[UCLA-LUG] hardware compatability lists (HCL)

Dan Kegel dank@alumni.caltech.edu
Wed, 08 Sep 1999 09:19:51 -0700


Glenn Micah Glazer wrote:
> It seems to me that a very frequent thread on the list is what hardware
> works best with Linux.  I know that Sun publishes an HCL for its products
> and my inference from all the questions is that the various Linux vendors
> do not.  So, would it not be a good idea to put something up on the
> webpage about this, perhaps with commentary on which devices, cards, etc.
> are hard/easy to install, have bad/good performance, etc.?

That's a f**kload of work.  Better to just point to
  http://www.redhat.com/hardware

A few anecdotal reports might be welcome, though, e.g.
  "Works great on the 300MHz Celeron eMachines I bought this Christmas".

- Dan

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(The above is my opinion alone, and not that of my employer)