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Created 3 years ago, edited 3 years ago.
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Author:

Craig

Status:
Selected

Score:

727
776 votes

Idea:

I'd like to see the ability for people to be able to upload their hardware information logs - using the system profiler and benchmark within Linux Mint.

Comments:

1 day ago	rodney_pc	This would be a great idea, especially if it were an option that each user could implement at thier choosing on install of course anonymously, besides who would care who used what hardware to run which O.S. I would be very interested in seeing such as this implemented so I support the idea.
2 weeks ago	SteveFAL	Great idea! To minimize human error, after inputting our HW info, there should be a utility to scan our HW to be sure it concurs with our info (for example my Gateway laptop's sticker & user manual states it has a quad-core "Core i3" CPU when in fact it has a quad "Core i5".) As well, perhaps you could offer some kind of basic on-line diagnostics to check functioning of pertinent functions since there may be things that not everyone uses (and hence would not know do not work properly). Of course, all remote detection and testing would be opt-in only and anonymized. For the record, my Gateway NV59 laptop with Intel Core i5 (NOT i3) CPU works 100% with Mint 13 Nadia/MATE. All the hardware, including the wireless card were detected and work with no problem. Even my old "el-cheapo" Insignia brand external monitor works fine. --Steve I.
1 month ago	coverturtle	This is helpful for problem-solving and trouble-shooting universally across the internet.
2 months ago	saintdanbert	I would go farther and have some machine readable (think XML or similar) description of a complete workstation and its hardware as a side effect of both a live-media run and an install. It might be the case that the installer sees different parts than does the live-media. (If so, someone needs to chase them down.) This record of hardware could then aid with diagnosis because it would use the preferred identification of components for use to search for drivers or other configuration howto.
4 months ago	HowUpDoHighKnee	We could integrate an automatic uploader (if activated) to complete our Hardware DB
5 months ago	chuckythegeek	This is a very Good idea.
6 months ago	Craig	Thanks goes to everyone who voted to get this idea selected. All the best.
9 months ago	kittu	Great idea for me. It's impossible for me to add my Eurocase Netbook to my hardware.
9 months ago	hoppimike	Why? o.O
9 months ago	marfac87	This is a very Good idea.
10 months ago	quake0	implement this already.
11 months ago	SLmanDR	Automating the population of the "My Hardware" section is a good idea. Cutting and pasting is ok but an upload of the information sounds cool.
11 months ago	mrbios	Would show what hardware is most popular and allow mint to be improved to work well with the most popular systems and provide guidence if someone wants to buy or build a system that will have good compatibility with mint.
1 year ago	MiLeon	Good idea. If a user need support is this a good information
1 year ago	Thinker	Great idea, specially Benchmark
1 year ago	fleming746	makes sense, easy for the userand helpful for the developers
1 year ago	harviak	I think Its a good idea and it will help developers.
1 year ago	fausto	Good idea, maybe an information (work / not work). Useful when we need to buy a new hardware.
1 year ago	latinomanz	Yes, as long as it is an option, it is fine with me.
1 year ago	quake0	As long as its an option, and not manditory.
1 year ago	MiLeon	Hi! Good idea. Perhaps a hardware information too. that helps the supporters
1 year ago	thyvon	it would work both ways; choosing new computer as well as vintage possibilities for older comuters. idea tops
1 year ago	IndridCold	If I had easy access to this information when I bought my laptop, I would have based my choice of brand/model on its compatibility to Linux. I think it would also motivate people to try Mint if they know their specific model was tested successfully by others.
1 year ago	extramint	I love it
1 year ago	Craig	Thanks for taking the time to comment everyone, hope you all have a good Christmas.
1 year ago	cr3bits	The checkbox-gtk application uploads hardware information and test results to Launchpad which have recently been made available on http://results-tracker.ubuntu.com. You'll even notice some results for the linuxmint project at the bottom left of the landing page. The site also provides an extensive API used to develop http://friendly.ubuntu.com but could equally be used to replace http://community.linuxmint.com/hardware
1 year ago	Simeon	It is very good end praktikal idea.
1 year ago	merelyjim	It would be nice to check against a database to see if my new laptop could run Mint before I buy. Need to redact user and ISP info, though...
1 year ago	ServiceWeasel	I was about to post the same the same idea, I think it could help with the development of drivers and other hardware related issues
1 year ago	blueXrider	OMG! Thank you, thank you and thank you!
1 year ago	burrina	Would probably be too labor intensive.Mint's success is due to simplicity.
1 year ago	Bribhoy	Xlent idea. Knowing your hardware would work just might make some people give Mint a try.
1 year ago	dsfairplaine	Do it!
1 year ago	oscar799	Idea put forward for consideration.
1 year ago	blueXrider	Well its been another month. Where are our moderators?
1 year ago	andrew5859	Other distros have that option to be able to upload the hardware info upon the completion of installation....Mandriva was one and I think OpenSuse was the other...might want to consider this
1 year ago	sarkone	This is a very useful idea. Will make it easier to file bug reports and can be extended for diagnostic analysis of the system.
1 year ago	RavS	Yeah, it will automate the hassle of uploading hardware info and can be useful for others. +1.
1 year ago	nikos23	no dvd movie play or linux??
1 year ago	peeks	Good idea, it has my vote
1 year ago	sigurd1701	Very good idea. Should be even easy to implement, because most needed features are there. Only add a "I want to suppport the development and agree to the transmission of (anonymous?!) harware and efficiency detection" in the Control Center and at install procedure. From psychology it's better at install, because there are no personal data on the system yet. So people might agree easier. But also give those a chance to change their mind later.
1 year ago	Craig	Thanks to all you guys for supporting this idea. Lets keep it up and make Clem and co notice this! :)
1 year ago	blueXrider	Nice idea, too bad it won't happen
1 year ago	Okkarator	That would solve the problem to decide, what "Type" the hardware is. There are a lot of false entrys in the hardware database! A great idea :)
1 year ago	JohanSJA	@ibm450 , do you mind to share more about the option that existed on Pardus 2011?
1 year ago	kip-	what a idea!
1 year ago	Sonsum	It sounds like it could be useful for diagnostic purposes
1 year ago	frank_claessen	the information hardinfo gives would be pretty complete ...
1 year ago	dchef	theres one in my places/myhardware.
1 year ago	tohaboy	I'm waiting...
1 year ago	andybnj	excellent idea
1 year ago	Likiteasy	good idea
2 years ago	ibm450	oops forgot to mention, this option is already present in Pardus2011
2 years ago	ibm450	well, is anything going to be done about this ? it was suggested like 1 YEAR ago.
2 years ago	elhijodelpeje	I understand that "Live CD's" are here to try the OS without any change to your computer, and so far, all ubuntu based distros I have tested, have proven to work with all the hardware of all the desktops and notebooks I've tried them on (lots of them), except for the need to download and ativate detected proprietary drivers like nvidia or brodcom. I even carry a full installation on a 16GB USB flash memory stick, which have worked in all of my friends computers who can boot from USB, to whom I am moving to linux Mint, something you cannot do on windows without getting a blue screen with hardware or driver change errors. So, I would like to see people testing with live CD's before wondering if their hardware will work or not....!!!!
2 years ago	Agentkiller4	Hmm, I may want to see what I can do about this! =]
2 years ago	prativasic	Thats a very nice idea.
2 years ago	DaneAU	This is a good idea, to know what hardware is used. Also handy if it could automatically update profiles
2 years ago	Shabakthanai	Excellent idea.
2 years ago	maxmir	It seems to me that there are two very different types of hardware information which are used in two very different ways. At the component level such as for "Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)" I am interested in knowing that it requires external firmware, that after installation the system will notify me of this, and how to enable it if it doesn't. At the computer level I want to know whether Mint will work or not on a particular machine. However with many ways of naming machines, and changes of components over time or countries without a change in model name/number, the quality and utility of the data is poor. Smolt has been mentioned, but are 'System manufacturer' and 'Unknown' really the 2nd and 4th top vendors? I should end with a conclusion but it's time to pick the young'un up from school ...
2 years ago	edwintel	oke now it works after installing it with a second monitor. ;-)
2 years ago	edwintel	Would be verry handy, HP Elitebook 8740w does not work ;-(((
2 years ago	Tonya	Great idea! It should be marked as Mint Hardware Database or Mint Compatibility Database. It will be very helpful for both users and Mint developers.
2 years ago	FabienWang	Would be really useful to see percentages of processors, gpu etc.
2 years ago	tatsujin79	good idea, how about something like smolt http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/ perhaps with added functionality to show how to get individual hardware to work better?
2 years ago	soulsclerosis	Excellent idea! Would be very handy.
2 years ago	Jesus	hi... i would like know if that is possible, also the capabilities like LizardGame, i mean i have a broadcom wireless card and with ubuntu 10.10 to now doesn´t work, so if anybody can use it plase can help to everybody
2 years ago	WSiaB	@LizardGamer - I would be less interested in comparing my AMD x64, 4GB ... (never mind, j/k). This would be great to find problems with certain hardware and see items that do work well. Especially if you later integrated the ability to solicit feedback on hardware found in the system.
2 years ago	LizardGamer	I like that idea, trying to beat your friends in speed, 2d/3d graphics, memory and other tests like that in your computer/laptop!!!! Just like on Windows!!!!
2 years ago	neo67	@ibm450 Which application use Pardus for that? Because you need also the backend and import/export scripts to handle the data. At this website there is already a little hardware database, which is manually filled by the users. I will be good to see, which kernel modules are load successful (and which kernel). So, you are able to back close to the hardware, which runs at the systems.
2 years ago	kanha	very nice idea
2 years ago	mar1	Excellent idea; with proper linking to pages discussing a specific hardware info in the community the forum will get a boost and a better structure. Imagine you have on your own account, all links and information about your hardware.. simple and powerful.
2 years ago	achiele	Excellent
2 years ago	kattaboomman	i do
2 years ago	sijtom0703	This will be a great initiative since the major bottleneck which prevents more people from migrating to linux from windows and mac is the hardware compatibility. This will enhance open source community to write more harware specific drivers.
2 years ago	skypeace	Excellent, agree whole heartedly.
2 years ago	skypeace	Excellent, agree whole heartedly.
2 years ago	skypeace	Excellent, agree whole heartedly.
2 years ago	skypeace	Excellent, agree whole heartedly.
2 years ago	ibm450	yep good idea, Pardus 2011 gives the user this option
2 years ago	chumvi	it great to what i can say
2 years ago	digitsm	Yeah! I've an issue with Linux Mint 10, which I guess it comes from my hardware configuration. You can see more information here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=64016&p=368282
2 years ago	paro1991	The idea is to have a larger user base and eventually grow as an OS that can surpass Ubuntu. That's at least what I think Mint should have on its mind. So pulling information from Debian and Ubuntu wouldn't be productive in such a venture. What should be proposed is using this idea and combining it with the current community feature for "My Hardware" where we can rate how well the hardware performs with Mint and any problems that might be encountered. Currently I think the implementation of "My Hardware" is not that great do to the dropdown box style. If all the information was pulled directly from the user's system, the fields would already be populated and the user would only have to input their experience with performance and issues. Also, if a problem were reported, any other individual with that hardware would be notified of a potential problem in their hardware too. Currently if you try it out, you can find a failure in organization and structure in the implementation of the current feature.
2 years ago	ataq	I wouldn't really see the point in doing this as such, because Mint is based on Debian and Ubuntu, Wasting time on hardware updates would seem pointless. As information can be retrieved from Debian and Ubuntu on this matter.
2 years ago	foggytown	agree
2 years ago	kingansari	Excellent Idea
2 years ago	KehlBellrose	very like it! :D
2 years ago	grim	This would make things easier I think :D
2 years ago	Sol_Badguy	Excellent idea...
2 years ago	ishant	i like it
2 years ago	leopardox	Promoted, good idea.
2 years ago	akash211	This is very good idea for people who want to switch to linux. They can there hardware is perfectly working wint mint or not.
2 years ago	ceciput14	It very good idea..other than that you also can see the latest statistics hardware and compare it with you hardware. I promote it.
2 years ago	istojanovic	ATI RADEON MOBILITY HD 5730 Very difficult !
2 years ago	Shostako	Useful idea, I promote it.
2 years ago	izennig	It would be usefull, problably in statistics. We could see what type of hardware is more used.
2 years ago	Ki3rk3gaard	it'll be there .... be patient...
2 years ago	nightwalker	I agree. Helpful.
2 years ago	guv999	Very good idea - will really help new users
2 years ago	DiGiTaL-CORE	I don't help much, but I'd be glad too. Something like this could be handy for both Linux Mint developers and users. This is a great idea.
2 years ago	kensb2	I agree. As a new Linux user, I'd like to be able to see what other people's systems are made up of on the hardware end, which version of the OS their using (32 or 64-bit), and what they do with it. I think this would go a long way to helping me decide where to spend my money when I do my next NEW computer build!
2 years ago	aiacomp	Good idea !
2 years ago	Boringbytes	I don't know anything about hardware information logs, but a module that lets you chose to automatically upload selected Hardware information to the website would help everyone. Those who didn't want to use it wouldn't have to bother with it at all, and those who did could provide the information they had chosen accurately and easily. The means to add user comment to the scan results before upload would be needed.
2 years ago	tpapastylianou	There's an app in the ubuntu repositories called 'checkbox-gtk' (System Testing) which does just that: it performs a bunch of tests on your system, collects information, and allows you to upload it to all ubuntu, along with your own comments per test (i.e. if it worked or not). Ubuntu has been collecting information like this for years. I think it's installed by default on ubuntu (although the box might be unchecked in the application menu). Don't know why it's not installed by default on mint, like in ubuntu.
2 years ago	johnnyp	I've been saying this for years ... what would be cooler is if the database could be built that had all of the hardware that works perfectly under linux and someone with a windows or mac computer could go to a website click a button that said check my computer and get a green light or a list of hardware conflicts that needed to be fixed before a linux install
2 years ago	Gecko	Good!
2 years ago	sonic4spuds	This could save time for users, allowing them to contribute with minimal effort. Also would probably increase community participation.
2 years ago	ferniez	Great idea!
2 years ago	lysandrew1	Super pomysł popieram
2 years ago	eren	An excellent idea...
2 years ago	rick1959	A GREAT idea worthy of great support!!! The community needs all the input it can get and this will help!!
2 years ago	hershchoc	Good idea, as long as it is left to the user to send said info.
2 years ago	Ki3rk3gaard	The ability to upload and share our existential situation does sound keen .
2 years ago	Lexux	Great idea.. :)
2 years ago	udana071	yes... it'll very useful 4 every1...
2 years ago	damien-tt	Such a feature can speed up development, aid in diagnosis and provide useful information. Thumbs up. :)
2 years ago	A_Linux_User	Good idea. However, in my opinion, the ideal situation would be a module that, after installation, asks the user if he wants to send his hardware info.
2 years ago	punkrtekk	Totally, it would speed up development and also give some imagination about HW compatibility for potential new users who now have Windows and are afraid that for example their webcam won't work...
2 years ago	duraiyuvaraj	It is a great idea for future course of action
2 years ago	fistank	supreme idea...helps people see what works
2 years ago	groenator	Great idea!
2 years ago	m4daredsun	Great idea! Would be of great help for both developers and users
2 years ago	zaenal1234	this idea very good, for compatibility a hardware with software linux-mint.
2 years ago	tushargok	I agree and it should be via tool so that mint can maintain a unique catalog of hardware compatibility profiles for future reference. It should be also marked with Mint version.
2 years ago	jessie0514	Nice one! This will be helpful especially for those newbies like me.
2 years ago	Laan	Great idea!
2 years ago	Sonic	Great idea, I like it!
2 years ago	shantorn	I work in the help channel some and this would be great info to help people.
2 years ago	tanmays	Nice idea. It would help the developers solve common hardware problems.
2 years ago	davidwpoe	Great idea! Most issues newbies have revolve around hardware issues upon installation, so this would give the community more information about what is working or not working.
2 years ago	wanda	Very practical idea.
2 years ago	davedarkblade	The better thing is a module. When you finished the installation a module prompted you if you want send your hardware info.
2 years ago	timloyal	Would be great for team solving what went wrong.
2 years ago	Tar-Minyatur	That could easily be solved using inxi I think. It already aggregates most of the available information. Maybe a small GUI would be helpful to make it more accessible to the user.
2 years ago	andym3	Would be very useful for troubleshooting and would simplify the life of new users.
2 years ago	fireprince1	Nice idea..just make sure the information is details enough for troubleshooting..and are presentable like astra32 or everest..
2 years ago	baffle-boy	sounds good, this way people could use it as a tool to help each other, and maybe developers could draw some usefull info from it. also i second all that keyneom said.
2 years ago	newchieng	Very practical idea.
2 years ago	LinuxWiz83	I would also like this and a very awesome idea!!!!
2 years ago	ch3mik	It was my first thoughts in hardware tab in profile :) Promote
2 years ago	mikefreeman	Excellent! +1
2 years ago	ichuot	that's great idea!
2 years ago	SxFlare	This could possibly be used to standardize the list of compatible hardware too
2 years ago	plaguethenet	Indeed, Build some sort of System summary and performance score. Allow user to make comments on what does/does not work and upload a breakdown of devices. Wonderful suggestion imho :)
2 years ago	thx1138	Very good idea. This will improve our hardware database automagically ;).
2 years ago	AndrewX192	Sounds like a great idea, and it could even help people find computers that score good in benchmarks and have good hardware support.
2 years ago	keyneom	I think this would be good, I think it would be good if we could include this as part of the installer, that way when a new install was done you could have it update your community profile, e.g. hardware info and version of Mint used, etc. also to make it possible to join the community website through the installer, this would help give a better idea of how many users Mint has etc. I really think this would be of huge benefit to the Mint Community and the distro overall.
2 years ago	scarface94	Something like this would make it so much easier to help people on the forums as well, great idea.
2 years ago	kneekoo	I am promoting this idea as well. It would be very nice to simplify things. Many people don't even add their hardware to this community because it takes some time. If some tool would do at least half of this jobs, things would get easier. :)
2 years ago	Marcus	Using Smolt to upload hardware profiles to the community page would perhaps be a good solution. Additional information (component works / does not work) could be added manually.
3 years ago	pbmuk	I like this too. Would be a very useful resource for bug hunting
3 years ago	design1	I like the idea - it would, perhaps, be useful for learning why certain things don't work on one's own machine.
3 years ago	frolic	Ok.
3 years ago	pazuzuthewise	Agree
3 years ago	linuxmint	Good idea! Promoted.
3 years ago	JMMR	I agree with this idea, I think it should be like Fedora's Smolt. I have tried Hardware4Linux also which uses hdreport to profile your hardware and then allows you to upload the Hardware Profile where you may give an overall status and comments.
3 years ago	Fr3d	Oops.. I just posted something very similar. HDST. Anyway good Idea. Glad someone thought of it first.
3 years ago	Vidar	Excellent idea.
3 years ago	hamburn	looks like a good thing
3 years ago	heltonbiker	Saves a lot of work for sure
3 years ago	Mdyter	add my agree To.. it can happen that user doesn't know how to add hardware info in the right way
3 years ago	Craig	Glad you agree.
3 years ago	remoulder	This might be a better idea than users entering the information themselves which is error prone and inaccurate.
3 years ago	Hammeh	I agree, good idea.
3 years ago	Craig	Would be useful I think for this website.

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