[ubuntu-uk] Call for help - ISO testing

[Hugh Saunders]

Hello,

On 13 May 2010 09:15, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> The task is to test the Ubuntu ISO (CD) images at certain points
> through the cycle. This is a surprisingly easy thing to do, and with a
> few volunteers and bit of co-ordination it's possible to test all the
> various flavours and architectures and report bugs to the QA team.
>
> What the Italian LoCo have done is co-ordinate the effort to ensure a
> spread of testers across Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and other flavours,
> and 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. There's no single person who has
> to test every single ISO, and some people only test one of them. There
> are points in the cycle (Alpha/Beta releases for example) where more
> effort is needed, so having multiple people testing the same ISO gives
> some redundancy as well as ensuring the images are well tested.

I'd be happy to help with that.

> What you'd need is a computer and a relatively decent internet
> connection which you could use to download one or more ISO images.

Is this testing done with KVM/test drive or actual boots?
None of my personal machines support KVM yet, but if actual boots are
useful, I could test some 32bit x86 ISOs.

-- 
Hugh Saunders