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<?php if (!defined('EG')) die('Direct access not allowed!'); ?>
<?php
// h-source, a web software to build a community of people that want to share their hardware information.
// Copyright (C) 2010, 2011 Antonio Gallo (h-source-copyright.txt)
// Copyright (C) 2011 Joerg Kohne
//
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//
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<a href="<?php echo $this->baseUrl."/home/index/$lang";?>">Home</a> » <?php echo gtext("Help");?>
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Table of contents
<ul>
<li><a href="<?php echo $this->currPage."/$lang#wiki-syntax";?>">Wiki syntax</a></li>
<li><a href="<?php echo $this->currPage."/$lang#compatibility";?>">Compatibility classes</a></li>
<li><a href="<?php echo $this->currPage."/$lang#discover-hardware";?>">Discover your hardware</a></li>
<li><a href="<?php echo $this->currPage."/$lang#fully-free";?>">List of fully free GNU/Linux distributions</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<a name="wiki-syntax"></a><h2>Wiki Syntax</h2>
<h3>List of <?php echo Website::$generalName;?>
Wiki Tags</h3>
<table class="wiki">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Tag</th>
<th>Result</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>bold</td>
<td>text [b]bold[/b]</td>
<td>text <b>bold</b></td>
<td>text bold</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>italic</td>
<td>text [i]italic[/i]</td>
<td>text <i>italic</i></td>
<td>text italic</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>del</td>
<td>text [del]deleted[/del]</td>
<td>text <del>deleted</del></td>
<td>text deleted</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>underline</td>
<td>text [u]underlined[/u]</td>
<td>text <u>underlined</u></td>
<td>text underlined</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>head 1</td>
<td>[h1]heading[/h1]</td>
<td>
<div class="div_h1">
heading</div>
</td>
<td>head 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>head 2</td>
<td>[h2]heading[/h2]</td>
<td>
<div class="div_h2">
heading</div>
</td>
<td>head 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>head 3</td>
<td>[h3]heading[/h3]</td>
<td>
<div class="div_h3">
heading</div>
</td>
<td>head 3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>paragraph</td>
<td>…[p]new paragraph[/p]</td>
<td>…
<p>new paragraph</p>
</td>
<td>new paragraph</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ordered Lists </td>
<td><ul style="list-style-type:none;">
<li>[list]</li>
<li><ul style="list-style-type:none;">
<li>[*]first item[/*]</li>
<li>[*]second item[/*]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>[/list]</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td><ul>
<li>first item</li>
<li>second item</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>make a list of items</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Numbered List </td>
<td><ul style="list-style-type:none;">
<li>[enum]</li>
<li><ul style="list-style-type:none;">
<li>[*]first item[/*]</li>
<li>[*]second item[/*]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>[/enum]</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td><ol>
<li>first item</li>
<li>second item</li>
</ol>
</td>
<td>make a numbered list of items</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>list item</td>
<td>[*]item[/*]</td>
<td><ul>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>add an item to a list</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>code</td>
<td>[code]some code[/code]</td>
<td><pre class="code_pre">some code</pre>
</td>
<td>some code</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>simple link</td>
<td>[a]url[/a]</td>
<td><a href="url">url</a></td>
<td>simple link</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>link with text</td>
<td>[a]url|text[/a]</td>
<td><a href="url">text</a></td>
<td>link with text</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>notebook</td>
<td>[notebook]id[/notebook]</td>
<td><samp>id</samp></td>
<td>link to the notebook with the identifier equal to id (the identifier of each device model is written in the
page of the device itself, next to the model name)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>wifi</td>
<td>[wifi]id[/wifi]</td>
<td><samp>id</samp></td>
<td>link to the wifi with the identifier equal to id (the identifier of each device model is written in the page
of the device itself, next to the model name)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>videocard</td>
<td>[videocard]id[/videocard]</td>
<td class="sample"><samp>id</samp></td>
<td>link to the videocard with the identifier equal to id (the identifier of each device model is written in the
page of the device itself, next to the model name)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<a name="compatibility"></a><h2>Compatibility classes</h2>
<a name="notebook-compatibility"></a><h3>Notebooks</h3>
<dl>
<dt>Class A (Platinum)</dt>
<dd>All the notebook devices work with a very good performance. </dd>
<dd class="example">Example: all the devices work, the 3D acceleration is supported</dd>
<dt>Class B (Gold)</dt>
<dd>All the notebook devices work but not at full performance. </dd>
<dd class="example">A typical example: all the devices work, but the 3D acceleration is not supported</dd>
<dt>Class C (Silver)</dt>
<dd>One main device is not supported. </dd>
<dd class="example">Example: the internal wifi card does not work. You need an external USB card</dd>
<dt>Class D (Bronze)</dt>
<dd>More than one device is not supported</dd>
<dt>Class E (Garbage)</dt>
<dd>The notebook does not work with free software</dd>
</dl>
<a name="printer-compatibility"></a><h3>Printers</h3>
<dl>
<dt>Class A (Full)</dt>
<dd>All device functions and features are supported</dd>
<dt>Class B (Partial)</dt>
<dd>Printing supported but possibly at limited speed or print quality; scanning and/or faxing on some multifunction
devices may not be supported</dd>
<dt>Class C (None)</dt>
<dd>The printer does not work with free software</dd>
</dl>
<a name="scanner-compatibility"></a><h3>Scanners</h3>
<dl>
<dt>Class A (Full)</dt>
<dd>All device functions and features are supported</dd>
<dt>Class B (Partial)</dt>
<dd>Scanning supported but possibly at limited speed or quality; some other features may not be supported</dd>
<dt>Class C (None)</dt>
<dd>The scanner does not work with free software</dd>
</dl>
<p> </p>
<a name="discover-hardware"></a><h2>Discover your hardware</h2>
<p><cite>(Thanks <a href="<?php echo $this->baseUrl;?>/issues/view/en/3/1/token">lluvia</a>)</cite></p>
<p>In order to know the details of your hardware you can carry out the following actions:</p>
<dl>
<dt>How to discover the model name of your notebook</dt>
<dd>See below your notebook or netbook<dd>
<a name="model-name"></a><dt>How to discover the model name of your device (if it is not a notebook)</dt>
<dd class="opt"><strong>If the device is integrated (example: a video card)</strong></dd>
<dd>Open a terminal and type the following command:</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">lspci</pre>
</dd>
<dd>or</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">lspci > FILENAME # output to a file</pre>
</dd>
<!-- dd>where "filename" is the name of the file</dd -->
<dd>You will obtain the list of your PCI devices, similar to the one written below</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">
00:18.3 Host bridge: <b>Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control</b>
03:00.0 Network controller: <b>Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 02)</b>
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: <b>nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GS] (rev a1)</b>
</pre>
</dd>
<dd class="note"><b>Note:</b> The name of each device is written after the colon (see the text
in bold in the above list)</dd>
<dd>If the device is an USB device (example: an external USB wifi card)</dd>
<dd>Open a terminal and type the following command:</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">lsusb -v</pre>
</dd>
<dd>or</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">lsusb -v > FILENAME # output to a file</pre>
</dd>
<!-- dd>where "filename" is the name of the file</dd -->
<dd>You will obtain the list of your USB devices, similar to the one written below</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0846:4260 NetGear, Inc. WG111v3 54 Mbps Wireless [realtek RTL8187B]
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x0846 NetGear, Inc.
idProduct 0x4260 <b>WG111v3 54 Mbps Wireless [realtek RTL8187B]</b>
bcdDevice 2.00
iManufacturer 1
iProduct 2
iSerial 3
...
...
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bDeviceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bDeviceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x08ff AuthenTec, Inc.
idProduct 0x2580 <b>AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor</b>
bcdDevice 6.23
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 1 Fingerprint Sensor
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
...
...
</pre>
</dd>
<dd class="note"><b>Note:</b> The name of each device is written at the row starting with "idProduct" (see the text
in bold in the above list)</dd>
<dl>
<dt>How to discover the model name of your notebook</dt>
<dd>See below your notebook or netbook<dd>
<a name="model-name"></a><dt>How to discover the model name of your device (if it is not a notebook)</dt>
<dd class="opt"><strong>If the device is integrated (example: a video card)</strong></dd>
<dd>Open a terminal and type the following command:</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">lspci</pre>
</dd>
<dd>or</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">lspci > FILENAME # output to a file</pre>
</dd>
<dt>How to discover the kernel libre version you are using</dt>
<dd>Open a terminal and type the following command:</dd>
<dd> <pre class="terminal">uname -r</pre>
</dd>
<dt>How to discover the name of your video card</dt>
<dd>Open a terminal and type the following command:</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">sudo lspci</pre>
</dd>
<dd>Then look for the row containing the string <b>VGA</b> or <b>Display controller</b>. You can also try one of
the following commands:</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">lspci | grep "Display controller"</pre>
</dd>
<dd>or</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">lspci | grep "VGA"</pre>
</dd>
<a name="vendoridproductid"></a><dt>How to discover the VendorID and the ProductID of your device (VendorID:ProductID
code)</dt>
<dd><cite>(Thanks <a
href="http://trisquel.info/en/forum/h-nodecom-new-website-hardware-database#comment-5839">Michał
Masłowski</a> and <a
href="http://trisquel.info/en/forum/h-nodecom-new-website-hardware-database#comment-5837">Julius22</a>)</cite></dd>
<dd>If the device is integrated (example: a video card) </dd>
<dd>Open a terminal and type the following command:</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">sudo lspci -nnk</pre></dd>
<dd>You should obtain a list of hardware similar to the one written below</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [<b>14e4:4311</b>] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GS] [<b>10de:0427</b>] (rev a1)
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb</pre>
</dd>
<dd>The strings in <b>bold</b> and placed inside the square brackets (in the above list) are the code you are
looking for. The first set of digits (before the colon) are the <b>VendorID</b>, the second set of digits are
the <b>ProductID</b>. In the above example: the VendorID:ProductID code of the wifi card (note the strings
"Network controller" and "WLAN") is <b>14e4:4311</b> while the VendorID:ProductID code of the video card (note
the string "VGA") is <b>10de:0427</b></dd>
<dd class="opt">If the device is an USB device (example: an external USB wifi card) </dd>
<dd>Open a terminal and type the following command:</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">sudo lsusb</pre>
</dd>
<dd>You should obtain a list of hardware similar to the one written below</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">
Bus 001 Device 002: ID <b>0846:4260</b> NetGear, Inc. WG111v3 54 Mbps Wireless [realtek RTL8187B]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID <b>1d6b:0002</b> Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID <b>08ff:2580</b> AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor</pre>
</dd>
<dd>The strings in <b>bold</b> (in the above list) are the code you are looking for. The first set of digits
(before the colon) are the <b>VendorID</b>, the second set of digits are the <b>ProductID</b>. In the above
example: the VendorID:ProductID code of the external USB wifi card (note the strings "Wireless") is
<b>0846:4260</b></dd>
<dt>How to discover if the video card works</dt>
<dd>Install <a href="http://rss-glx.sourceforge.net/"><code>rss-glx</code></a> by means of the package manager of
your distribution or compiling it from source and try some screensavers (for example <b>Skyrocket</b> or
<b>Solarwinds</b>). Check if you can play the screensaver (and/or if you can play it smoothly)</dd>
<dt>How to discover if the 3D acceleration works</dt>
<dd>Try to enable compiz</dd>
<dt>How to discover the name of your wifi card</dt>
<dd><p>Open a terminal and type the following command:</p>
</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">sudo lspci</pre>
</dd>
<dd>Then look for the row containing the string <b>Wireless</b> or <b>Network controller</b>. You can also try
one of the following commands:</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">lspci | grep "Wireless" </pre>
</dd>
<dd>or</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">lspci | grep "Network" </pre>
</dd>
<dt>How to discover the printer driver you are using</dt>
<dd class="opt"><strong>If you are using cups</strong></dd>
<dd>Open a terminal and type the following command:</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">dpkg-query -W -f '${Version}\n' cups</pre>
</dd>
<dt>How to discover the architecture of your notebook</dt>
<dd>Open a terminal and type the following command:</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "lm"</pre>
</dd>
<dd>If you get a message like this:</dd>
<dd><pre class="terminal">flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts<br/>acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64<br/>monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm</pre>
</dd>
<dd>then you machine is x86-64/amd64 capable and you could choose a x86-64/amd64 distro to run on it</dd>
</dl>
<p> </p>
<a name="fully-free"></a><h2>Fully free GNU/Linux Distributions</h2>
<p>Following are the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux</a> distributions we know of which have a firm policy
commitment to only include and only propose free software. They reject non-free applications, non-free programming
platforms, non-free drivers, or non-free firmware “blobs”. If by mistake they do include any, they remove it. To
learn more about what makes for a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html">free GNU/Linux
distribution</a>, see GNU <a href="http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html">Guidelines for
Free System Distributions</a>.</p>
<p><strong>All of the distributions that follow are installable to a computer's hard drive and most can be run
live.</strong></p>
<p>(listed in alphabetical order)</p>
<!-- p>They are listed in alphabetical order</p -->
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dragora.org">Dragora GNU/Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dynebolic.org/">Dynebolic GNU/Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.musix.org.ar/">Musix GNU+Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="https://parabolagnulinux.org/">Parabola GNU/Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="http://trisquel.info/">Trisquel GNU/Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ututo.org/www/">Ututo GNU/Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="http://venenux.org/">Venenux GNU/Linux</a></li>
</ul>
</dl>
</div>
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