Idea #6823: Make support for new hardware available for all supported versions of Ubuntu

Written by steve196 the 11 Apr 08 at 04:35. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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A new wireless card or soundcard alone should not be a reason to upgrade the whole distro (and slow down everything because the newer version demands more resources).
Find a way to offer support for new hardware on all still supported versions of Ubuntu.

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Auzy wrote on the 11 Apr 08 at 04:59

Before I vote, how do you propose we handle this with new media devices like ipods, or mp3 players that rely on newer versions of the software, which relies on updated libs, etc.

fluteflute wrote on the 11 Apr 08 at 06:32

I've voted this down because it is impractival (see Auzy's comment) and new ubuntu versions simply do not use more resources: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_710_804&num=1

daisy.code wrote on the 11 Apr 08 at 09:22

Damn, I accidentally voted this up. o_0

I upgrade ubuntu for a reduction in resource usage and snappier more responsive applications. For example; Inkscape should be pretty damn fast by now.

steve196 wrote on the 11 Apr 08 at 09:33

New versions do need more resources. One of my computers has 196M RAM. That is where resource use becomes visible.
Besides it is bad policy. Everything you change can break. If something does not work it is good policy to change exactly that thing and not everything around it.
Of course it will not be possible in all cases, because it depends on the programmers of the driver module, if it compiles on different versions of the kernel sources.

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