Description

Hardware4linux.info is a web site to lookup and report hardware compatibility and incompatibility with Linux distributions.

Components are rated according to their Linux compatibility.

You'll see on the site some numbers like 4.5 x 2 for rated components. This means that the mean note for the component is 4.5 and that 2 persons have noted this component.

The rating scale is the following:

5Works out of the box.
3Works with modifications.
0Don't know or not supported by hardware.
-3Works partially.
-5Does not work.

Procedure

In order to contribute to Hardware4Linux, you need to perform the following easy steps :

  1. Download Hardware4Linux collector.
  2. Install Hardware4Linux collector.
  3. Run the Hardware4Linux collector on your system. As root: /opt/hardware4linux.info/bin/hwreport /tmp/report.
  4. Upload Hardware4Linux collector's generated report.
  5. Rate the components of your uploaded system.