[openbeos] Re: device database

On 6/19/07, Karl vom Dorff <karl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

Sorry to bug about this again, but has anyone here seen Ubuntu's Device
Database!?

If you download a Kubuntu LiveCD, it's under KDE Menu/System/Kubuntu Device
Database.


There is also a GNOME version which comes with Ubuntu, and I just ran
it here at work (I've been running Ubuntu for a few months now.)


Seems to be a great little tool. It actually tests your hardware. Like for
the sound card, it plays a sound, asks the user if they heard it, and a
field to add comments, then the network card actually performs a ping
operation, tests a number of devices, and at the end asks if they'd like to
add any comments. Before it uploads it to their database where it gives a
link for viewing. Now, I don't know about the end part, if the website is
fully functional, don't think so. But anyways, seems like a very good app..


Yes I agree, it is a nice tool. Personally I think Ubuntu has done a
lot of things right, and frankly it is what brought me back to the
Linux desktop after a long hiatus.

In fact I just ordered a Dell desktop with Ubuntu on it, partly
because it was a good deal, partly because I want a Core 2 Duo to test
with Haiku, but also because I want to show support for Dell selling
Ubuntu. Having hardware that is guaranteed to work with Ubuntu is nice
too (though I haven't seen much that isn't supported yet...even my
ThinkPad laptop ran the LiveCD great.)

Anyhow until Haiku R1, Ubuntu will make a nice non-Microsoft option
for myself. I refuse to touch Vista.

Of course there are various things about the Linux desktop that cause
me to continue supporting and developing Haiku, so I won't let Ubuntu
tempt me away from Haiku completely ;)

But still, Haiku can learn a lot from Ubuntu.

Ryan

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