arvevans
April 25th, 2012, 07:40 PM
After recently building a new computer it occurred to me that there may be an interesting opportunity available for Linux, and specifically for Ubuntu/Canonical.
Nearly every new motherboard, and nearly every new computer, is delivered with an accompanying CD that contains a backup copy of the BIOS, board specific drivers, and other info provided by the board and BIOS manufacturers. Might it be possible for Ubuntu/Canonical to provide these manufacturers with a free copy of R_Ubuntu (Recovery_Ubuntu) as a run-live boot-able file on this BIOS disk? That way every motherboard could come with a run-able and install-able OS.
This could serve two purposes...(1) The system owner would have access to a board-ready OS for testing and operating new systems without the cost and effort of purchasing "that other popular OS", and (2) the run-from-CD OS could be used to debug and repair crashed systems, no matter what the installed OS might be.
Going a step further with this,...if that Live CD version included support for Cloud Computing, there might be less need for "that other popular OS" to ever be purchased.
If Ubuntu/Canonical is not interested in doing this, then it is highly probable that Google will do it with their Android OS...maybe soon.
Arv
Nearly every new motherboard, and nearly every new computer, is delivered with an accompanying CD that contains a backup copy of the BIOS, board specific drivers, and other info provided by the board and BIOS manufacturers. Might it be possible for Ubuntu/Canonical to provide these manufacturers with a free copy of R_Ubuntu (Recovery_Ubuntu) as a run-live boot-able file on this BIOS disk? That way every motherboard could come with a run-able and install-able OS.
This could serve two purposes...(1) The system owner would have access to a board-ready OS for testing and operating new systems without the cost and effort of purchasing "that other popular OS", and (2) the run-from-CD OS could be used to debug and repair crashed systems, no matter what the installed OS might be.
Going a step further with this,...if that Live CD version included support for Cloud Computing, there might be less need for "that other popular OS" to ever be purchased.
If Ubuntu/Canonical is not interested in doing this, then it is highly probable that Google will do it with their Android OS...maybe soon.
Arv