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Check Computer / Hardware for Linux-compatibility

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  • Check Computer / Hardware for Linux-compatibility
    • Debian device driver check & report
    • Linux HCL
    • UbuntuUsers

Linux users who are not very skilled have a big problem: If they want to buy a new computer or new hardware, it is very difficult for them to find out if something works or not. I'll give you some hints how you could find it out:

Debian device driver check & report

This site checks your whole system. You only need to boot a Linux system (e.g. via LiveCD) and execute:

lspci -n

in the terminal (which pops up if you type Ctrl + Alt + T). Copy it, paste it into the provided form and you will get a list of your hardware and simply "Yes" if this component works with Debian.

Linux HCL

The Linux HCL provides a lot of hand-written reviews of users. Here is my review of my notebook.

UbuntuUsers

German users might want to take a look at the wiki-article "Hardwaredatenbanken".


Published

Jan 27, 2012
by Martin Thoma

Category

Cyberculture

Tags

  • Hardware 7
  • Linux 17

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