Well the hardware are coming out at an alarming rate;so unless we are in direct touch with the reatil pc/laptop business keeping a list would be a hard task.
Only the guys at the shops know it all...they handle 4-5 phone calls in a minute and i have seen them dealing with All cool ASUS AXPXX%%%%** , INTEL ***#$, etc etc as if ls and ps :) So a practical approach would be to get a tie up with the pc vendors and start a Free Software zone ( well make it open source..fraud mallus..think free in software as something they get for free and not worth they pay for :) ) in their shop with a bunch of hardwares known to work where you get GNU installed in their PC/lappy for a extra fee of 1000 rupees ( the money can be divided between the venor and lug or be dealt with however ).Basically there need to be a business model which make it look like it is working out for the vendors lest they lose intrest I guess many would buy from the free-zone if we keep up a 3d desktop with mplayer/xine etc preinstalled and let it sit as a demo with a tag virus-free :) On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 8:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > -- Anoop P Alias (PGP Key ID : 0x014F9953) GNU system administrator http://GnuSys.net
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