[ubuntu-uk] Re: UK hardware list

[Steve Smith]

I'm glad everyone's rolling with this idea so quickly!

On 12/07/06, Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> [...] 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.

Know the feeling, think it took the best part of a week on-and-off to
get mine going in the end!

On 12/07/06, Mark Van den Borre <mvdborre at gmail.com> wrote:
> [...] Lists featuring these require quite
> a lot of maintenance work. Regular maintenance is _hard_ to do well
> for a group of volunteers.
>
> For ubuntu-be.org, we're just starting a similar experiment right now.
> See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/OsLessLaptopShops .

Yes, I can imagine!  I'll keep an eye on your experiment too, see if
our groups can all help each other out - thanks :)

On 12/07/06, Alan Helmore-Simpson <alanhs at ingeniouscorp.com> wrote:
> And posibly a further section to track experemental work ?
> I happen to be trying to get Ubuntu running on a HP Tablet PC - just to see
> it I can :-)  and it would make sense to me to use this page as a contact
> area ?

Good idea!  See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/HardwareExperiments and
edit away.

On 12/07/06, john levin <john at technolalia.org> wrote:
> 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?
> [... eg] (linuxemporium.co.uk)

Good idea also.  But I think doing both at once for now at least would
be a good idea - the more info the better.  I've added Linux Emporium
to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Hardware - if you could add a
comment about why it's good that'd be great.

Steve
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SteveSmith