/8/14 Gema Gomez <gema.gomez-sol...@canonical.com >>> <mailto:gema.gomez-sol...@canonical.com> >>> <mailto:gema.gomez-sol...@canonical.com> >>> <mailto:gema.gomez-sol...@canonical.com>> >>> >>> Hi Mart, >>> >>> I disagree with Ho Wan Chan, here is my opinion. >>> >>> On 14/08/12 10:13, "Mart Küng" wrote: >>> > Hi >>> > >>> > I have a couple of questions about how to configure my machine >>> when testing. >>> > Is there a significant difference if any between testing in >>> virtual >>> > machine and installing on real hardware? >>> >>> On virtual machines you are testing some parts of Ubuntu. On real >>> hardware you are testing others, in fact, depending on which >>> hardware >>> you have, you are increasing our chances of finding problems for >>> your >>> specific HW, because we don't have infinite HW to test on. >>> Basically, >>> when you test on HW you are using drivers that noone else is >>> potentially >>> using. >>> >>> In the Platform QA Team in Canonical, we are testing with VMs for >>> the >>> daily ISO testing, and we test on a variety of HW the different >>> kernel >>> SRUs, so that we are reasonably confident that they will work on a >>> wide >>> variety of HW. >>> >>> Testing on HW is different from testing on VMs, both useful >>> depending on >>> what you are trying to achieve, since with ISO testing we are >>> trying to >>> cover as much HW as we can, testing on HW will be more useful from >>> that >>> viewpoint. >>> >>> > >>> > Would it be reasonable to dual boot version I'm testing with my >>> regular >>> > everyday system? I ask this because of my netbook: on my desktop I >>> could >>> > easily use virtual machine or change HDD-s. But netbook is to >>> weak for >>> > virtual machine and changing HDD seams to troublesome. >>> >>> You can dual boot your everyday system, but there are risks that an >>> installation goes wrong and you blow up your current system. That >>> is the >>> reason why we don't recommend it. If you are confident you know your >>> system and that won't happen to you, I still recommend you have >>> backups >>> of all the important documents before attempting the testing along >>> your >>> existing system. Other than that, it is very useful that you >>> install the >>> current version along an existing one, because many users will be >>> doing >>> just that, and we want them to be able to do it. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Gema >>> >>> > >>> > Mart >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Gema Gomez-Solano <gema.gomez-sol...@canonical.com >>> <mailto:gema.gomez-sol...@canonical.com> >>> <mailto:gema.gomez-sol...@canonical.com> >>> <mailto:gema.gomez-sol...@canonical.com>> >>> Ubuntu QA Team https://launchpad.net/~gema.gomez >>> Canonical Ltd. http://www.canonical.com >>> >>> -- >>> Ubuntu-qa mailing list >>> Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com> >>> <mailto:Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com> <mailto:Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com> >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa >>> >>> > > > -- > Ubuntu-qa mailing list > Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa > > > > -- Gema Gomez-Solano <gema.gomez-sol...@canonical.com> Ubuntu QA Team https://launchpad.net/~gema.gomez Canonical Ltd. http://www.canonical.com -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
