UbuntuHCL.org launched [LWN.net]

UbuntuHCL.org launched

Posted Apr 1, 2008 20:33 UTC (Tue) by iabervon (subscriber, #722)
In reply to: UbuntuHCL.org launched by Simon80
Parent article: UbuntuHCL.org launched

There is a certain amount that's distro-specific about this sort of thing: different distros
will ship different drivers at different times, and there is variation in how easy it is to
get a different driver. For example, I've got a machine with a Radeon HD 2400 XT which isn't
supported in a stable Ubuntu yet, but which is supported (I think) in drivers that I could get
on a Gentoo system without other testing packages.

Of course, that could be handled with a common site that knew about different versions and
distro-specific sites that knew which reviews to provide, but then there's issues of which
driver versions have special problems with particular versions of non-driver software and so
forth that could cause problems for people.

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UbuntuHCL.org launched

Posted Apr 2, 2008 6:57 UTC (Wed) by davidw (subscriber, #947) [Link]

When I originally launched the Linux Incompatibility List (at http://www.leenooks.com ) , I
thought about trying to categorize and classify everything in a database, but eventually opted
for a wiki format, so as to make it easier to add things without clicking through N forms.

Their site is pretty nice looking though, and it's true that for people with Ubuntu and a
specific piece of hardware, being specific might be better.  That said, part of the
incompatibility list goal is to simply put people off buying stuff from manufacturers who have
lots of unsupported or poorly supported hardware.

UbuntuHCL.org launched

Posted Apr 6, 2008 13:07 UTC (Sun) by fred (subscriber, #14141) [Link]

> Another thing: if I were designing one of these sites, the first thing I'd
> ask for would be the output of lspci -n

Something like http://hardware4linux.info/ ?

Fred