Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 29th Aug 2007 23:11 UTC
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu "Ubuntu Xorg maintainer Bryce Harrington recently demonstrated the BulletProof-X feature that is planned for inclusion in Ubuntu 7.10. BulletProof-X provides a failsafe mode which will ensure that users never have to manually configure their graphics hardware settings from the command line."
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by n0xx on Thu 30th Aug 2007 01:11 UTC
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Fortunately, there is a cool new feature - Add Model which allows users to add a new monitor by using the Windows driver CD that comes with their monitor. This uses a script to parse the Windows *.inf file to get the hsync, vsync, edid, dpms, and other info to update the database locally.

Now THIS is cool. If it works properly they could start thinking about using this method to automate the installation of other devices. Stuff like USB Wireless Adapters, USB Webcams...