David's Computer Stuff Journal

To a good home: Linux Incompatibility List

Posted by David N. Welton Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:16:00 GMT

I originally had the idea for a list to keep track of stuff that doesn't work with Linux something like 12 years ago. I built an initial version, that proved reasonably popular at the time, but then the place it was hosted had some problems, and I was busy with other things. I finally got around to building a new version four or five years ago, and it's been doing ok since then, but with a baby on the way, I've been thinking of things to get rid of, and this is not something I do active work on, so maybe it would be best to find a new home for the site, located at http://www.leenooks.com.

Here's the catch:


  • Whoever gets it has to promise to maintain it as essentially what it is today - you have to continue to provide information about hardware that does not function with Linux, or only functions with proprietary drivers.


  • It does generate some money, that I put towards the server where it's hosted. I wouldn't mind selling it for something, which will hopefully encourage only those truly interested to apply. It could probably generate more money if it were plastered with a bunch of ugly ads, or, hopefully, if more time and effort were put into it than I have at the moment.


It currently runs on my own server, and uses DedaWiki, an open source, Rails-based Wiki, as well as PostgreSQL. You would have to relocate it to your own server.

So, if you're interested, contact me: davidw@dedasys.com.

If I don't find the right person, no worries; I'll keep maintaining it for a while yet.

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  1. niq
    about 1 hour later:

    I'm not volunteering, but would it be impertinent to ask how the site makes money without ads?

  2. David Welton
    about 1 hour later:

    It does make its money through ads. I put them up to help cover hosting costs. I'm not very creative in that department, but I don't really see other ways of making money from it... it's basically a community service.

  3. Steve Kemp
    about 12 hours later:

    How, in practise, does new hardware get added?

    Do people mail updates or do you have to track new things and add them yourself?

  4. David Welton
    about 13 hours later:

    It's a wiki. People add stuff themselves. Someone with more time might also do things like follow kernel and or distribution mailing lists to actively seek out new things, and more proactively prune old ones, but it actually works ok right now, for the most part.

  5. Docunext
    about 20 hours later:

    Hi David, I might be interested. I run several linux / free software information sites, wikis, and stuff, for instance:

    http://www.green-computing.info/wiki/

    and

    http://www.docunext.com/

    I'd want to learn more about what your expectations are from the new owner before anything. You can email me at the address I've included above. Thanks!

  6. Fred
    3 days later:

    Hi David,

    Do you think it could make sense to merge your site with http://hardware4linux.info/ ? If you are interested, just drop me an email.

    Thanks,
    Fred