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#2230: Reward hardware manufacturers that create drivers for linux
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Written by blablum the 1 Mar 08 at 17:10.
Category: Others.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
Reward hardware manufacturers that create drivers for linux by promoting their products, this might encourage them to do so more often.
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probono wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 17:40
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Buying the hardware is the best reward. So there should be a "works with Ubuntu" sticker or something.
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josephcmiller2 wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 23:49
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Hell yes. The benefits for the users alone is enough to warrant this. When I purchase a piece of hardware, I have to do a lot of research to find out if it works with my OS. If it says "linux" on the box, I get to wonder how much programming / hacking I'm going to have to do and how many dev packages to download and what kernel version I'm going to run before I can use the device, although I'll probably eventually get it to run, the time it costs me may be as much as the hardware's price tag.
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UBfusion wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 02:33
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Having hardware compatibility lists for printers, scaners, webcams etc. stating whether there is a driver (even a proprietary one) would definitely reward both the manufacturers and the users.
"Works with Ubuntu" is as vague as "Works with Vista" (read recent news...) - the list should discriminate between "plug and play", "minor work needed" and "complex workaround needed".
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autocrosser wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 04:16
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Anything that would promote better hardware support for Linux gets my vote!!!
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Chocwise wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 23:55
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I bought a Nvidia Card with my new PC because it is the best supported 3D Card for Linux. :D
If the ATI OpenSource Driver was ready to use and good functioning, I would have bought an ATI GPU. ;)
But I think the Suggestion for a better Hardware Database is what could do the Job of rewarding the manufacturers.
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/40/
So support that suggestion if you liked the Idea of this Suggestion. ;)
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EduardoWillians wrote on the 14 Mar 08 at 02:18
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If there's money for that, it should be used on programming for drivers. As Ubuntu users grow hardware companies will want to provide drivers for Ubuntu.
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