[ubuntu-uk] Re: UK hardware list

[Matthew East]

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Hi,

* Robert Schumann:
> On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 09:26 +0200, Mark Van den Borre wrote:
>> 2006/7/12, Steve Smith <steve.lists at googlemail.com>:
>>> 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
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