Ubuntu Friendly

[Phill Whiteside]

As I point people to UF when they ask, I so feel that this is a section
under used.

Regards,

Phill.

On 15 January 2013 04:11, komputes <komputes at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 13-01-14 09:38 PM, cprofitt wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2013-01-14 at 09:44 +0000, Mike Heald wrote:
>>
>>> On 13/01/13 17:43, cprofitt wrote:
>>>
>>>> I tried making UF today, but was unable to do so. The error message
>>>>
>>> I
>>
>>> got was:
>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>> Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement
>>>> egenix-mx-base==3.2.4 (from -r requirements.txt (line 2)) (from
>>>> versions: )
>>>> No distributions matching the version for egenix-mx-base==3.2.4
>>>>
>>> (from -r
>>
>>> requirements.txt (line 2))
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>> I was also unable to install "Unable to locate package
>>>> python-egenix-mx", but I am not 100% sure that they are related.
>>>>
>>>> I think it will help the project if we can build a good step-by-step
>>>> guide to build UF.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've been ill for the past few days, so sorry for not replying
>>>
>> sooner.
>>
>>> I'll get on to the queries over the next day or so as I catch up with
>>> work I've missed.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
>> Mike:
>>
>> Let me know what I can do to help.
>>
>> Everyone on the QA list:
>>
>> We are having a conversation about getting Ubuntu Friendly rolling
>> again. It was suggested after some brief initial conversations that we
>> move the discussion to this list.
>>
>> Ubuntu Friendly:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UbuntuFriendly<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFriendly>
>>
>> https://friendly.ubuntu.com/
>>
>> The site is done in Django and the LP site is here:
>>
>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-**friendly<https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-friendly>
>>
>>
>> Please let us know if you are interested in assisting with getting
>> Ubuntu Friendly rolling as a community driven project.
>>
>>
>> Charles Profitt
>>
>>
>>
> Yes please include me Charles. I have always been interested in setting up
> a hardware compatibility database for Ubuntu. The idea of UF is amazing,
> but the limitation I run into on a regular basis with UF is that only
> entire systems are shown. Why is this a limitation?
>
> How often do you find the exact same system these days? Duplication (in
> this context a good thing, as it confirms compatibility) is low because
> models are not exactly the same. From one week to another, one batch to
> another, a manufacturer can change hardware components making it a new
> system.
>
> Therefore I suggest that if we have a chance to improve UF, we make it
> component based (USB and PCI ID based). Please contact me if you are
> interested in discussing this improvement.
>
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