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can't ubuntu run all necessary tests on my computer on it's owm?

Asked by Mekan Guldurdiyev

I am really not a techie but I want to contribute to ubuntu's development as much as possible with all my heart.
But I don't have time and nor I believe the current methods are efficient.
Can't ubuntu Run all necessary tests on my computer?
I wish there was a software that continuously checked and reported problems to launchpad without asking me to do the manual work.
Ubuntu can collect and test whatever it wants on my system. I don't mind at all.
As long as whatever the software does on my system is publicly known and watched over.
This way Ubuntu can develop and use my system as a test machine on daily basis.
I do not want to do deal with reporting bugs.

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Best orngjce223 (orngjce223) said : 		#1

To help with the project, you do need to be able to report bugs, because if nobody knows what you were doing when XYZ program crashed, or if ABC program suddenly starts acting weird but doesn't actually crash and that doesn't get picked up by the automatic crash system, there's no way anyone can fix it.

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Cameron W (cwill747) said : 		#2

Well, there's the system testing tool. System -> Administration -> System Testing, which will help you check and report bugs. Then there's Apport, which you can use to report bugs in the system. It also tries to catch crashes when they happen.

I wish there was a program like this too. Don't get me wrong. They've been talking about going over to the hardware compatibility checking system that fedora uses I think. There's ubuntuhcl.org, if you don't want to do bugs.

Check out some of the projects:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/DesktopAutomatedTests

and

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Automation/Roadmap

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Mekan Guldurdiyev (g-mekan) said : 		#3

You guys keep amazing me. Today I had two messages and both were responded to so fast.
This makes me more interested in being involved.
as u said, if there is no way a software can detect a problem then I won't argue w/ that.
I just thought there was a way an operating system can collect data from my computer continously and report to ubuntu on daily basis. How I use ubuntu and how my system is fairing towards intended performance of the code.
Thank U so much for being and doing what u do.