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[Tom <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi again

The point i was trying to make is that hardware does not neatly fall into 1 of 
the 2 categories

category 1 being "supported" and 
category 2 being unsupported

There are questions about firmware or hardwiring and then drivers that have 
restricted functionality because some or all of the stuff normally done by a 
driver might be hard-wired such that an apparent OpenSource driver may still 
leave one bit of hardware just as effectively ClosedSource because of lack of 
access to the useful bits without physically replacing part of the hardware.  
Even ignoring such stuff that is beyond my understanding and keeping it to 
OpenSource drivers vs ClosedSource (and never updated) that still leaves us with 
3 categories

1. Supported and OpenSource drivers resourced by the hardware manufacturer
2. Supported but drivers might be proprietary or functionality not quite 
completely there yet
3. Unusable in linux, or perhaps just extremely limited functionality (or 
unknown)

Perhaps Tux or the Ubuntu logo could be in an appropriate colour or have an 
appropriately coloured background or have a circle around it or a tick beside it 
or something to distinguish between how well the hardware works in linux.
Regards from
Tom :)

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Microsoft has a majority market share
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Bug description:
Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix.

Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

Steps to repeat:

1. Visit a local PC store.

What happens:
2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed.
3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed.

What should happen:
1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu.
2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all.
3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes.