Haha, you can't be serious Ryan... I think we must think alike, and even more so if you bought the same system that I did today. The Dimension C521 (very good deal). Karl
On 6/19/07, Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > >