Hardware Database

[E.S. Rosenberg]

Call me old fashioned but why start yet another such database instead
of contributing to existing efforts?

2012/12/27 Daniel Shahaf <d.s at daniel.shahaf.name>:
> Amichai Rotman wrote on Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 15:05:58 +0200:
>> Hello,
>>
>> It would've been nice to start a website where people could refer to to
>> find out all the practical issues of installing / using FLOSS in Israel:
>>
>> * A hardware DB where they can look up a device by category (i.e.
>> Motherboard) and check the compatibility sorted by distro etc.
>>
>> * A list of Israeli Linux friendly vendors (including vendors outside
>> Israel that are willing to ship their products to Israel hustle free).
>>
>> * Distro specific Installation Guides, pointing out any common pitfalls.
>>
>> Such sites might exist out there in the Net, but none of them are Israeli
>>  specific or in Hebrew and don't hold all the a fore mentioned features in
>> one place...
>> Another plus is the fact that the content will be socially contributed - by
>> the users themselves.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>
> I don't need installation guides, but a hardware/vendor DB I would find
> useful.
>
>>   Amichai Rotman
>>  Penguin - FLOSS Computer Service and Technical Consulting
>>  +972-73-7962360 ||  +972-54-4605787
>
>
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