Snappy Open House

[Nicholas Skaggs]

On 07/01/2015 11:05 PM, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
> On 07/01/2015 10:24 PM, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
>> Introducing Snappy Open Houses! Snappy represents some new and 
>> exciting possibilities for ubuntu. Open houses are your chance to get 
>> familiar with the technology, while helping test and break things of 
>> course! We plan to do an open house before each release as a chance 
>> for everyone to interact and provide feedback and help with testing.
>> *
>> What is an open house?*
>> An open house is a chance to come and meet the snappy team developers 
>> and help QA test the new  image. We want to encourage the community 
>> to test with us, explore new features, check for possible regressions 
>> and exercise the documentation. These events are a great way to get 
>> started in the snappy world.
>>
>> To kick off the event, we'll host a live Q and A on ubuntuonair.com 
>> with  developers and show off new features in the release. We'll also 
>> demonstrate how to flash and test the new release so the community 
>> can follow along and help test. Finally we'll answer any questions 
>> you have, and stick around on IRC for a bit to discuss any issues 
>> found during testing.
>>
>> What do I need to help?
>> You and a device capable of running snappy. This could be your 
>> desktop / laptop, or a beaglebone / raspberry pi or another device. 
>> You don't need a device to help as you can install snappy on your 
>> local machine via kvm.
>>
>> When is it happening?
>> The first Open House will be July 7th at 1400. We'll be live on 
>> ubuntuonair.com and doing some demos, testing, and a q and a. Please 
>> stop by and help test with us, try out snappy and meet everyone. The 
>> event will last about 2 hours.
>>
>> You can find out more information on the wiki, 
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Snappy/OpenHouses .
>>
>> Mark your calendars and see you next Tuesday!
>>
>> Nicholas
> And yes, that is 1400 UTC. My apologies for not adding it properly the 
> first time! See you there!

Thanks to everyone who attended and asked questions! We'd love to hear 
your feedback on snappy. Try testing the image and letting us know how 
it goes: http://bit.ly/1KHQZF6

Nicholas