You can email me at jpyper<at>gmail<dot>com if you wish, or you can chat with me on Freenode IRC. I go by BaD_CrC or BaD-Laptop. I'm usually in all the popular *buntu channels.
John Pyper On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:34 PM, oscartheduck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's been a while since I've written any python, but I'd be happy to > take a crack at this. How do I get in touch with John Pyper? I don't see > contact info in his profile. I can find him through google, but that > feels like cheating... > > -- > really needed daemon > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227156 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "hwtest" source package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > openSuSE still has it while installing SuSE the installer gives an option to > upload hardware information about your computer so that distributors do know > what hardware needs support or is used. Ubuntu does have check hardware under > system -> system administration but i think most people wont see this or want > to make an own launchpad account to upload hardware specifications. > > My Idea now is to include a Daemon what collects (if user allows at setup of > Ubuntu to let the daemon check hardware every month or every 2nd) hardware > informations about user computers so the linux team could see what hardware > is used and ubuntu would have (still has, but) better hardware support on the > fly so this would be newbie friendly and would make ubuntu more attractive if > everything works on-the-fly without the need of compiling or building own > kernels or modules and such things what most basic users cant do or won't do > in their freetime. > > i hope my idea helps and i've uploaded my hardware information manually now > too. > > thank you :-) > -- really needed daemon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227156 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
