Ubuntu is not free.

[Ouattara Aziz]

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>> If you want them to wake it the way your suggesting, you should have a
>> way to make it easy for them to go complain.
>> (eg. On the distribution website -Ubuntu- have a form they can fill for
>> getting their hardware supported. That form should be related to a
>> database that associate hardware ID with the manufacturer email. So that
>> an email (sender <the complaining person> )will be send to  the
>> manufacturer asking for them to provide Linux support. That will make
>> the manufacturer reply to the complainant and they'll keep in touch
>> concerning the problem. )
>>
> 
> Is there a list of know _problematic_ hardware? I would volunteer my
> time to compile a sheet of contact addresses for the responsible
> companies. That way, every time a user _cannot_ get a peice of
> hardware working, he can turn to my simple cheat-sheet and find the
> address to complain to.

Thanks for the idea. I found that page 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CategoryHardware?highlight=%28hardware%29 which 
gives you informations that Ubuntu got about hardware. I know there is a 
tool on Ubuntu (Hardware Administration Tools ) that helps you test your 
hardware. Since mine was supported I didn't know what it does in the 
other case. I guess it should send a report somewhere with the hardware 
info. So maybe those informations are available somewhere.
You should try to asked as a new thread. I bet a lot of people doesn't 
follow this one anymore.