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In order to better support laptops, we need to have a stronger idea about what hardware is supported. In order to achieve this, we will be purchasing a wide range of laptops from a limited selection of manufacturers. It's not practical for us to test all of these ourselves, and so we'll be sending some machines to community members.

The machines will not come without strings attached - people will be expected to install Ubuntu and provide an installation report for every milestone and release candidate of Breezy and Breezy+1. When problems are found, you'll be expected to provide debugging information and test potential solutions. After Breezy+1, it's expected that you'll be allowed to keep the laptops.

We're looking for people who are active in the community, so please include a link to a wiki page that describes what you do within Ubuntu. Being active on the mailing list or forums, producing artwork, helping out on documentation and so on are the sort of thing that we'll be looking for.

So, please add yourself to the table below, and in the near future we'll be getting in touch with people to arrange getting hardware to them.

[*] Could do with access to a ThinkPad >=R50/X40 to work on the hd/accelorometer. [**] May be good to purchase machine inside IL, as hardware quotes are reltively low.

From ThomasSchneller Tue May 31 16:20:01 +0100 2005 From: Thomas Schneller Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:20:01 +0100 Subject: Ahh... yes..... Message-ID: <20050531162001+0100@www.ubuntulinux.org>

I don't need hardware. But I would like to help with quality assurance. Please see my profile.

Thanks and stay tuned!

Thomas

From AndreiEmeltchenko Tue May 31 19:10:20 +0100 2005 From: Andrei Emeltchenko Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 19:10:20 +0100 Subject: Andrei Emeltchenko Message-ID: <20050531191020+0100@www.ubuntulinux.org>

I use Debian and Ubuntu and would like to test new versions of Ubuntu on laptops.

Thomas Roy Garner, ICQ-4580576/YAHOO-thomasroygarner@yahoo.com Everett, Washington Active Duty, USN, Intel Community

Love to volunteer for testing; I use Ubuntu on my Alienware, P4, 1-gig Ram, 80-gig HD, wireless; pure intel system

From spo0nman Thu Jun 2 10:58:47 +0100 2005 From: spo0nman Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:58:47 +0100 Subject: Acer Aspire and hp`nc600 Message-ID: <20050602105847+0100@https://www.ubuntulinux.org>

I have a Acer Aspire a compaq/hp nc6000 and an IBM Thinkpad. Would like to volunteer for testing on these.

Colin Dean of Volant, PA, currently a student

I currently use Ubuntu Hoary on my Averatec 3270 and wouldn't mind volunteering it to help improve Ubuntu.

From AchrafFouwad Sun Jun 5 21:47:32 +0100 2005 From: Achraf Fouwad Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 21:47:32 +0100 Subject: Message-ID: <20050605214732+0100@https://www.ubuntulinux.org>

i'd love to help you I use Ubuntu on my HP nx9000, P4 2,6 Ghz, 512M Ram, 40 gig , Wireless + an Acer Aspire 1620. The Nx9000 is running Breezy and The Acer is running Hoary

From DavidVazquez Wed Jun 8 03:10:34 +0100 2005 From: David Vazquez Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:10:34 +0100 Subject: David Vazquez, MX, Student Message-ID: <20050608031034+0100@www.ubuntulinux.org>

I'd like to help with the project, here's my wiki page: https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/DavidVazquez

From ElimelechPinchasBerlin Wed Jun 8 06:59:36 +0100 2005 From: Elimelech Pinchas Berlin Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 06:59:36 +0100 Subject: Ideal candidates for the job Message-ID: <20050608065936+0100@www.ubuntulinux.org>

I would just point out that people who already own laptops may be especially suited for this job since already they are most probably devoting a lot of time to laptop troubleshooting just to get their own hardware to function.

From JonathanJesse Wed Jun 8 20:00:18 +0100 2005 From: Jonathan Jesse Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 20:00:18 +0100 Subject: Would be willing to help out Message-ID: <20050608200018+0100@https://www.ubuntulinux.org>

I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 from work that I run Ubuntu on and would be willing to test any others that I could. Please add me to the list

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I'm RoaldHopman a moderator at ubuntuforums. I would like to receive a HP laptop for testing.

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Laur Ivan

Currently I have a X200 (dell). I've patched it's ACPI image to make the battery work. I'm thinking/working of an autodetect algorithm for linux wifi. I'd love to test it on a 64-bit platform along with the other features and make sure no 64-bit issues pop up. imho Acer has 64bit laptops are accessible. Alternatively, a sonoma platform would be as challenging

Rob Williams rdwtux@gmail.com

I'd be interested in helping out. I have an IBM Thinkpad T30 and a Gateway 3550gz running Ubuntu.