Introduction

The Laptop Testing Project is open to anyone who would like to provide important hardware information of their own laptops. We're on a mission to get Ubuntu to work great on as many different makes and models of laptops as possible. To do this, we need to know which hardware works straight off the install CD and which hardware needs configuring or is poorly supported.

How to Join Us

To join us testing laptops hardware you firstly need to:

• Create a Launchpad account and fill in your profile with, at least, your IRC Id, your Wiki page URL, and your time zone. If you want to remain anonymous you can use a nickname but then ensure to use the same one on the Wiki and Mailing List.

• If you don't already have a Wiki page now is the time to make one (HelpForBeginners). Create it using the premade template called Homepage and fill it in with a brief introduction about yourself, a valid email address, your launchpad profile link and other useful information, just to make sure there's a way people can contact you.

• Sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct and commit yourself to comply with it.

• Subscribe to our mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa and introduce yourself.

How to Contribute

To get started with Laptop Testing you don't need to be a developer, and no special IT knowledge is required. Tests are really easy to make and remember that other people can benefit from your work in many ways.

Please note

• If you share a laptop model with anyone, please coordinate with them to provide a single report for each milestone, unless it has different specifications. To do this just follow Ubuntu-QA ML and check the Laptop Report Wiki page (Testing/Laptop/Reports).

How to make a Laptop Testing Report

Here are the steps you need to follow:

1. Install or run a live CD of the most current point release of the development version of Ubuntu (http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/).

2. Check on Testing/Laptop/Reports if there is already a report for your laptop.

   If there is:

   1. Hit the upper left edit link and add your WikiName under the existing one to the testing page using the @SIG@ macro.

   2. From the http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Plans/LaptopTesting Wiki Page choose cases you want to test, write down their Case ID along with Description, and start testing.

   3. Then check if you have anything different comparing same Case ID and, if this is the case, coordinate with the other person through Ubuntu-QA ML before updating the existing report.

   If you own a different laptop sub-model or one that hasn't been tested yet:

   1. Hit the upper left edit link and create a new entry adding your WikiName with the @SIG@ macro, edition you are testing and link to the new laptop report.

   2. From the http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Plans/LaptopTesting Wiki Page choose cases you want to test, write down their Case ID along with Description, and start testing.

   3. Create the new page for your test results. If you own a Toshiba Tecra M2, then the new page is named Testing/Laptop/Reports/ToshibaTecraM2. You can create the new page by typing the address in your browser and then following it. The reference template to create the table can be found here Testing/Laptop/Reports/Template.

   4. Add an entry to the table reporting Case ID and Description. The result of each test must be reported on the correct column using the reference model and according to the current milestone.

3. File bugs for anything that doesn't work and remember to mention if the problem was not in the stable version.

4. When a new point release for the development version comes out, install that and correct any information. File new bugs for items that are now broken and remember to close any bugs for things that now work.
5. Once you've done all that, sit back and take a break! Thanks for helping Ubuntu run on your laptop.

Remember that Ubuntu-QA ML and #ubuntu-testing IRC channel on freenode can help with common problems and questions, don't hesitate to ask how to report bugs for example.

• For an easy and quick access to our IRC channel you can use the freenode Webchat.

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