On Saturday 08 October 2005 08:32, Kevin Donnelly wrote:
On Saturday 08 October 2005 11:05, Kevanf1 wrote:
IF THE HARDWARE YOU ARE CONSIDERING BUYING IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH LINUX DON'T BUY IT AND LET THE MANUFACTURER KNOW ABOUT YOUR DECISION!
I sometimes think it would be nice to have a blacklist site for hardware manufacturers. You would set up a group of Linux users, and send a standard letter/email to whatever hardware manufacturers you could think of, basically asking: - does your product a, b, c currently run on Linux? - if so: (a) is there a Linux page on your website giving information on how to do this? (b) do you advertise Linux support on your website, packaging and adverts? - if not: (a) do you plan to support Linux in the future? (b) if so, within what likely timescale?
The responses would be archived on the site, and the various manufacturers graded in terms of how many of their products are built with Linux in mind, and how well they communicate that fact in terms of packaging (this is important in terms of raising Linux' profile). [...other useful details...]
Enter them into the compatability database at http://www.linuxcompatible.org