On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 01:36:19PM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote: > I'm planning on buying components individually and piecing > together a computer. I'd like to install Debian Linux on it. > I'm not buying any of the latest and greatest stuff, and the > hardware I have picked out is pretty standard fare, nothing too > fancy. So I'm pretty sure everything will "just work" (TM), but > I'd still kind of like to verify each piece before I just buy > everything, slap it together, install and pray. > > I was wondering if anyone could suggest any techniques, very > good websites, or anything else to try to verify that, yes, > there are indeed working drivers for my hardware. > Probably the best way to verify hardware compatibility is to take one of the systems you want to get and boot a Knoppix CD or DVD on it. Since you are building from components, I am guessing that you want to know before you get the components. In that case, providing a list of prospective components to this list will probably elicit some helpful replies. I would not put a great deal of stock in hardware compatibility lists you find online. The main exception to that are the lists provided by the developers of a particular driver or package. For example, if you want to get a digital camera, I would trust the gphoto development page to have an up to date list of what cameras do and do not work in the latest release. Same with scanners and SANE, as well as lm-sensors and motherboard sensor chips. Beyond that, I'm not sure. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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