Plug and Pray rant

[Jon Grant]

Hi Nigel

[...]
> <little rant mode>
> When will Linux let simple folks add new hardware without getting them 
> to pull their hair out and have to do a fresh install?
> </little rant mode>
> 
> Seriously, if the installer can auto-detect all the hardware why can't 
> someone, at say Ubuntu, write a script to call up the auto-detect 
> function to recognize and install the relevant drivers and config files 
> such as xorg.conf for the newly installed hardware. A new screen is 
> probably something that a lot of folks would add from time to time.

Agreed. The problem is that it needs developers, and Linux distros are 
so cheap because testing/development is cut out or community groups are 
relied on more. Either we pay more [0] or we find some company to 
pay/sponsor the missing parts we really need in the development model. 
(Reminds me of Government relying on the "Third Sector" in a similar way 
to cut their costs)

All that is left is for us to file bug reports and hope it gets tackled 
at some point if we're sticking with the current distro development model.

... I really should highlight this recurring problem on my weblog.

Cheers
Jon

[0]: I favour this model.
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