Good idea. The website is already available for hosting such content.
More comments on this are welcome. -- regards, Anand Gupta CEO India Web Promoters 5/49, IInd Floor, Old Rajender Nagar New Delhi - 110060 India Mobile: +91-9810727986 Phone: +91-11-25815437 Fax: +91-11-52432553 International Premier Partner - Network Solutions ----- Original Message ----- From: "Santhosh Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "This List discusses GNU/Linux &, GNU,GPL Software" <mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 12:25 PM Subject: [Mailinglist] Hardware database > Hello All, > > What do you guys think about having a hardware > compatibility list for the commonly available hardware > (atleast the ones that are available here in > India/cochin). Admittedly, its a duplication of effort > but I'm sure it'll save most *nix users the trouble > of googling around for compatibility and trial 'n' > error. Most importantly, there's help available > locally if need be. In other words, if someone has > success in getting a particular harware to work with > any flavour of *nix, it'll be a good idea to have a > central repository for the larger benefit of the *nix > community. > For the benifit of novice users, a database of dmesg > wouldnt be of much help as not many would be able to > identify a device say a cam by the name/mfg. of the > chipset. I suggest a database in the lines of > > Device Type (webcam, AGP, RAID card etc..) > Distro - Vanilla or custom complied (specs if yes > including patches, gcc version, compile options etc) > Binary driver avaiable (if yes list the site) > Date tested on > Tested by (Contact name, email id etc) > Driver/modules > user end application to use the device > limitations compared to windows platform and known > issues > tweaks if any > Any other remarks > > Obviously, we need to host it somewhere. What do you > guys think? > > Cheers! > Santhosh Joseph > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > Mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >
