Improving Debian Through Better Testing

Speaker: Isoken Ibizugbe

Track: Other

Type: Short talk (20 minutes)

Room: Aula Magna - FADU

Time: Jul 21 (Tue): 15:00

Duration: 0:20

In this talk, I’ll share how I used Openqa to set up “start-stop” tests for LXQt, Cinnamon, and XFCE desktop environments. I’ll show how these tests launch apps, check the user interface, and make sure they close properly. This way, we can be confident that Debian Live images are truly functional, not just bootable.

This presentation is for QA engineers, developers, and Linux enthusiasts who want to automate manual testing. It’s especially useful if you’re working on desktop stability or curious about how openQA handles different environments.

Attendees will learn how to write reusable test scripts for various desktops and how to spot failures that boot tests might miss. I’ll also talk about how this helps improve Debian’s reliability by providing a final check before release.

Additionally, I will discuss my journey to joining the Debian project through my Outreachy internship (a newcomer from an underrepresented background as a woman of colour), my tasks/contributions, and their impact. It will serve as a form of encouragement to newcomers to the Debian project and the openqa testing project.