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===== Step 2: Testing your Xubuntu installation. ===== | ===== Testing ===== |
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| ====== Step 2: Testing your Xubuntu installation. ====== |
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As was mentioned in the previous step, now that you've [[https://wiki.xubuntu.org/qa/installing|installed]] Xubuntu, you have already tested the installation and this very valuable testing needs to be reported via the [[http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/ |Iso Tracker]], more info about which you will see on the Step 3: Reporting back page that follows | As was mentioned in the previous step, now that you've [[https://wiki.xubuntu.org/qa/installing|installed]] Xubuntu, you have already tested the installation and this very valuable testing needs to be reported via the [[http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/ |Iso Tracker]], more info about which you will see on the Step 3: Reporting back page that follows |
-Static Testing | -Static Testing |
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A first time tester might find starting off with exploratory testing the best route into testing. | Both types of testing are only summarised below, but a lot more detail can be found in the [[https://docs.xubuntu.org/contributors/qa.html|quality assurance chapters]] of the contributors docs. |
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Both types of testing are summarised below. A lot more details can be found in the [[https://docs.xubuntu.org/contributors/qa.html|quality assurance chapters]] of the [[https://docs.xubuntu.org/contributors/|contributors docs]]. | Deciding which type of testing is best for you is dependent on the type of installation that you can do; installing Xubuntu as the main Operating System is best suited to exploratory testing - with the remaining installation options becoming more suited to static testing as you move down through the 4 alternatives listed on the [[https://wiki.xubuntu.org/qa:installing|Install the Xubuntu Development version]] page. |
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Using the development version of Xubuntu full time is best suited to exploratory testing - with the remaining installation options becoming less suited to exploratory and more to static testing as you move through the 4 options listed. | If in doubt it is perhaps best to start with exploratory testing with Xubuntu installed as your main OS, or as 'dual boot' option alongside your existing OS. |
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Deciding which type of testing is best for you, is dependent on the type of installation you can use. | |
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=== 2. 'Static' Testing === | === 2. 'Static' Testing === |
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This is testing in its purest form – you get the ISO and test the OS without installing anything or changing anything to your main system - the ISO remains 'static'. | This is testing in its purest form – you get and install the ISO and test it without installing anything else or changing anything to your main system - the ISO remains 'static'. |
| Static testing means that you check that Xubuntu installs without problems and that the pre-installed apps work. Actually, each of the different installation methods as shown in [[http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/384/builds/170373/testcases|this example]] of test cases for Bionic Beaver on the Ubuntu QA tracker need to be tested, but you can choose which ones you want to help with. |
Static testing means that you check that Xubuntu installs without problems and that the pre-installed apps work. Actually, each of the different installation methods shown in the following example need to be tested, as you can see on the Ubuntu QA tracker (e.g. these [[http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/384/builds/170373/testcases|testcases]] for Bionic Beaver), but you can choose which ones you want to help with. | |
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Then the next day (or the next time you test) you download the latest Daily ISO and again test the OS without installing anything or changing anything to your main system. Instead of re-downloading the whole ISO each time you can use [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ZsyncCdImage| Zsync]] to update it (zsync only downloads the bits that have changed) | Then the next day (or the next time you test) you download and install the latest Daily ISO and again test the OS without installing anything else or changing anything to your main system. Instead of re-downloading the whole ISO each time you can use [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ZsyncCdImage| Zsync]] to update it (zsync only downloads the bits that have changed). For zsync to work - you must have the original download available. |
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This type of testing is mostly needed during community testing weeks, when the Xubuntu QA team puts out a call for testers on the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel| development mailing list]] and the [[https://xubuntu.org/contact/|social media outlets]]. | This type of testing is mostly needed during community testing weeks, when the Xubuntu QA team puts out a call for testers on the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel| development mailing list]] and the [[https://xubuntu.org/contact/|social media outlets]]. |