Proposal: More info about unsupported and/or non-free drivers

[Eric Feliksik]

As hardware is auto-detected in Ubuntu, could it be possible to also 
detect which hardware will not work properly? This can be registered 
then and for example the default firefox page can include a (dynamically 
generated) text on which hardware will probably not work, and what there 
possibilities are to get it to work.

The information for this should be pulled out of a database that is 
centrally maintained and regularly updated, like on the wiki, but more 
structured.

Along with this a note could go to the user about the reasons for 
missing hardware support and the problems of binary drivers and 
undisclosed specifications.

I think it would

1) Be a good way to explain why things fail to work, to make people less 
confused
2) Clearly demonstrate Ubuntu wants to support everything but finds some 
things beyond it possibilities
3) Is a possibility to educate people about the importance of 
Free/OpenSource Software, even for drivers.

I'm interested in hearing your thoughts,

Eric