This should absolutely be in the default installation! I have had many occasions where one of my friends have told me to re- install Windows on their machines. However they have no idea what's inside their grey boxes, so I have always relied to the device manager on my Ubuntu live cd. That way I can see the hardware and download the latest drivers to an usb stick.
If the device manager is not on the installation media, things get more complicated. After all, Windows only shows something like unknown pci device, which isn't helping one bit. And besides, it's never bad to know whats inside your computer. Out of curiosity if nothing else. I believe that this package is of great use to all of mankind and doesn't harm anyone, so why is it not involved anymore in the default list of software is beyond me. Mikko. -- [hardy] upgrade removes Device Manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210807 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
