On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 12:14:55AM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > On reflection, whilst I understand the Debian policy on not providing > out of the box support for hardware which unacceptable licensing etc, I > think most people will bite the bullet and install anyway once they are > stuck with the hardware. In really only inconveniences the users, rather > than achieving the desired effect of rewarding good manufacturers and > providing an incentive for the others to improve their game... > > What would be better would be something like an install CD which just > autodetects hardware and lists what it finds and gives it a Linux > approval rating, culminating in an overall 'hardware open source > support rating' that anyone can use to compare machines in a shop.
Such a project is described at http://blog.daniel-baumann.ch/2006/02/14#20060214_debian-live-initiative > If such a thing became widely known and used, there would be a real > incentive for oems to use open source friendly devices, and hence > device manufacturers to become open source friendly.. > > But that is probably getting off the topic of installers a bit... Knowing (or asking) what is going, is IMNSHO, never off topic ... > > Regards, > DigbyT Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
