Hello,

Last week I was requesting everyone interested in helping making Hardy Heron the best Ubuntu release ever to come and help us test ISO images.
I think we can say it was a great success as we had all the testcases done in time, lots of bugs found and fixed for most of them.
I want to say a big thank you to everyone involved in testing Hardy so far.

Now with the final release due to Thursday (24th) we will need even more testers during this week.
Testing for final release is absolutely identical to what we did for the Release Candidate except that we would like every testcases to be tested twice.

If you want to help, please join #ubuntu-testing on irc.freenode.net where we will be hanging the whole week coordinating testing.

Our testing procedures can be found here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Procedures
and the testcases here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Cases

Pick the one you prefer or ask for one in #ubuntu-testing and follow it step by step.
Then report your results on our tracker : http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com (login is the same as Brainstorm and other QA websites)
If you find a bug, report it : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

Testing can be done in a virtual machine (Virtualbox for example) or on real hardware (preferred). As Hardy is still not in a final stage avoid doing install/upgrade on production computers.

Additional information can be found here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing

Hey everyone,

As you may know, this week we will release Hardy's Release Candidate which is the last build before final.
RC is due for release on this Thursday (17th of April) and final a week after (24th of April).

In order to give you the best tested and stable release of Ubuntu ever, we are currently looking for testers.
If you want to help, please join #ubuntu-testing on irc.freenode.net where we will be hanging the whole week coordinating testing.

Our testing procedures can be found here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Procedures
and the testcases here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Cases

Pick the one you prefer or ask for one in #ubuntu-testing and follow it step by step.
Then report your results on our tracker : http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com (login is the same as Brainstorm and other QA websites)
If you find a bug, report it : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

Testing can be done in a virtual machine (Virtualbox for example) or on real hardware (preferred). As Hardy is still not in a final stage avoid doing install/upgrade on production computers.

Additional information can be found here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing

It's already more than one month since the launch, and Ubuntu Brainstorm continues to grow! And here is another update to the website.

• As pointed out by one user, the "Implemented ideas" list was not clear enough. Now, the implemented ideas will be classified by release, and the ones concerning the website itself will be put apart.
• Many of you, such as treynolen on "Create way to dispute "duplicate" flag on brainstorm", are not happy with the current duplicate handling system. That's also our perception: the duplicate system is fine, but not sufficient: there should be a way to group similar, but not duplicate ideas. Thus, we will think of a similar idea handling system on top of the current duplicate system. But don't expect it too soon, as it may require some work!
• Contacting us will now be easier: A "contact us" link have been added on the footer of the Brainstorm website, and very soon (tomorrow?) a mailing list will be added. But please keep ideas for Brainstorm on Brainstorm itself, it is already doing a pretty good job!

Across the web, we have seen a lot of interest to the Brainstorm website in FOSS projects, with some of them trying to set up Brainstorm websites. We want to make an open call to them: we are working on making Brainstorm project-neutral, and anybody wanting to help on the Brainstorm project is welcome! Want some help to set up a Brainstorm? Please pass by or read the instructions. Use the upcoming mailing list, or pass by #ubuntu-testing on irc.freenode.net.

Finally, since the stats module is not here yet, here are a few stats: 14,400 users, 26,000 comments, 700,000 votes, and 6500 ideas (350 deleted, 1400 duplicates). Big kudos to bgfeldm, rawsaugage, and Auzy, our best duplicate reporters with around one hundred reports! And a bow to the best hardcore-voter, 7K, with 5500 votes casted alone!

Hey everyone,

So far, Ubuntu brainstorm is quite a success: more that 5000 ideas, 20000 comments and 600000 votes! That surprised us, and we are pretty pleased with it! That shows the will of the Ubuntu community to contribute, at any level.

But we understand brainstorming is not an one-way process: it is our duty to give you some feedback on the ideas you proposed. That will be the goal of this blog. We will try to regularly keep you informed about Ubuntu development, and where your ideas goes.

We also understand that for some of you, the Ubuntu development process is a blackbox, and one can be confused at how to start contributing. To *start* contributing is the hardest step! A second goal of this blog will be to be another entry point for you, prospective contributors: we will try to regularly post articles that demystify the different ways to contribute, so that you can actually take part in the implementation of your ideas!

Finally, if you want to contact us, please join #ubuntu-testing at irc.ubuntu.com on IRC.