[ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

[Tony Pursell]

On 3 Nov 2009 at 17:47, Alan Bell wrote:
> 
> an upgrade advisor is an excellent idea, in fact a hardware testing tool
> that scans PCI and USB bus and summarises the level of support for each
> item by looking it up on the web would be an excellent tool. Thinking
> about it there is no reason why such a tool shouldn't be available on
> other operating systems too so that people can get a level of comfort
> before switching to Ubuntu
> 
> Alan.
> 

There is, of course, a tool for people thinking of switching to Ubuntu - 
its called the Live CD! 

But an upgrade is all together a different matter - we pride ourselves 
on being able to provide an upgrade without the need for a CD. So if 
a new release is about to pull the plug on a piece of legacy hardware, 
some way of warning the user would be a great idea.

MS, of course, makes no pretence that its new version, made every 
2-5 years, will suit an old machine.

Tony