On Wednesday 26 May 2004 08.54, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
> On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 01:38:26PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > My biggest itch in our free software world is drivers.
[...]
> > Does it make sense to set up a centralized website/ DB where
I always jump when somebody wants to centralize things...
OTOH, one place to collect the info would probably be good. Or at least
(to start with) one place listing the various places where such info is
currently collected. Perhaps this is a case for a Wiki, and then you'll
see in what direction this develops.
> > hardware manufacturers and individuals can submid hardware info,
> > and that is widely advertised to hardware companies around the
> > globe?
>
> Yes, it does. I'm not sure if it makes sense to have it
> distribution-independent. End-users want to see which hardware is
> supported by their operating system (the current release, not the
> development release)
I guess this depends on what this site wishes to do. Should it be a
repository for end-users to get information, or should it be a resource
for distribution developers to go looking for device identification
information?
cheers
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