<div dir="ltr">Is it okay for a relatively simple end user like me to come to the Ubuntu Global Jam? I have an extra machine that I can use for install testing, for example. I know about 20 simple BASH commands, and I have been using GNU-Linux since 2000, but never have been able to go very deep beyond the GUI. For example, I set up a VM machine on my Zareason laptop, but left myself a ridiculously small amount of SWAP space (or something like that). In other words, a little knowledge can be dangerous. But I would like to bring my extra machine, as I am able to do basic simple kinds of installs. Thanks </div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Elizabeth K. Joseph <<a href="mailto:lyz@ubuntu.com" target="_blank">lyz@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi everyone, I'm happy to formally announce that we'll be having an Ubuntu Global Jam event in downtown San Francisco on Sunday, February 8th! Location: Gandi.net, 121 2nd st, Ste. 500, San Francisco 94105 Time: Noon - 5PM This is just a block south of the Montgomery St BART/MUNI station. Street and garage parking is also available, but not all free. Someone will be at the door to let you up, if you come later in the event a phone number will be placed on the door that you can call to be let up. For this event, community members will gather to do some Quality Assurance testing on Xubuntu ISOs and packages for the upcoming release, Vivid Vervet, using the trackers built for this purpose. We're focusing on Xubuntu because that's the project I volunteer with and I can help put us into contact with the developers as we test the ISOs and submit bugs. The ISO and package trackers used for Xubuntu are used for all recognized flavors of Ubuntu, so what you learn from this event will transfer into testing for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME and all the rest. And Quality Assurance is not as boring as it sounds, honest :) Plus, one of the best things about doing testing on your hardware is that your bugs are found and submitted prior to release, increasing the chances significantly that any bugs that exist with your hardware are fixed prior to release. The event will begin with a presentation that gives a tour of how manual testing is done on Ubuntu releases. From there we'll be able to do Live Testing, Package Testing and Installation testing as we please, working together as we confirm bugs and when we get stuck. Installation Testing is the only one that requires you to make any changes to the laptop you bring along, so feel free to bring along one you can do Live and Package testing on if you're not able to do installations on your hardware. I'll also have the following two laptops for folks to do testing on if they aren't able to bring along a laptop: PowerBook G4 for Lubuntu ISO testing Lenovo G575 for Xubuntu installations I'll also be bringing along DVDs and USB sticks with the latest daily builds for tests to be done and some notes about how to go about submitting bugs. Please RSVP here: <a href="http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/2984-ubuntu-california-san-francisco-qa-jam/" target="_blank">http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/2984-ubuntu-california-san-francisco-qa-jam/</a> or email me if you're interested in attending. Also please feel free to contact me if you're interested in helping out (it's ok if you don't know about QA, I need logistical and promotional help too!). Food and drinks will be provided, the current menu is a platter of sandwiches and some pizzas, so please let me know if you have dietary restrictions so we can place orders accordingly. I'd hate to exclude folks because of our menu, so I'm happy to accommodate vegan, gluten free, whatever you need, I just need to know :) Finally, giveaways of stickers and pens for everyone and a couple Ubuntu books (hopefully signed by the authors!) will also be available to a few select attendees. Elsewhere in California and interested in hosting an event? The Ubuntu Global Jam is an international event with teams focusing on a variety of topics, details at: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam</a> -- Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca</a> </blockquote></div> -- <div class="gmail_signature">Christian Einfeldt</div> </div>