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* Robert Schumann: > On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 09:26 +0200, Mark Van den Borre wrote: >> 2006/7/12, Steve Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> We've started a wiki page of Ubuntu-compatible hardware that is >>> available in the UK. If you have bought anything recently that you >>> think's worth adding, pop it on >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Hardware >>> >>> Or if you're not a wiki kind of person, give details in a reply to >>> this thread and I or someone else will add it on your behalf. >>> >>> Remember, UK-focus what we're looking for :). >> I'm sorry to say that I miss a lot of focus in this. What exactly is >> the goal of this page? I don't really see it. > > I do see the point, and I'd perhaps like to amplify the goal. > > A friend for whom I've installed Ubuntu complained to me that his one > major problem with Ubuntu is not knowing whether a product he wants to > buy - external DVD drive, printer/scanner, wifi card - will work in > Ubuntu. I think being able to point him to a site which says "this > product works great under Ubuntu" serves two purposes: first he knows > what works, and second products that support Linux get exposure. Confirmed. My brother had a hell of a time getting a wifi card which would be Ubuntu compatible. In the end he just bought one at random, and had to hack around with ndiswrapper to get it to work. M -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEtLd+tSaF0w5rBv8RAuMxAJ9ky/zJgugO2R9lxUVCNe3nP/irawCaAyeY 6JFVeEN4hvHmKR5/U1RVrds= =aOBS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
