Newbie to Ubuntu!

Roopa roopabdr at gmail.com
Wed Jan 2 13:45:15 UTC 2013 

Hi,
Am a newbie to Ubuntu Community. Am a final year B.E., student from
Computer Science branch. As far as i know am good at coding, but hardly do
i know about the OS!

Kindly help me in getting me involved in Ubuntu-Desktop group and improve
my coding skills and also improve my understanding about Ubuntu OS! I don't
know how to fix bugs, or any other stuff related to this. Can i still
continue.. and make a good contribution to the mighty Ubuntu Community by
studying things slowly?
And, how can i learn from the mailing lists and where should i start?

Please help me!

Thanks in Advance,
Roopa


On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:31 PM, <ubuntu-desktop-request at lists.ubuntu.com>wrote:

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>    1. Launchpad project for requesting upstream design input
>       (Chris Wilson)
>    2. Low bug triage activity all around (Omer Akram)
>    3. Re: Low bug triage activity all around (Omer Akram)
>    4. Re: Low bug triage activity all around (Omer Akram)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Chris Wilson <notgary at ubuntu.com>
> To: Ubuntu Desktop <ubuntu-desktop at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Cc: Ubuntu Papercuts Ninjas <papercuts-ninja at lists.launchpad.net>
> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 15:40:23 +0000
> Subject: Launchpad project for requesting upstream design input
> Hi Desktopers,
>
> Hope you're all having a good new year.
>
> I've been thinking again on the subject of how to request design input on
> paper cuts and I'm pretty sure we need to add a separate task to the bug
> report as this better reflects the work that is going on. While this is
> fine for Canonical's apps (such as Unity and friends) a different approach
> will be required for upstream projects.
>
> I was thinking that maybe another Launchpad project could be created which
> would function along the same lines as the ayatana-desgin task currently
> does for Unity and friends, where the task is assigned to a designer who
> marks it as fix committed when a design has been approved. The assignee of
> the upstream-design task (working name) would be responsible for liaising
> with the upstream developer to confirm a design fix, marking the task as
> fix committed when they have done so.
>
> I was wondering if this kind of thing would see much use outside of the
> paper cuts project, or is this problem unique to our work, and if anyone
> has any better ideas for tracking the progress of upstream design requests.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Omer Akram <om26er at ubuntu.com>
> To: Ubuntu BugSquad <ubuntu-bugsquad at lists.ubuntu.com>, Ubuntu Desktop
> Discussion <ubuntu-desktop at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Cc:
> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 22:21:41 +0500
> Subject: Low bug triage activity all around
> Hey all,
>
> I have been involved in bug triage for a while in Ubuntu and it seems this
> scene is not that active it used to be although alot of great folks from
> our community are highly devoted.
>
> I am not sure about the reason behind that but one thing I am sure is that
> previously we had running efforts like "Bug Days" where a certain package
> was selected and all of the Ubuntu Bug Squad was invited to participate in
> triaging those bugs.
>
> Another reason which could be related is that now there is no one in the
> Ubuntu desktop team (or Canonical) to lead the effort of Bug management and
> community involvement previously Pedro played a big role there.
>
> So I think we need to think of some ways to improve the situation and get
> more people involved into this effort. Does anyone have
> suggestions/comments about this matter.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Omer Akram <om26er at ubuntu.com>
> To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <ubuntu at treblig.org>
> Cc: Ubuntu Desktop Discussion <ubuntu-desktop at lists.ubuntu.com>, Ubuntu
> BugSquad <ubuntu-bugsquad at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 23:04:53 +0500
> Subject: Re: Low bug triage activity all around
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert <
> ubuntu at treblig.org> wrote:
>
>> * Omer Akram (om26er at ubuntu.com) wrote:
>> > Hey all,
>> >
>> > I have been involved in bug triage for a while in Ubuntu and it seems
>> this
>> > scene is not that active it used to be although alot of great folks from
>> > our community are highly devoted.
>> >
>> > I am not sure about the reason behind that but one thing I am sure is
>> that
>> > previously we had running efforts like "Bug Days" where a certain
>> package
>> > was selected and all of the Ubuntu Bug Squad was invited to participate
>> in
>> > triaging those bugs.
>> >
>> > Another reason which could be related is that now there is no one in the
>> > Ubuntu desktop team (or Canonical) to lead the effort of Bug management
>> and
>> > community involvement previously Pedro played a big role there.
>> >
>> > So I think we need to think of some ways to improve the situation and
>> get
>> > more people involved into this effort. Does anyone have
>> > suggestions/comments about this matter.
>>
>> Most of the irc seems to have been pretty dead over xmas, I'm guessing
>> there aren't many of us doing it just for the heck of it at the moment.
>> There is also the danger that perhaps some of the others got a life
>> and we aren't getting new ones in.
>>
>
> That may be a factor but I have seen closely no activity in #ubuntu-bugs
> for a while which is not good
>
>
>>
>> I've been trying to fix things like universe packages that seg at startup;
>> but with Debian in freeze it's nigh on impossible to get any fix into
>> debian
>> unless it also breaks Debian which for a lot of our Fortify triggered
>> bugs they don't; and for a non-debian dev it's also hard going.
>>
>> There are also a heck of a lot of unreviewed patches in the system; so
>> perhaps
>> it's time for another round of patch triaging.
>>
>> </snip>
>
>
>> I don't know what the numbers are, but I think the lack of an 'alpha'
>> for Raring (as opposed to the dailies) makes me think there are less
>> people
>> trying it; there certainly doesn't seem to be much activity on +1.
>>
>
> I am not currently affected by this but maybe a bit more time at this will
> produce better result.
>
>
>>
>> I'm also seeing signs there are a few of the regulars who've tried
>> Raring on their machine and find it's failed very early on in the kernel
>> and haven't been able to find a working solution to carry on, and have
>> just gone and ignored it for the moment.
>>
>
> then I am lucky raring works just fine for me just few glitches here and
> there but thats expected at this stage i guess.
>
>>
>> One thing I am starting to do is pick a random point in the bug list
>> rather than starting at either end; just adding a 1000 or another
>> random number to the bug list and instead of next/last just add a few
>> more - lots of people look at the latest bugs; but there are a few
>> year old untriaged bugs that are still broken on Raring; it just
>> takes someone to spot them and try them - if the description
>> in the bug is a seg-at-startup then I tend to try it myself
>> rather than asking the user to reverify, since the user has probably
>> moved on.
>>
>>
> Yeah, I has been disucussed in the past that people don't know which bugs
> to start with, the above problem sounds related.
>
>
>> Dave
>> --
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>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Omer Akram <om26er at ubuntu.com>
> To: fabiomarconi at ubuntu.com
> Cc: Ubuntu Desktop Discussion <ubuntu-desktop at lists.ubuntu.com>, Ubuntu
> BugSquad <ubuntu-bugsquad at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 16:30:53 +0500
> Subject: Re: Low bug triage activity all around
> For that case I think someone should step in from our community. Anyone
> willing to lead the effort of creating a stronger community around bug
> management in Ubuntu? I will surely help where I can.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Fabio Marconi <marconifabio at hotmail.it>wrote:
>
>>  On 01/01/2013 18:21, Omer Akram wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>>  I have been involved in bug triage for a while in Ubuntu and it seems
>> this scene is not that active it used to be although alot of great folks
>> from our community are highly devoted.
>>
>>  I am not sure about the reason behind that but one thing I am sure is
>> that previously we had running efforts like "Bug Days" where a certain
>> package was selected and all of the Ubuntu Bug Squad was invited to
>> participate in triaging those bugs.
>>
>>  Another reason which could be related is that now there is no one in
>> the Ubuntu desktop team (or Canonical) to lead the effort of Bug management
>> and community involvement previously Pedro played a big role there.
>>
>>  So I think we need to think of some ways to improve the situation and
>> get more people involved into this effort. Does anyone have
>> suggestions/comments about this matter.
>>
>>  Thanks
>>
>>
>>  Yes, pedro_ place still actually vacant, I cannot see any other person
>> with his charisma and communicativity at the moment, I cannot perceive enthusiasm
>> in this group.
>> Was a great fault for a group that was growing up, now seems to me that
>> everyone stay on its own, without willingness to mentor, explain and create
>> a positive group around him.
>> Just my 5 cents.
>> Have a great year
>> Fabio
>>
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