Knowledge of Linux Friendly Hardware
What we need is to know which manufacturers are Linux friendly, so that when buying a webcam or any hardware otherwise we can avoid the reverse engineering scenario.
I'd argue also this is the way forward with the scenario described in this article: Why not break free? - Sunday Times - Times Online http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2103-2025223,00.html Post originally based on feedback to the following article: Community: War Installing GNU/Linux or The Any Box: Do We Share The Hardware or Raise a Bridge? http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2006020702526OPHW |
are you expecting an exhaustive list of manufacturers for all IT hardware? that would a huge list, and frequently irrelevant to the manufacturer, as hardware is often supported at chipset level, not model level.
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I find googling for the hardware under consideration + the word "Linux" tells you pretty much everything you need to know about compatibility...
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A quick edit, surely, in the light of the current changing times as illustrated by the Sunday Times article (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2103-2025223,00.html) this is the obvious and needed way forward. The first thing the couple in this article are going to find themselves up against is finding e.g. a webcam that works with their Linux. |
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