On 3 Nov 2009 at 17:47, Alan Bell wrote: > > an upgrade advisor is an excellent idea, in fact a hardware testing tool > that scans PCI and USB bus and summarises the level of support for each > item by looking it up on the web would be an excellent tool. Thinking > about it there is no reason why such a tool shouldn't be available on > other operating systems too so that people can get a level of comfort > before switching to Ubuntu > > Alan. >
There is, of course, a tool for people thinking of switching to Ubuntu - its called the Live CD! But an upgrade is all together a different matter - we pride ourselves on being able to provide an upgrade without the need for a CD. So if a new release is about to pull the plug on a piece of legacy hardware, some way of warning the user would be a great idea. MS, of course, makes no pretence that its new version, made every 2-5 years, will suit an old machine. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
