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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>about this issue with vendors selling windows based systems</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>i agree with you, most non technical persons would rather have a system they have no idea how it works as long as it does</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>i have tried to convince my own parents to change but the moment something is not working, its always linux's fault</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>for a start, why dont you publish a list of hardware components which are supported out of the box itself</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>like make a specification for desktop systems </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>(for eg: using AMD proc, AMD mobo 780GX etc etc, which use so and so northbridge which is fully supported etc)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>the idea is to introduce systems that work out of the box for most non technical people so that they atleast start using it</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>once they get the hang of it, they will realise the full potential of it...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>wat i'm saying is that in order to get an intro into the scene</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>we might have to do somethings like the above.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>i guess we can do a lot for most people if we can publish a list of components which are supported by different OS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>the usual components are: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>gfx - nvidia chipset/radeon or intel etc...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>sound - realtek/creative etc</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>lan - realtek/broadcomm etc</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>southbridge - VIA chipset etc etc</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>the breakup of this itself gives an idea on what all components by which all companies are supported by that distro</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>so he only gets those things which will work</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>and if he has any issues on integration, thats what this forum is for rite...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>this is my idea, not sure on how practical this is... any suggestions???</FONT></DIV>
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