Red Hat has the same for whole (server) systems [LWN.net]

Red Hat has the same for whole (server) systems

Posted Feb 10, 2011 20:46 UTC (Thu) by mjw (subscriber, #16740)
Parent article: Canonical announces a component catalog for Linux

https://hardware.redhat.com/ has a nice collection of machines that will most likely work well with any modern distro. Although admittedly it is geared towards servers. (And the site is currently very slow.)

to post comments

Red Hat has the same for whole (server) systems

Posted Feb 10, 2011 22:23 UTC (Thu) by jspaleta (subscriber, #50639) [Link]

What's interesting is that Canonical is listing individual embedded motherboard controllers like on-board audio controllers that were certified as part of the system certification of a Sun Ultra system, as separate components in the component database.

In comparison RedHat's component/peripheral list seems to be components/peripherals available for direct purchase and does not include components like motherboard embedded disk or audio controllers as individual listings.

Whether or not the level of granularity exposed in Canonical's component database ends up being useful to consumers to the extent that it helps drive certification revenue dollars from OEMs/ODMs remains to be seen.

-jef