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Idea #11437: Unstable driver manager

Written by DjDarkman the 23 Jul 08 at 11:44. Category: Hardware support. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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This would be like restricted driver manager(maybe even an extension of it) but it would be for FREE/OSS *unstable* drivers.

There are a lots of hardware, take webcams for example, that mostly don`t have stable free or non-free drivers, BUT they have unstable ones, made by *hackers*. So if you buy a latop with a hardware like the ones I described above, the unstable driver manager would tell you this:

"You have this *piece of hardware* in your system, that doesn`t have any stable driver available for ubuntu. However, there is an unstable driver that MIGHT work, but be very carefull, it is UNSTABLE, it is very dangerous, and can destroy your system, and/or cause World War 3 to happen, use it at your own risk. If you survived this attempt please send feedback to hacker_who_made_this_driver@email.me.".

Keep in mind, there are a lot of hardware(mostly laptops) that don`t have stable drivers for linux. And there are a lot of people, who buy hardware that have these proplems(mostly they can`t even check if it`s compatible or not) who would try and/or use (k/x)ubuntu but don`t know/ or don`t even care how to google for Device ID all day, read forum posts and compile drivers.

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #11437
Written by DjDarkman the 23 Jul 08 at 11:44.
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nico9julio wrote on the 23 Jul 08 at 15:14
It would be a nice manner of getting better drivers.

retj wrote on the 23 Jul 08 at 19:16
Oh my god World War 3... someone has overreacted a little.--- :-)


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