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CompareComponents - An excellent hardware compatibility site which enables the user to find and compare products and prices related to computing, including hard drives, motherboards, RAM, printers, VoIP and much more.
Debian GNU/Linux Device Driver Check Page - An excellent hardware compatibility database. This site uses the output from the command, 'lcpci -n' (list all PCI devices) and checks it against hardware known to work within GNU/Linux, providing the name of the driver that supports it. Users are also encouraged to contribute to this database.
FSF - Hardware Devices that Support GNU/Linux - A searchable database of hardware that supports free software. The database is organized into device categories. There is also a list of drivers that require proprietary firmware.
Hardware Compatibility Database - openSUSE - Hardware compatibility database for openSUSE.
Hardware for Linux - A website site to lookup and report hardware compatibility and incompatibility with Linux distributions.
Linux Compatibility Database - A compatibility database for applications, games, and hardware running under GNU/Linux. This site also has Linux and Web news and support forums.
Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO - A list of hardware either supported or unsupported under Linux; divided into broad hardware categories. (2007)
Linux Incompatibility List - A handy reference site for hardware incompatibility; organized by broad category; useful hardware links included as well.
Linux Online - Linux-Friendly Hardware - A resource site for Linux hardware including laptops, compatibility databases, and companies selling complete systems, hardware components, DAs/Palmtops and handhelds.
Linux PCI ID Repository - A public repository of all known ID's used in PCI devices.
Linux Printer Compatibility Database - Extensive information about specific printers, along with driver information, basic specifications, and an associated set of filter script building tools.
Linux Tested - Tests Linux hardware compatability for a fee and posts results.
Linux Wireless LAN Support - This is a searchable directory of wireless devices with information about the chipset they are based on and whether or not they are supported in Linux. (2010)
LinuxQuestions.org HCL - Hardware Compatibility List - A searchable, Linux hardware compatibility database organized by category.
Mandriva Certification Hardware Database - A database of hardware that is compatible with the Mandriva operating system.
Naked Computers - A world-wide directory of companies that sell computers free of any proprietary operating systems. For people who like to say "No Thanks" to these systems.
OpenBenchmarking.org - An open, collaborative testing and benchmarking platform for Linux and other operating systems. It's designed by Phoronix Media and the developers behind the Phoronix Test Suite.
PARISC-LINUX: Hardware Database - Reports of HP (Hewlett-Packard) machines running Linux.
PCLinuxOS Hardware Database - A hardware compatibility database for the PCLinuxOS distribution and remasters.
PVR Hardware Database - A handy database for PVR (personal video recorder) hardware.
Phoronix - Linux Hardware Reviews, Benchmarking, & Gaming - Hardware articles and reviews for Linux.
Ralink RT2500 Chipsets For Wireless Devices - Compatibility List - A hardware compatibility list for all the Ralink-based devices for USB, PCI, and PCMCIA (Ralink RT2500 WLAN chipsets are IEEE 802.11x compliant); also has links to open source driver projects for the Ralink rt2400 and rt2500 chipsets.
Red Hat Hardware Catalog - A database of certified and compatible hardware for Red Hat products.
Smolt - This hardware database project is a combined effort of various Linux distributions to gather hardware information from Linux users. Information collection is voluntary and anonymous.
TuxMobil - PCMCIA/CF Card Survey (by Manufacturers) - A Linux compatibility list (HCL) for 500+ PCMCIA/PC-Card/CF-Card, CardBus cards, SmartCard, FlashCard, and Compact-Card.
TuxMobil: Linux Compatibility Status of Mobile Hardware - Hardware Compatibility Lists (HCLs) for Linux with hardware and accessories used in laptops, notebooks, PDAs, mobile phones.
TuxMobil: Portable CD-Writers, CD, DVD and Linux - A survey of portable CD-Writers, CD drives and DVD drives working with Linux.
UbuntuHCL.org - A comprehensive hardware compatibility database for Ubuntu users.

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