We need a convenient way to keep track of the various hardware available.
A Launchpad Hardware Bug Tracker (HBT) would be a database where pieces of hardware -- e.g. soundcards, videocards, USB devices, even laptop models -- would have an entry. More-or-less like Launchpad today has a database of Ubuntu software packages. So, if I had a video card GF0674-AX from Acme. Inc., I should be able to find it in the database, and report bugs for that device.
These bugs would be natural places for people to look for help on their specific devices or laptops, and report their progress. The bugs would also be a great resource for developers working with hardware issues.
The HBT should be able to link bugs from LP & vice versa.
I believe such a HBT would be beneficial to all the projects on LP.
The hardware would need to be organized in various ways, so you could search and find what you are looking for.
There are various ways how we could deal with populating the database, obviously every device should only have one entry. Off the top of my head, one possibility is a collaboration with hardware manufacturers. Another that the information could be scraped by software run by users on their machines.
