On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 09:26 +0200, Mark Van den Borre wrote: > 2006/7/12, Steve Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > We've started a wiki page of Ubuntu-compatible hardware that is > > available in the UK. If you have bought anything recently that you > > think's worth adding, pop it on > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Hardware > > > > Or if you're not a wiki kind of person, give details in a reply to > > this thread and I or someone else will add it on your behalf. > > > > Remember, UK-focus what we're looking for :). > I'm sorry to say that I miss a lot of focus in this. What exactly is > the goal of this page? I don't really see it.
I do see the point, and I'd perhaps like to amplify the goal. A friend for whom I've installed Ubuntu complained to me that his one major problem with Ubuntu is not knowing whether a product he wants to buy - external DVD drive, printer/scanner, wifi card - will work in Ubuntu. I think being able to point him to a site which says "this product works great under Ubuntu" serves two purposes: first he knows what works, and second products that support Linux get exposure. And I don't want to know that John Doe in Miami, FL, has managed to buy a good wifi card from his local Radio Shack; I want to hear about UK PC World, ebuyer.co.uk, Bits-n-Bobs in Swindon. Si I would in fact recommend including where and when an item was bought, because sometimes - with obstructive manufacturers who change chipsets without changing product codes - details can be important. Robert. > > Mark > -- > Mark Van den Borre > Noormannenstraat 113 > 3000 Leuven, België > +32 486 961726 > -- ubuntu-uk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
