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Idea #21919: A Graphical Device Manager (Ubuntu Hadware Center)

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #7955: Have a device manager.
Written by JJ the 18 Oct 09 at 13:59. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
Basically the idea is to implement a program in Ubuntu serves as a device manager, so that we can easily see all the devices that are connected to the system and the kernel module you are using, the style of Harddrake2 (Mandriva Project .

This program is something that people made rather less (in my experience) when you install Ubuntu, because many people are used to the device manager of Windows (r), and can not find a homonym in Ubuntu. And we should acknowledge that this manager is one of the most necessary things there, because we can see that there is or there, and operating in our system
-- Translated by Google Translator--

-- Original Idea in Spanish (sorry to use the translator, but my English is not very good) --
Básicamente la idea es implementar en Ubuntu un programa que nos sirva como administrador de dispositivos, de forma que podamos ver cómodamente todos los dispositivos que están conectados al sistema, así como el módulo del kernel que está usando, al estilo de Harddrake2 (del proyecto Mandriva.

Este programa es una cosa que la gente hecha bastante de menos (según mi experiencia) cuando instala Ubuntu, ya que mucha gente esta acostumbrada al administrador de dispositivos de Windows(r), y no encuentran un homónimo en Ubuntu. Y es que hay que reconocer que este administrador es una de las cosas más necesarias que hay, pues nos permite ver que hay o no hay, y que funciona, en nuestro sistema.

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Solution #1: Ubuntu Hadware Center
Written by JJ the 18 Oct 09 at 13:59.
Create a chart manager, borrowing from where you can and own code to create a friendly application
-- Translated by Google Translator--

-- Original Idea in Spanish (sorry to use the translator, but my English is not very good) --
Crear un gestor gráfico, tomando prestado de donde se pueda y con codigo propio, para crear una aplicación amigable

New: A mock-up:

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Solution #2: Use Hardinfo
Written by andreibranescu the 21 Oct 09 at 00:59.
I think that this application should be included in the pack of applications that Ubuntu installs by default. Also it should have a shortcut in System->Preferences.

Why?
This application already exists and it's featured on the Ubuntu help site here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardInfo

Key Features:
* User-friendly graphical interface
* Comprehensive reports on hardware
* Generate HTML reports on your system's hardware
* Benchmark and compare your system.
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Solution #3: Create a device manager to enable user control of devices, not only listing them
Written by 10110111 the 27 Oct 09 at 18:47.
Device manager should not just list the hardware, create reports, etc., but it should give users the power of controlling the devices, i.e. shut some device off, change its power state (HDD standby, wifi&bt rfkill, EEE PC camera/ card reader shut off, etc.), change some hardware feature (e.g. force 100Mbit on 1000Mbit NIC, change UDMAx mode, enable WakeOnLAN, change MAC address, etc.), find a driver not included by default, etc. and save these settings in the config files.

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andreibranescu wrote on the 31 Oct 09 at 16:32
It's easy to say: create that and do that, but do Ubuntu engineers have time for all of this?

Why not use something that already exists?


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