I am pretty big on time management. Even if I have 'free' time (like that spent here), I don't always have much and I don't always have blocks of time. For instance, I'm mostly here in the evenings. That's because I have blocks of time that I use for other things.
Anyhow, I have committed to myself (and I suppose now publicly) to beta test (as in the whole thing with filing bug and experience reports, keeping in touch with the developers) for the entirety of Lubuntu 21.04. I make no commitments beyond that - but I'll do this one release as a way to give back and to help my favorite distro.
LOL That may not seem like much, but I'm a miser with regards to my time. I'm retired. I want to spend it doing things I enjoy!
I should point out that they have to hold my hand, at least to get started. I have no idea how it is done properly. Being a time miser, I've seldom even filed bug reports. It wasn't until recently that I even clicked the notify button when my OS had a problem that needed reporting. I usually disable error reporting!
So, I'm gonna do this for the entire release.
I suspect I'm going to hate it and it's going to be a lot like work - work that I am obligated to do. If nothing else, I'm obligated because of the time they're investing in showing me how to do this all properly. Nah, I think I'll enjoy it. I've even dedicated an entire computer to nothing but beta testing the next version of Lubuntu.
I'll let you know how it goes. I've never done this before.
So, why am I writing this? Well, 'cause I can - and because it might inspire someone else. They're open source projects. They're pretty inviting. Maybe you too can give them a few blocks of time? You don't have to do much. If I like it, I might even try helping edit their online user manual.
Hmm... I should turn this into articles on my blog. Meh... Oh well...
Anyhow, yeah... Maybe someone will see this and decide to take the plunge into helping? Someone's gotta help.
Do you know why Ubuntu doesn't do i386/32 bit builds? It's not because they don't want to. It's not because modernity has pushed the architecture to the side. It's because they don't have enough testers. They have enough testers on the RPi, so they released an image for the Pi. If they had more people willing to test 32 bit OSes, they'd still have 32 bit ISOs.
So, get out there and give 'em some of your time. If I can commit to it, you can.
Anyhow, I have committed to myself (and I suppose now publicly) to beta test (as in the whole thing with filing bug and experience reports, keeping in touch with the developers) for the entirety of Lubuntu 21.04. I make no commitments beyond that - but I'll do this one release as a way to give back and to help my favorite distro.
LOL That may not seem like much, but I'm a miser with regards to my time. I'm retired. I want to spend it doing things I enjoy!
I should point out that they have to hold my hand, at least to get started. I have no idea how it is done properly. Being a time miser, I've seldom even filed bug reports. It wasn't until recently that I even clicked the notify button when my OS had a problem that needed reporting. I usually disable error reporting!
So, I'm gonna do this for the entire release.
I suspect I'm going to hate it and it's going to be a lot like work - work that I am obligated to do. If nothing else, I'm obligated because of the time they're investing in showing me how to do this all properly. Nah, I think I'll enjoy it. I've even dedicated an entire computer to nothing but beta testing the next version of Lubuntu.
I'll let you know how it goes. I've never done this before.
So, why am I writing this? Well, 'cause I can - and because it might inspire someone else. They're open source projects. They're pretty inviting. Maybe you too can give them a few blocks of time? You don't have to do much. If I like it, I might even try helping edit their online user manual.
Hmm... I should turn this into articles on my blog. Meh... Oh well...
Anyhow, yeah... Maybe someone will see this and decide to take the plunge into helping? Someone's gotta help.
Do you know why Ubuntu doesn't do i386/32 bit builds? It's not because they don't want to. It's not because modernity has pushed the architecture to the side. It's because they don't have enough testers. They have enough testers on the RPi, so they released an image for the Pi. If they had more people willing to test 32 bit OSes, they'd still have 32 bit ISOs.
So, get out there and give 'em some of your time. If I can commit to it, you can.