Re: Hardware Compatibility Lists - HCLs

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.

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