Don't forget http://tuxmobile.org they have a lot of good hardware info on notebooks if that's your market. nathan > Alan Dayley wrote: > >> On Monday 28 February 2005 05:18 pm, Craig Brooksby wrote: >> >>>Hey EC: On behalf of all n00bies, let me ask: where's the list? If >>>I had a list, I would use it and vote with my dollars! >> >> >> Linux hardware compatibility lists are all around. Here are a few >> that I have found useful. I use them in roughly this order: >> >> Specific software site - If your hardware requires a specific or >> special driver, go to the web site of the software that uses it. For >> example, want to use gphoto for your digital camera, go to the gphoto >> web site. http://gphoto.org/doc/manual/FAQ.html#FAQ-camera-support >> How about a scanner? As previously mentioned, go to the SANE web >> site: http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html >> >> Specific driver site - Maybe you don't know the program you want to >> use yet but you can find the web site for the Linux driver you need. >> When I got a Firewire (IEEE 1394) adapter for my digital video >> camera, I went to the driver web site, printed the list and took it >> to the store: >> http://www.linux1394.org/hcl.php >> >> Linux Questions HCL - Don't forget to add your own devices and comment >> on the ones already there. >> http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/index.php >> >> Red Hat HCL - I use Fedora so this list is pretty good, though not >> always leading edge. >> http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/?pagename=hcl >> Enterprise version here: >> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/hwcert/ >> >> Mandrake HCL - It's OK >> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3 >> >> Linux Compatible - I have not yet used this one much but it looks >> pretty complete >> http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compatibility.html >> >> Google - It is your friend! Search on "linux [product name]" or >> "[distro] [product name]" Add more terms to narrow a bit. >> >> And, of course, the plug-discuss LIST! Well, it's not really an HCL >> but it usually works! >> >> Alan >> > > Nice set of bookmarks, Alan. I'll add them to the set I'm accumulating > (for the web site one day). > > I noticed another which I already have that appears to be pertinent: > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/index.html > This document appears to run the gamut. > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > "There is no such thing as the People; > it is a collectivist myth. > There are only individual citizens > with individual wills > and individual purposes." > -William E. Simon (1927-2000), > Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977) > "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237 > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss