debian-live-initiative
On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 12:14:55AM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote:
>
> On reflection, whilst I understand the Debian policy on not providing
> out of the box support for hardware which unacceptable licensing etc, I
> think most people will bite the bullet and install anyway once they are
> stuck with the hardware. In really only inconveniences the users, rather
> than achieving the desired effect of rewarding good manufacturers and
> providing an incentive for the others to improve their game...
>
> What would be better would be something like an install CD which just
> autodetects hardware and lists what it finds and gives it a Linux
> approval rating, culminating in an overall 'hardware open source
> support rating' that anyone can use to compare machines in a shop.
Such a project is described at
http://blog.daniel-baumann.ch/2006/02/14#20060214_debian-live-initiative
> If such a thing became widely known and used, there would be a real
> incentive for oems to use open source friendly devices, and hence
> device manufacturers to become open source friendly..
>
> But that is probably getting off the topic of installers a bit...
Knowing (or asking) what is going, is IMNSHO, never off topic ...
>
> Regards,
> DigbyT
Cheers
Geert Stappers
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