Call me old fashioned but why start yet another such database instead of contributing to existing efforts?
2012/12/27 Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name>: > Amichai Rotman wrote on Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 15:05:58 +0200: >> Hello, >> >> It would've been nice to start a website where people could refer to to >> find out all the practical issues of installing / using FLOSS in Israel: >> >> * A hardware DB where they can look up a device by category (i.e. >> Motherboard) and check the compatibility sorted by distro etc. >> >> * A list of Israeli Linux friendly vendors (including vendors outside >> Israel that are willing to ship their products to Israel hustle free). >> >> * Distro specific Installation Guides, pointing out any common pitfalls. >> >> Such sites might exist out there in the Net, but none of them are Israeli >> specific or in Hebrew and don't hold all the a fore mentioned features in >> one place... >> Another plus is the fact that the content will be socially contributed - by >> the users themselves. >> >> What do you think? >> > > I don't need installation guides, but a hardware/vendor DB I would find > useful. > >> Amichai Rotman >> Penguin - FLOSS Computer Service and Technical Consulting >> +972-73-7962360 || +972-54-4605787 > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
