jravin

Can you give me a couple of examples? I'm 1) a Newbie here, and 2) curious, and 3) not sure how to Google for such (how would they be described for a search)? Tx!

Madboy: I had a somewhat similar idea to this, but would like to generalize yours a bit to make it more useful, in addition to what you are doing here (which is kind of a subset of my proposal): It would really be great to have a standalone facility ("Driver Doctor"?) with a simple GUI that you could run to install drivers after an OS install, reinstall a broken driver, check for more recent drivers for one or all devices, etc. (think up your own). As someone who can afford only Trailing Edge stuff (e.g., a Pyro AGP card), this would beat hunting all over the Net for drivers. And be a LOT more convenient. Maybe even a semi-commercial product (are drivers public domain?) The Driver Packs work great from inside a distro (experience, warezdemon) but would really be fantastic as such a standalone. If I were a better programmer I'd try it myself. Is there anyone who wants to be a hero and step up to the plate? Or I could use some help here, and try (shudder) to do it myself, if I can find the time...