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Online Repository for Hardware Configurations?

Posted by Cliff on from the sharing-the-results-of-your-tweaking dept.

Great_Jehovah asks: "I've done a lot of trial-and-error and spent time researching getting various devices (e.g. motherboards, USB devices, DVD burners) working on Linux. I've also spent a bunch of time configuring different pieces of software for particular applications. I would like a nice centralized place to share these pieces of knowledge and also to see what others have done. I've looked on Google but either I can't conjure the right keywords, or this place just doesn't exist yet. Anyone know where such a site exists? If not, I'll start one."

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  1. A nice place to start might be... by linuxn · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hmmm...How bout' LDP ?

    1. Re:A nice place to start might be... by Joe+Tennies · · Score: 2, Informative

      Actually, The key to setting up CUPS is remove things like foomatic. Just start cupsd and point your web browser to http://127.0.0.1:631. It's actually a pretty darn good and easy to use setup. I've helped quite a few people by just pointing them to that instead of programs that "simplify setting up CUPS".

  2. Right here.. by Graelin · · Score: 2, Informative

    RedHat has an HCL for their distro. I highly doubt much (if any) of it is RedHat specific. Kernel modules are kernel modules afterall, they care not the distro.

    It's not entirely clear what you mean by "configuring different pieces of software for particular applications." Chances are good whatever you did was documented somewhere in the application's docs, forums, etc. Why not just use them as they were intended?

    If you managed to combine all this data in one monolithic database I'm not sure I would use it. How can you keep it updated? Users only notify you of errors with stuff they use, the lesser known tweaks could sit broken for ages without you knowing. Above that, you would need some very slick search and navigation tools for this thing.

    On the other hand, a distro-specific "best practices" guide would be very handy. One supported by the community and frequently updated. I have my own personal checklist of things to do after installing RH8, I bet if you and I combined lists we'd both benefit. Now multiply that by the number of cluefull RH8 users out there. You'd have a hell of a list but one hell of an OS when you were done.

  3. they sort of exist by dhunley · · Score: 3, Informative

    You could try the Linux hardware database (URL escapes me), or you could post your write-ups on the Linux StepByStep site (www.linux-sxs.org) which is entirely about "how I did xx with Linux"...

    1. Re:they sort of exist by RiverTonic · · Score: 4, Informative

      I think it is this site. It has a fast search engine so it's only a matter of seconds to check if something is supported.

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      This is RiverTonic's sig.
  4. Just Linux Hardware by skreuzer · · Score: 4, Informative

    take a look at Just Linux Hardware While it is fairly new, it is growing into quite a resource.
    Plus, the revenue the site generates gets donated to open source projects and orginizations, which is also pretty cool

  5. LHD is dead (thanks ZDNET) by scum-o · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Linux Hardware Database doesn't exist anymore - it used to be owned by ZDNET, but they nuked the whole site a while ago. I sent in an e-mail to the tech department and requested that they ressurect the site, but there has been no action. The site is for the most part dead.

  6. Re:Linux Cookbook by dhunley · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is *exactly* the goal of the Linux StepbyStep site. Check out www.linux-sxs.org