Comment 121 for bug 263555

What make's an alpha or beta tester's hardware less valuable than the
hardware the final release is installed on? In many cases it is the same
hardware.

While I agree many install alpha or beta releases when they shouldn't, a
large number of people are actually working to do testing, and their
complaints are valid. If I or anybody sounds like they are "whining &
wailing" it is because their hardware is valuable, and they are doing a
service to you and everybody else.

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Amon_Re <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Quoting vjohn <email address hidden>:
>
> > Hi people, sorry by angry message, but I'm realy needing my onboard
> > network working in gnu/linux... Yesterday I have installed m$
> > windows in my machine to test the onboard network card (for
> > something it's work! hehe)
>
> You definatly should *NOT* be running Alpha or Beta software on a
> work-critical machine, the workarround is to install an older kernel,
> see the big warning topic on the forums.
> (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5882185&postcount=38)
>
>
> > and it work fine in windows... only in linux box have the "The NVM
> > Checksum Is Not Valid"... So the network card remain working... Of
> > course the gnu/linux is develloped by humans, but the kernel team
> > need do more testing in new releases,
>
> What do you think the point is of Beta & Alpha releases? To test the
> code on a larger ecosystem containing alot more diverse hardware, the
> whole discussion is pointless anyway, people clearly don't read
> warnings or even solutions when they're staring them in the face.
>
> > because have a great responsability in thousands machines runing
> > this great operating system!
> > Thanks a lot and I will wait the solution, when it appear...
> > Vinicius
>
> If my reply sounds abit bitter, it's probably because i am, there's
> been alot of whining & wailing about how they were supposed to do this
> & that & pull iso's etc etc etc etc ad infinitum, blah
>
> --
> [intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at
> risk
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263555
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Tom McKay