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Working yes or no

Imagine having a tool that was able to scan your existing Windows system, only to then indicate which hardware ought to work fine or if there are going to be problems when trying some random Linux distribution. Sounds like science fiction these days, however here in the distant future, perhaps a cooperative effort will be put forth by those entities benefiting financially from Linux on the desktop? A cooperative effort where a typical end user is able to install basic program that then pings a subscription based database full of working hardware data and the distributions they have been tested on.

Again, I realize that without a financial motivator, we are moving at the speed of a turtle here. Clearly this means until people are ready to claw their eyes out with frustration, it is will not happen. We need others with programming skills and maybe, with more time than I have, to consider beginning the process of building a Windows application that can do what I described above. On the non-technical side, have others begin the process of building up the framework for what will become a subscription database for potential desktop Linux users.

Putting the idea out there may not seem like much, but who knows? Perhaps the right team of people will take this concept or something similar and make a go of it so that all Linux users, including those who are struggling to understand why despite desktop Linux having great hardware support, realizing any benefit of this due to a lack of uniform database to work from?

The hardware exists -- just need to realize where to find it

To date it amazes me just how oblivious people are to a potential marketing powerhouse here. We know that the hardware support is there. We have been shown time after time that the hardware manufacturers could care less about providing "works with Linux" stickers on their products. So this leaves the community.

The ball remains in our hands, it will be up to one of us or all of us to find a viable solution to ensure that workable hardware selection solutions become more reliably available. Some such as myself might consider this a convenience while others still, yet to migrate over to Linux, have found this to be a deal breaker.

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