From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267703AbUHUTnh (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:43:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267707AbUHUTnh (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:43:37 -0400 Received: from host4-67.pool80117.interbusiness.it ([80.117.67.4]:36755 "EHLO dedasys.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267703AbUHUTnc (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:43:32 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Linux Incompatibility List From: davidw@dedasys.com (David N. Welton) Date: 21 Aug 2004 21:41:04 +0200 Message-ID: <87r7q0th2n.fsf@dedasys.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I'm reviving an idea I implemented several years ago, namely the Linux Incompatibility List. The idea is simple: most hardware works fine with Linux, and the situation is generally pretty good, with Linux increasingly showing up on the corporate radar. However, there are devices that don't work with Linux, for various reasons (no specs, too new and no one has written a driver, etc...), and it's easier to keep track of those devices so that people can avoid them (or the hero types can write drivers for them). I have a site up that will serve as the focus of these efforts, but in order to guage interest/response and ramp up gradually, I'd like to ask that those interested in participating in the effort send me information via email. I'll respond with the wiki's address, so that they may then have a look around. I think (correct me if I'm wrong) the information we would want to collect is: Product Name: Manufacturer: Model Number: Chipset: How bad it is (1 to 10, 9 being it almost works and has only minor bugs): Reason (no specs, driver still being worked on, ...): Url for more info: An email address of yours that we may publish (so that we can contact you if someone says "no, that works just fine!"): Notes: Ideas/comments/suggestions are welcome at this stage. Thankyou for your time, -- David N. Welton Personal: http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/ Free Software: http://www.dedasys.com/freesoftware/ Apache Tcl: http://tcl.apache.org/ Photos: http://www.dedasys.com/photos/