General Information

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

Laptops and mobile devices

• Linux on Laptops: full installation notes for hundreds of laptop and notebook computers.
• tuxmobil.org: 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
• Linspire Hardware Compatibility
• Mandriva Hardware Compatibility
• MEPIS Hardware Compatibility
• PCLinuxOS Hardware Compatibility
• Red Hat Certified Hardware
• SUSE Linux Hardware Database
• Turbolinux Hardware Compatibility
• Ubuntu Hardware Support

Sound hardware

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

Printers

• Printer Compatibility Database