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Welcome
Hello and Welcome to the Full Guide of Testing Ubuntu GNOME Development Releases. Have a useful reading and happy testing
Testing Ubuntu GNOME
"Testing is an infinite process of comparing the invisible to the ambiguous in order to avoid the unthinkable happening to the anonymous." - James Bach |
This section is dedicated to the current development version of Ubuntu GNOME. As with all Alphas and Betas they are not suitable for a production environment, please take the time to read Common Questions for Testing
Before Getting Started
I am NEW to Testing, How Can I help?
Congratulation, you are the best candidate who actually can help us testing a development release. If you are new to all this, please read this page. If you have any question, join the mailing list and just ask
Testing and using Development Releases of Ubuntu GNOME (or any other flavor of Ubuntu) isn't meant to be for production machines of daily usage. Testing is to make sure the Stable Release is working as good as possible. Find Bugs, Improve Performance, etc - this is what we do until we finalize the testing process and release a stable version. Whenever you are testing, keep in mind few notes: Make sure to Backup your You can use Virtual Machines - for example See this. You can use USB Drives or External HDD. You can use your machine. That is totally up to you but please, refer to #1 Finally, always remember:
Important Note: Please make sure to always use the ISO Tracker Ubuntu GNOME Vivid Vervet Alpha 1 has been released ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ Please help us to test Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) Daily Build
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For Questions and Support, you may want to use Ubuntu Forums Ubuntu +1 Section. When you start a
Note: It is not uncommon for developers to request the Bug reporter to file the Bug upstream where relevant, obviously the actual reporter can usually provide more info, testing etc. That said, upstream Bugs should really only be submitted once an Ubuntu Developer has requested it.
Please head over QA/Testing FAQs
Please head over Testing Activities Page Important Notes
important data. If you are using Linux, the best and easier way is to make a copy of your /home folder or partition. If you want to do a full system backup, please see Backup Your System and this link too. Start Testing
Getting Involved
Join Ubuntu GNOME QA Sub-Team
Ubuntu GNOME QA Mailing List
Share Your Findings or Ask Qs
Testing Help and Support
QA Mailing List
For Ubuntu GNOME specific Questions and Testing Support: Ubuntu GNOME QA Team - Mailing List Ubuntu Forums
new thread, please make sure to use the proper tag:
Please Note: This forum is for the discussion of the development of the next version of Ubuntu. Please Note: Ubuntu Developers do not usually read the forums, If you run into what you think is a bug, please use Launchpad to report it. IRC
For Ubuntu GNOME specific Questions and Testing Support: Ubuntu GNOME Channel on IRC Bugs
Upstream GNOME Bugs Testing FAQs
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