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On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 10:50 +0000, Matthew Cremore wrote: > What would help here IMO is a Hardware Compatibility List which would show all > items of hardware along with the expected level of functionality gained by using > free and proprietary drivers. Then we'd all be able to choose the right piece of > kit according to our needs and hopefully use free drivers. > This would also have the effect of users (ie customers) carefully selecting > hardware according to availability of free drivers, thereby reducing sales of > hardware with only proprietary or lesser functioning free drivers. This in turn > could persuade hardware manufacturers (Nvidia etc.) to open up their proprietary > drivers to the community in order to get their sales back. > This would of course need the support of the community but would benefit us all > in the end. > (Excuse me if this already exists somewhere but if it does it needs more > publicity!) > > Just my thoughts... > > Cheers, > Matt. > There are some, but none of them are particularly authorative! This is one example: http://www.phoronix.com/lch/ I agree though, a detailed list that was fairly complete would help a lot! Jon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html