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"Just works with Linux"
"Just works with Linux"
Posted Dec 15, 2005 12:25 UTC (Thu) by ekj (subscriber, #1524)In reply to: "Just works with Linux" by njhurst
Parent article: "Just works with Linux"
I disagree. Such a list would be very nearly useless for anyone wanting to buy linux-hardware.
The reason is simple: no list is complete, and a list such as this one would likely be less complete than most.
Now, with a positive list: "these devices work:" it is of less consequence to me if the list is complete, if I buy something on the list, and the list-info is accurate (a different problem) then it'll work. OK, so maybe in reality I had a bigger choise than the list gave me, but that's mostly of less consequence, I don't need 10 graphics-adapters anyway, if I get one that works well with free drivers I'm satisfied.
With the negative list, I can't feel secure buying something just because it's not on the list. It could simply be that it's missing from the list because the list is incomplete. (or, like for the other, the list could be inaccurate)
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Incompatible List
Posted Dec 15, 2005 15:37 UTC (Thu) by cdmiller (subscriber, #2813) [Link]
There is plenty of usefulness in both the positive and negative lists, I just went and added to the Incompatible list entries for DELL servers and workstations under their Hardware Monitoring entry. Good information to have when looking for Linux servers in particular.
"Just works with Linux"
Posted Dec 26, 2005 22:16 UTC (Mon) by oak (subscriber, #2786) [Link]
> With the negative list, I can't feel secure buying something just> because it's not on the list. It could simply be that it's missing
> from the list because the list is incomplete. (or, like for the other,
> the list could be inaccurate)
It's a fact of life that "Positive list" won't be covering everything and
then when you see a very good deal on something you'd like to have, it's
good to know that it will not work, instead of buying it, testing it and
finding that yes, the reason why it wasn't on the positive list was
because it was broken, not because it was new (product/manufactorer/etc).