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
>
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