Recommended Hardware project propoal [was The most recent meeting]

[Andrew Malcolmson]

On 17 Sep 2003 01:31:03 -0400, "Madison Kelly" <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> said:
> If I can toot my own horn for a moment; tracking best-of-breed hardware
> is what I do for a living. I am not the cheapest and I will admit that
> right up front but I am really pretty good at picking out uber-reliable
> components and verifying linux-compatibility. I am working on
> integrating what I know into a website which, once it is up, will
> hopefully be something you guys and gals could reference even if you buy
> it somewhere else. (I am not a retail store so I wouldn't mind helping
> out by e-mail even if you have plans to grab stuff elsewhere - I aim
> mostly at hardware and machines for companies). 

righteous.

I would use this, definitely.  

> Seeing how I can't program to save my life it might be a way I could
> give back to the community rather than normally leaching info like I
> normally do ;).
> Madison

> On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 16:57, cbbrowne-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org wrote:
> > > Which boards/companies are these?  Sounds like these boards/companies are
> > > linux-friendly and should be remembered when we're asked to give hardware
> > > purchase recommondations.
> > > 
> > > I'm interested in developing a short list of recommendable systems/parts
> > > for various usage types.
> > 
> > The unfortunate problem with this is that there is _heavy_ churn of
> > these products.  The motherboard that you really liked last month is
> > liable to get replaced by a newer model in 3 months thereby making the
> > information obsolete.
> > 
> > The approach that would be more likely to be worthwhile would be to go
> > "global" on building a compatibility database, so that MANY people could
> > be involved in figuring out which parts work well, and then have a
> > "regional availability" table that allows people in different regions
> > create 'views' indicating what hardware is available locally.
> > Regrettably, that latter part goes stale quickly.
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