about this issue with vendors selling windows based systems i agree with you, most non technical persons would rather have a system they have no idea how it works as long as it does i have tried to convince my own parents to change but the moment something is not working, its always linux's fault
for a start, why dont you publish a list of hardware components which are supported out of the box itself like make a specification for desktop systems (for eg: using AMD proc, AMD mobo 780GX etc etc, which use so and so northbridge which is fully supported etc) the idea is to introduce systems that work out of the box for most non technical people so that they atleast start using it once they get the hang of it, they will realise the full potential of it... wat i'm saying is that in order to get an intro into the scene we might have to do somethings like the above. i guess we can do a lot for most people if we can publish a list of components which are supported by different OS the usual components are: gfx - nvidia chipset/radeon or intel etc... sound - realtek/creative etc lan - realtek/broadcomm etc southbridge - VIA chipset etc etc the breakup of this itself gives an idea on what all components by which all companies are supported by that distro so he only gets those things which will work and if he has any issues on integration, thats what this forum is for rite... this is my idea, not sure on how practical this is... any suggestions??? Antony Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com
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