General Information

• The Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO [1] lists most of the hardware known to be either supported or unsupported under Linux.

Laptops and mobile devices

• Linux on Laptops [2]: full installation notes for hundreds of laptop and notebook computers.
• tuxmobil.org [3]: Linux With Laptops, Notebooks, PDAs and Mobile Cell Phones. Start here for information on getting a net connection with your mobile phone.

Distribution hardware support lists

Your distribution's list is the best way to tell if a piece of hardware will work when you first install Linux. Products listed on other hardware support lists may require manual configuration or a software upgrade.

• Gentoo Hardware Compatibility [4]
• Linspire Hardware Compatibility [5]
• Mandriva Hardware Compatibility [6]
• MEPIS Hardware Compatibility [7]
• PCLinuxOS Hardware Compatibility [8]
• Red Hat Certified Hardware [9]
• SUSE Linux Hardware Database [10]
• Turbolinux Hardware Compatibility [11]
• Ubuntu Hardware Support [12]

Sound hardware

• ALSA Soundcard Matrix [13]: the big list of what sound hardware works "out of the box" with recent versions of Linux.

Printers

• Printer Compatibility Database [14]