Hi Robert, > 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.
I agree. My frequent problem too. > 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. Agreed. And for USB or PCI devices, the USB/PCI ID/revision would be useful too, e.g. `lsusb', or `lspci -n'. Cheers, Ralph. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
