Hi

This is an idea of mine:
Collect relevant HARDWARE setup data and create a web DB.

by UserWeb I mean "connected, users, community"

UserWeb application that:
* collects all data on a certain user platform regarding devices-drivers-config,
including failuers or malperformance of course.
* Use that data to create a free online reference DataBase
* Uses the online DB to help users in setup/improvment of the hardware.
* Could be part of Setup, even live (if connected).

So by having a all encompassing single reference DB almost anyone would be able to install linux smoothly and UpToDately, solving one of the big problems in Linux advancement. Something that M$ can not offer by its very $$$ nature.

A single open DB will help developers too.. So its likely that ANY user will agree to run such an app on his machine.

What do you think ? am I inventing the wheel ? or am I trying to sqaure it ?

Cheers

In theory, it's a great idea. In practice, considering the sheer number of manufacturers and products that exist, the number of possible combinations of "hardware setup data" would be seriously, seriously huge. As an example, consider the number of the products and drivers on LinuxPrinting.org just on its own, which is a site that conceptually seems to be more or less in line with what you've described. Add in something similar for all the other components in a PC and you'll be dealing with a very large database.

I'd expect that if such a database existed, there would be huge interest from the Linux community in using it, however, it would be (I suspect) a monumental task to create such a database. Good luck with it if you decide to pursue it