http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14800/ Actually many people are now switching to ubuntu or are now ready to give it a try.

As known to linux community, many hardware vendors have kept their hardware closed source.As a result the open source community has been unable to provide adequate support for the hardware.

usually the hardware we buy has a logo 'certified for windows vista', and similarly for xp.people never know whether it is open or closed hardware or how well the hardware is supported under ubuntu.

i know that there are websites which contain a list of hardware supported under ubuntu.

it would be nice to have a tool for windows which could gather the data about the hardware connected to pc (similar to hardware testing in ubuntu). Based on the data it should generate a friendly report about the current status of support for the available hardware,specially graphics card or wireless card.It would help to prevent any post installation blues.

An additional feature which could suggest the linux counterparts of installed windows applications would be a killer addition.

It wll go a long way in solving bug no. 1 in launchpad!

[143 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #14800


]]> en-us Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:53:49 +0000 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:45:40 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/14800/ Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:23:10 +0000 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:16:42 +0000
While we're on the topic of hardware support, I would like to specify why hardware vendors most presumably do not support their hardware on Linux systems. Simply put, it is because they feel that the market is to small to support, and thusly believe, it is a waste of their money. In this, it would be wrong to place blame in either the Linux developing community, or in hardware vendors.

Hardware vendors operate on money based on the physical goods they sell. The profit allows for the creation of information, and drivers for their products. The drivers for their hardware are free of charge (but it could be presumed that the price of the windows driver is worked in).

In the case of free of charge drivers:

They make no return on the drivers. Therefore, as a business, they will require to cut the drivers down to the most profitable markets. In this case, this is Windows.

In the case of drivers that you pay for somehow:

They make return on the drivers. This is a set return on the drivers that you are receiving with the hardware, though. If you're receiving the Windows drivers (which you probably receiving), They will charge you for only that driver. Therefore, they still do not get any return on a Linux driver. Will they raise the price just to support a driver that they believe most will not use? They'd rather just have you pay for the one driver most will use.]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:51:08 +0000 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:34:08 +0000
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The matter of a testing utility, is a matter of speeding up the testing process.]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:30:54 +0000 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:32:05 +0000 ]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:16:38 +0000
It's a good idea to run Upgrade Advisor, which takes only a few minutes, if you plan to install Windows 7 Release Candidate, which is also available as a free download.

After downloading and installing Upgrade Advisor, you'll see an opening screen that advises you to connect all of your external devices, such as hard drives, cameras, MP3 players, and so on.

This would be a great step toward the replacement of Windows.

More information about Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor:

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