My Hardware Works!
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[edit] Objective
If a new user wants the migrate to FOSS/Linux s/he faces several questions that need answering. One of the biggest questions is "What will work on Linux?" followed by "Will my chosen hardware work properly?" Several discussions on IRC later the idea of this page was born. Why not consider the LUGgers who already have their equipment singing along fine on GNU/Linux as an extended, real-time hardware testbench?
[edit] What goes in here ?
This page will get put together a listing of diverse hardware, from the most common to ones rarely used, that works on GNU/Linux. So, what qualifies here? Your new motherboard that you got to work, a new soundcard, a new laptop that you just bought, a webcam, a digital camera, a printer, a wifi adapter, a quirky network card, a TV turner card, a scanner, geek toys like mobile phones, PDAs etc running GNU/Linux, a-you-won't-understand-even-if-i-showed-you type of peripheral device... just about anything that you have got to work on GNU/Linux... more the bleeding edge the better ;-)
[edit] Is this a h/w certification page ?
While we shall stop short of calling this a h/w certification page, this will certainly be a listing that people can refer to while deciding to buy new hardware/peripherals. Of course, you must agree with the DISCLAIMER at the bottom of the page.
[edit] The Listing
| User | Type of H/W | Manufacturer | Model Type | Just Works | Works on (Distro) | Gotchas! Pro / Cons | Binary-only Drivers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indranil Das Gupta | Laptop | IBM/Lenovo | R-51 (MT 2887-LQ3) | Hardware Identification, WiFi (ipw2200 b/g), AC'97 Audio, Wired Lan, Touchpad and TrackPoint pointing devices, USB subsystem, Power Management, SpeedStep, Governors, VGA-out for multimedia projectors | Ubuntu 6.10 | None. A wonderful piece of equipment, even if slightly aging by now. | None | |
| Indranil Das Gupta | Printer | Hewlett Packard | LaserJet 1020 | Printing works mostly fine with a few problems | Ubuntu 6.10 | Needs the firmware to uploaded on being attached over the USB each time, hotplug should take care of this. Power cycling is required from time to time, with re-uploading of firmware to get it to work again. | ||
| Indranil Das Gupta | Digital Camera | Canon Inc. | EOS 350D aka Digital Rebel XT | Plug-n-Play just works | Ubuntu 6.10 | None! Gets detected as Canon EOS 350D using PTP mode | None | |
| Indranil Das Gupta | Webcam | Logitech Inc. | Quickcam Pro 5000 | Plug-n-play works after compiling and installing the subversion copy of linux-uvc driver | Ubuntu 6.10 | Rightlight and RIghtSound (TM) doesn't work. The UVC driver only support the V4L2 API and *not* the older V4L1 API. | None | |
| Abhisek Datta | Laptop | Compaq | V2000 | Intel Centrino 1.6 GHz, Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ onboard Ethernet card, IPW2200-BG WiFi Card, AC-97 onboard audio card, AC-97 on board modem, USB subsystem, Cardbus controller, SMBus controller, Touchpad, Power Management | Gentoo 2006.1 x86-desktop | Perfecto! | ||
| Debarshi Ray | Laptop | Compaq | Presario 2203AL | Intel Centrino 1.6GHz processor, Intel 855GM motherboard with inbuilt Intel Xtreme graphics controller, 256MB 266MHz RAM, 30GB 5400rpm PATA hardrive from Seagate, Philips CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive, AC'97 Audio Controller, Realtek RTL-8139 Ethernet controller, Intel USB controller. | Fedora Core 6 | Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 Wifi card needs binary firmware, internal modem needs separate driver provided by Hewlett Packard with the hardware unit. | None | |
| Rakesh Pandit | Laptop | Acer | TravelMate 2420 | Intel Celeron M processor (1.5 GHz, 400MHz FSB, 1MB L2 cache), Intel Graphics Media Acc 900, 40 GB HDD, DVD/CD-RW Combo, 256MB DDR2,AC'97 Audio Controller, AC'97 Modem Controller, Realtek SemiComductor Co. RTL-8139 Ethernet controller | Fedora Core 6 | The cool match of lape configuration and distro!! | ||
| Sumit Datta | Laptop | HP/Compaq | V3000 - V3155AU in particular | I have got all things working, except for the card reader, and dial up modem which I have have not tried. | Fedora Core 6 | The wireless needed ndiswrapper. All else was fine though I lost sound in the last yum update. | For graphics I used binary driver. For wireless i used the ndiswrapper. | |
| Kushal Das | PCMCIA WiFI Card | D-link | DWL-G360 | Everything is working , I just need to install the Open Source Driver | Fedora Core 6 | Read the tutorial | ||
| Santanu Sinha | Digital SLR Camera | Pentax | *ist DL2, K100D | Plug and Play Works okay. FSpot fires up automatically when the camera is plugged in. Able to import pictures from the camera without any fuss. | Fedora Core 6 OpenSuse 10.2 | None | ||
| Santanu Sinha | Mobile phone | Sony Erricson | w550i Walkman Phone | Plug and Play Works okay for music and file copy. Did not try out modem functionlity. Phone gets detected as a memory stick device which can be mounted like a thumb drive. | Fedora Core 6 OpenSuse 10.2 and all others in the recent past. | None | ||
| Soumyanath Chatterjee | Laptop | LG | XNOTE GS50 | Just works out of the box | Ubuntu 6.10 | None | ||
| Soumyanath Chatterjee | PC | Assembled | P-III/Intel 810 MoBo/256MB RAM | Everything works. OpenOffice works a bit slow, better to use AbiWord, Gnumeric | Edubuntu | None | ||
| Subhodip Biswas | PC | Assembled | P-IV/Intel(EM64T) 915 GAG_ MB/512MB RAM ,Intel 10/100 Onboard Ethernet,ALC860 audio controller,Microsoft wired 500 (KB/Mouse(usb)),Onboard graphics. | Everything works fine ,64 bit application gets stuck sometimes,FC 6 64bit got stucked. | Fedora Core 6 Mandriva Linux 2007 | None | None till now | |
| Arindam Ghosh | PC | Assembled | Intel Celeron 1.70 Ghz Processor with Intel D845GLVA motherboard, Intel 10/100 Ethernet Card, 640 MB RAM, Sigmatel Audio, OnBoard Graphics with Samsung Keybooard & PS/2 mouse | Everything works fine, but the XEN kernel doesn't seem to work..the machine gets stalled because CPU < 2 GHz | Fedora 7 | None. The box is ageing now... | None | |
| Shirshasin Ghosh | PC | Assembled | P-IV model 820/Intel(EM64T) D102GGc Mobo/1 GB RAM ,Intel 10/100 Onboard Ethernet, audio, ATI Radeon 200 Graphics, Everything works fine including dataone broadband, DVD writing using k3b etc. | [1] OpenSuse 10.2 | None | None till now | ||
| Arindam Ghosh | Digital Camera | SONY | Cybershot DSC-W30 | Plug n Play works fine. | Fedora 7 | None as such but hoping to get a linux version of Cybershot Manager. | None | |
| Arindam Ghosh | Mobile Phone | Nokia | Nokia 6020 (Symbian 40) | The phone modem works fine. See the tutorial here:) | Fedora 7 | Modem works fine with KPPP but PC suite functions can't be done till now. Trying out irda-utils | None | |
| Subhodip Biswas | Mobile Phone | Motorola | Motorola L6 | The phone works fine as per as phone modem is considered.See tutorial here | Fedora 7 | file transfer and others,work in progress] | None | |
| Tathagata Dasgupta | PCMCIA WiFI Card | D-link | DLink Airplus-G DWL G510 | Install the driver from fedora's repository | Fedora 7 | None | ||
| Tathagata Dasgupta | Compaq Presario 1130il Desktop PC | 2.8GHz pentium4(northwood),256 RAM,MSI-6577 main board with integrated graphics | DLink Airplus-G DWL G510 | Install the driver from fedora's repository | Fedora 7 | None |
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[edit] DISCLAIMER
THESE LISTINGS ARE BASED SOLELY ON INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES, YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY. NEITHER ILUG-CAL.ORG (AS IN THE VIRTUAL ORGANISATION AS WELL AS THIS WEBSITE) NOR THE USERS WHO HAVE LISTED THEIR H/W HERE, CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS (MONETARY, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL OR IN WHAT-ELSE-SO-EVER WAY) THAT YOU MAY INCUR BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS PAGE.
