Comment 862 for bug 1

Today Ubuntu has reached a stage where it can successfully replace windows in home as well as office desktops.
Actually many people are now switching to ubuntu or are now ready to give it a try.

As known to linux community, many hardware vendors have kept their hardware closed source.As a result the open source community has been unable to provide adequate support for the hardware.

usually the hardware we buy has a logo 'certified for windows vista', and similarly for xp.people never know whether it is open or closed hardware or how well the hardware is supported under ubuntu.

i know that there are websites which contain a list of hardware supported under ubuntu.

it would be nice to have a tool for windows which could gather the data about the hardware connected to pc (similar to hardware testing in ubuntu). Based on the data it should generate a friendly report about the current status of support for the available hardware,specially graphics card or wireless card.It would help to prevent any post installation blues.

An additional feature which could suggest the linux counterparts of installed windows applications would be a killer addition.

It would go a long way in helping average user to switvh to ubuntu!

Brainstorm idea: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/14800/