Re: Smolt: Fedora Hardware Profiler

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On Wednesday 31 January 2007 6:16 pm, Tony Nelson wrote:

> How about the smolt package having a list of "well known" hardware:
> hardware that is already known to work, or to not work for good reason.  If
> the computer has only "well known" hardware, don't bother the user at all.
> (Unless some of it is known to be bad; it might be polite to mention that.)
> If there is unlisted hardware, offer to query a server to find out how
> "interesting" it is, in order to help the user make an informed choice.
> (Be sure to mention that /all/ the hardware will be reported on opt-in, in
> case of interactions.)  Even secretive people might want to opt in if they
> thought it would really help, and they'd surely be less offended in the
> first place.

All of the above, in my opinion, would be especially useful on the Fedora Live 
CD. Shopping for a new PC would become interesting.

Thank you for your consideration,
Davide Bolcioni
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