> From my perspective, it would be better to create a cross distro list > of hardware compatibilty. This would show which pieces of hardware > work and which don't. The benefits of this are legion, but here are > the main ones: > > 1. Single database for new linxu users to look in > 2. Single database to point vendors at in an attempt to get them to > understand how large their Linux base really is
I've been thinking about starting a project just like this for a long time. If anyone is interested, please let me know! Maybe it would be good to only target ubuntu at first, and later expand the focus. > Probably the best candidate for this is the new LHCP from Fedora, > which is very similar to the Hardware DB Ubuntu has, but has a scope > of more than just Ubuntu. As such, I would create a spec about getting > the common client in Ubuntu. The LHCP project, while it sounds interesting, doesn't seem to be active at all, judging by the mailing list activity. Ciao Paulus -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
