[ubuntu-uk] Re: UK hardware list

[john levin]

Matthew East wrote:
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> Hi,
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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 <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.
> 

Would it be worth switching the focus from particular hardware (and how 
many people are really going to focus on serial numbers etc, rather than 
just brand name) to linux-friendly vendors?

Whenever I'm asked about linux-compatible wifi cards, something I'm not 
very knowledgable about, I always direct them to the linux emporium
(linuxemporium.co.uk)
because the service is good, and they know what they're talking about.

John