Thanks, Sridhar. These were some pretty cool sites, I particularly liked the first one, never seen that one before. What I was really looking for, however, was whether or not there was a site that specifically listed hardware that not only was linux comptable, but also published all of their specifications, etc. so that software could more easily be developed for it. Sort of an open source approach to their hardware. Forgive me if I am misunderstanding something here or if this is common practice across the board. It seemed to me, though, that there existed a difference between compatabillity and "open hardware". Thanks for the help. I'm building a new system and wanted to explore all of the options. Given a choice, I would easily choose an open hardware product over a more secretive proprietary one. For example, I am looking to buy a top-of-the-line graphics card (well, top of teh line for a normal user). I was looking into the geforce3's, but had some questions about not linux compatabillity per se, but the openness of their design process (precompiled drivers as opposed to source, and level of community involvement, a good sign continued development and value of product for me). One of my questions was also who is "responsible" for these drivers other than the community (i.e. nvidia, or the individual manufacturers). A heavy load of questions. Sorry about that. I did want to explain where I was coming from, though. I really appreciate all the help! - Paul Rodr�guez On 15 Aug 2001 00:29:33 +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/hardware.php3 (recently revamped - check it > out) > http://www.linuxhardware.net/ > http://www.linux-usb.org/ > http://www.linux-laptop.net/ > http://www.linuxprinting.org/ > http://linmodems.org/ > > On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 19:26, paul rodr�guez wrote: > > Is there a list compiled of hardware released on an open model (ie truly > > freely released specs). I know there is a Linux Hardware Database at > > http://lhd.datapower.com/ , but that talks about Linux compatabillity. > > It stands to reason that hardware released with open standards would > > allow for better utilization of the hardware, especially in Linux, > > making users happier. Is there a list out there of hardware that's this > > good? > > -- > Sridhar Dhanapalan. > "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: > LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." > -- Jeremy S. Anderson _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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