[BadVista Advocate] GNU/Linux Hardware Configurations

[Wayne Moore]

Hi All,

I was thinking that it might be very useful to have the site list some
systems, laptops and/or desktop, configurations that will work with 100%
free software.  The problem I often run into is that many people want to run
GNU/Linux but are afraid that some of the hardware they choose might not
work.  For example, for someone wanting to buy a new machine, it would be
great to say go buy one of these [on the list], and your video card / webcam
/ etc, will just work.  Does anyone know of any vendor's prebuilt systems (
e.g. Dell / HP / IBM) that would work?  Otherwise, a list of components to
build your own desktops would be a good start.

I stress that these must work with _only_ free software, as there are many
hardware configurations out there that would work well, but _only_ with
non-free parts, drivers / firmware / etc.

Just a thought, this is something that in my experience has hindered people
adopting GNU/Linux as an OS.  These are people that are in fact willing to
try it out, but want to be sure they're not getting hardware that they
cannot use - which eventually drives them back to a proprietary OS.

Kind Regards,
Wayne
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