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Re: Linux HW compatibility list 4 local products



On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Peter Lorand Peres wrote:

> I don't know how the HTMLized version of the list would work. Perhaps some
> Java ? <G>

if you still insist on doing it through some auto mechanism, I have
hypernews installed, I meant you should write a few words about it and
I'll post it under /local/ on the website.

> The idea is to have a searchable place for that info. Otherwise it is
> lost. I use WAIS to find things on my own HDD, how do you expect anyone to
> find info on a complex item such as hardware setups when a Linux newbie,
> still tacky with M$-like questions like 'who supports Grazilla W22 ?'. And
> the last thing you need is postings like:
> 
> i knoW howta connect a conner drive to linux. email me for help.

then you don't know what Mini-HOWTOs are, I think. go read one from
http://www.linux.org.il/LDP/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX-3.html (as a matter of fact
just look at the titles and you'll see how useful they can be)

in this specific case, I went to read the printing FAQ at
http://www.linux.org.il/LDP/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO-4.html where under
supported printers it sends you to ghostscript (which is the most common
filter for PS on linux, AFAIK) and sends you to
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/devices.html

in this specific case, I couldn't find Olivetti mentioned specificly, but
since I have some background knowladge, I know 90% or more of the printers
in the market stick to Epson/HP standards, so I just try them both (not
only in Linux, in windows too).

I am sure it mentions HP compatability in Olivetti's manual, if it doesn't
- just stop buying italian equipment :-)

> I happen to know that because I learned that way. Want to make it easier
> for others. Therefore I want a list. Maybe it will be hosted by email
> request if not online. I'm going now to find out how the @!#$!@# Opti
> 82C930 based 16-bit soundcard is supposed to be configured such that Linux
> mixer drivers can operate with it. At http://www.opti.com. If I find out I
> will post another posting like the *list* posting before. Ah, and I will
> write a mini-FAQ. Eventually. HTML.

mail request? why not gopher? I know, make it available only through
SMB... as a shockwave script.

HTML is the standard way to publish static info on the web today, it's
searchable on all Linux important sites, and newbies can get to it, why
are you looking for all the weird ways to publish it instead?


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