Comment 0 for bug 665249

Binary package hint: software-center

The Software Center contains no information about the minimum hardware requirements for the listed applications.
This is not usually a problem, since most of the software is free, and can easily be uninstalled if ones computer can't handle. However, with the introduction of commercial software, one can be in a situation where the software one hs purchased will not run properly on one's hardware.

For instance, I recently purchased the game Brukkon. An excellent game, I'm sure, but it is unplayable on my netbook, and I had no way to know that my netbook wasn't powerful enough.
I also own a desktop machine, so I can enjoy the game there, but some people may only own a netbook, or an old laptop, or maybe there will soon be games in the Software Center with much higher hardware requirements.

For this reason, I suggest that it should be a requirement for all commercial software that wants to get into the Software Center to list its minimum hardware requirements in the description.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: software-center 3.0.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 22 19:22:05 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_DK.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center