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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lance,

who said you have to join fb :P

It was an idea to be bounced about as to if the central QA team may find it
of use for getting more people.

have a read of ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_(Star_Trek)#Assimilation  Of course you
are volunteers, but we do need more; so do hone your art of getting
"volunteers".  ;)

I hope my humour for acquiring new testers is something you all can have a
quiet laugh over :)  QA is allowed to have a sense of humour.

For non "Trekkies" I apologise.

Regards,

Phill.



On 4 August 2012 01:39, Lance <lbsolost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I personally don't do FB. It seems like just one more thing to deal with.
> To expound on that a bit, you may know that I have limitations due to a
> brain injury.
>
> I began to encounter what I can only describe as an "overload" several
> months ago due to being subscribed to too many mailing lists and projects.
> So I really took a time out ;^)
>
> Since then I find that I'm better able to focus on what I think is most
> important, like the abiword thing and this bug:
>
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/988290
>
> While that bug doesn't effect Lubuntu I needed a 5 year LTS solution for
> the 30+ puters I maintain so my focus had to be split between Lubuntu and
> Ubuntu.
>
> Regarding the abiword thing I realize that Lubuntu does not plan on a
> 12.04.1 release (understandably) so I'm going to spend some time testing
> Xubuntu 12.04.1 just to try and find a fix for abiword.
>
> Trust me, there really is some method in my madness. It's a matter of
> balancing what's possible with what's most important to me.
>
> Going forward I should be able to focus more on Lubuntu alone. I
> particularly find PCManFM much easier to use than the newest Nautilus or
> Thunar.
>
> It's all a matter of personal balance. Better to do one or two things
> right than to do ten things horribly.
>
> Lance
>
>
>
>
> --- On *Fri, 8/3/12, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: ISO Testing Screencast
> To: "Lance" <lbsolost@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, August 3, 2012, 6:49 PM
>
>
> He has found his feet,
>
> there is a saying in the UK that "if people really knew how thin the blue
> line was, they'd be up in arms to their MP's" Roughly translated it is
> equates to the ratio of police to villains.
>
> So many people think that Ubuntu 'just happens', getting testers for every
> flavour / arch becomes a greater problem as more people just expect it "to
> work".
>
> I've had a bit of a bounce around of 'mad' ideas ... what about a QA
> facebook presence along the lines of [1] ?
>
> Don't worry, it will have a different banner. (I have a tame graphics guy
> to do that).
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
> 1. https://www.facebook.com/groups/lubuntu.official/
>
> On 4 August 2012 00:26, Lance <lbsolost@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=lbsolost@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
>
> Well said Phill. Individual limitations are to be expected. We each have
> certain strengths and weaknesses, only as a team can we function quite well
> ;^)
>
> Sort of OT but Nicholas also has a survey up:
>
> http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2012/08/quality-perceptions-survey.html
>
> That of course is just a intro but the link is there for the survey. I
> love the effort :^)
>
> Lance
>
> PS: Sorry if I missed a previous notice of the survey here.
>
>
> --- On *Fri, 8/3/12, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: ISO Testing Screencast
> To: "Ron Mitchell" <rm2892@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=rm2892@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> Cc: lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, August 3, 2012, 6:02 PM
>
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> never feel the need to apologise. Everyone on this QA team recalls being a
> new commer not just to testing, but to *buntu.
>
> To give you a little history of L-QA. We had a set of testers that would
> test our unofficial releases before we got full adoption for 11.10. From
> our just 'checking things worked' (which they did), we switched to having
> to file 'official' results. This was a steep learning curve for everyone
> involved, we were fortunate to have some testers familiar with 'official'
> testing. Flying by the seat of our pants, and with so much patience and
> help from both ubuntu-testing and ubuntu-release we got through. Fast
> forward to now... the Lubuntu-QA team are respected and valued in the
> community. We will, and have, help any other flavour; just as they have
> gone beyond the call of duty to help Lubuntu.
>
> There are no dumb questions, just people who will not ask them.
>
> @all thanks for your input to nicholas's video presentations, a 10 minute
> video presentation can cover things that would take many, many pages of
> text to cover.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
> On 3 August 2012 23:14, Ron Mitchell <rm2892@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=rm2892@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
>
> Of course it does!
>
> That will teach me once again to be a little more thorough.
>
> My error.  Sorry 'bout that.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> On 2012-08-03, at 2:34 PM, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
>
> >
> > Ohh, Ron, btw, my version of testdrive does have lubuntu -- have a look
> again and see if your missing it in preferences. Check the box to turn on
> the tab.
> >
> > Nicholas
> >
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