la, 2011-05-07 kello 19:18 +0200, Ara Pulido kirjoitti: > Hello! > > On the Hardware Certification team we would love to start a new > community driven hardware validation program that we are calling Ubuntu > Friendly: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFriendly
> This will be a non-commercial programme, and the goal is to have a list > of systems that are known to be working fine with Ubuntu, that are > Ubuntu Friendly, based on test results sent by Ubuntu users. Hello! This sounds really good. In the user stories there's one story about buying a laptop. Easing that would help both the buyers and vendors quite a bit. To give perspective, I'd like to give a little background to the way laptops are sold in the Nordics (I don't know have details on other parts of the world, so the situation may differ). At any given time there are at least a hundred laptop models available and the available models change twice a year. Many stores (online or physical) do not carry inventory at all. Physical stores might have two or three models on display, but everything else is usually ordered from big warehouses when customer wants certain laptop model. This means that neither the vendor or the customer has physical access to the laptop before it is sold. This makes checking components really difficult. There are vast amounts of hardware compatibility information all over the web, but usually all of them are lacking one crucial bit of information and that is the manufacturer's configuration code (part number) of the laptop. Of course there are a few customisable models, but at least in the Nordic market most laptops sold are preconfigured with each configuration having a code assigned by the manufacturer. The code is either appended to the marketing name of the laptop or completely different from it. One configuration is usually sold for some months. Here are some examples of 13.3" laptop models from different manufacturers available now: Asus: UL30A-QX380V - 13.3" SU7300/4GB/320GB/2200mAh battery UL30A-QX163V - 13.3" SU7300/4GB/500GB/4400mAh battery HP: WT153EA#UUW HP 4320S - 13.3" P4600/2GB/250GB/6 cell battery XN861EA#UUW HP 4320S - 13.3" I3-380M/2GB/250GB/6 cell battery XN576EA#UUW HP 4320S - 13.3" I3-380M/3GB/320GB/3G modem/6 cell battery Lenovo: NV338MS - Edge 13 K685/2GB/320GB/5.2h battery NV13CMS - Edge 13 I3-380UM/4GB/500GB/3G modem/8.0h battery In some cases lshw lists the above codes (or parts of them), but in some cases the codes cannot be retrieved programmatically. Asus laptop didn't seem to return it, but if I remember correctly, HP boxes return it. This makes automatic collection of the information tricky as sometimes different configurations are reported as same model even if they differ in hardware quite a bit. Of course one can list lshw information on the web, but because vendors in many cases have no access to a physical unit, identifying whether the box is really the same as the tested is quite difficult. The problem with the configuration codes (part numbers) is that they get old really quick, but while they are valid, they are really helpful. For an average person they may be really confusing and not all ads or online stores show the configuration codes, but only the marketing name. Just some food for thought.. Veli-Matti > We will have to UDS sessions (on Wednesday) to talk about the specifics > and to get input for anyone interested in having such programme in Ubuntu: > > * Ubuntu Friendly Hardware Validation Programme [1] > > This blueprint will contain the work needed to be done in terms of > the programme itself: description of the programme, governance, etc. > > * Community Hardware Testing Infrastructure [2] > > This blueprint will contain the work needed to be done in terms of > the technical infrastructure that is required to make the programme > possible: testing tools, backend infrastructure, etc. > > Hope to see you there! > > Cheers! > Ara. > > [1] > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/certify-planning/+spec/cert-o-ubuntu-friendly > > [2] > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/certify-planning/+spec/cert-o-community-testing > -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
