<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Brad DerManouelian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:myth@dermanouelian.com">myth@dermanouelian.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Jan 28, 2009, at 8:47 AM, jedi wrote:<br>
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:22:21AM -0500, John Drescher wrote:<br>
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How about we just ask users to fill in what hardware does not work. I<br>
would bet that over 90% of hardware will work...<br>
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Something that should be very prominent on the front page of the<br>
wiki is something that addresses the basic question of "what hardware<br>
should I run?".<br>
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More than the Hardware link on the front page of the wiki?<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
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The hardware that's proven itself to other users should<br>
be front and center there. Something like a "popularity contest" for<br>
components and perhaps a "hall of shame" as well.<br>
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I don't think it's fair since some hardware works well for some people and other works better for others. I think it's better to stay objective and list all hardware and facts about the hardware. Like what exists on the wiki.<br>
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The only suggestion I would make is to add a Subcategory of Recommended Cards (at the same level as the Analog, HDTV and MPEG capture card subcategories) that would simply list all cards that are known to be fully supported.<br>
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Again, I feel like the wiki should be the place to send people when they are looking for hardware and it's up to all of us to add out known good working hardware to it and to be objective about how well it works for you.<br>
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</font><br></blockquote></div><br>I agree with this type of approach. With hardware in linux, you can often get things to work, but it may take a lot of work and there may be very few people using it that can help. I want to know what is fully working, and what is working with default drivers and requires the least hacking on my part. The tuner/video cards that are most popular and the best supported is what is most useful to those seeking new hardware.<br>