Re: Questions for DPL candidates: Support channels
On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 11:07 PM, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> Even more, from my experience, the availability of an HCL (ie: Hardware
> Compatibility List) is mandatory for some vendors to choose Debian. At
> $work, I've been told that Debian wouldn't an option for it.
Would this count as a HCL for your $work?
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn
> I had thoughts about this, and the only way I see it happening, is by
> having some kind of software comparable to Ubuntu's "Checkbox", with
> some report on our website. Then through this process, offer vendors the
> possibility to put a "Debian compatible" logo on their website. To avoid
> trademark issues, this logo *must* be different from the standard Debian
> logo.
For reference:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Checkbox
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Automation/Checkbox
Some related projects:
https://linux-hardware.org/
https://github.com/linuxhw/hw-probe (warning, quite invasive)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolt_(Linux)
https://en.opensuse.org/Smolt
http://bugs.debian.org/435058
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Smolt_retirement
> Note that I am convince the FSF initiative (I can't remember the ugly
> website name, sorry...) is *not* a correct response to this need. We
> need our own thing.
I guess you mean one of these two:
https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom
https://h-node.org/
--
bye,
pabs
https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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