Hardware compatibility list

A hardware compatibility list (HCL) is a list of computer hardware (typically including many types of peripheral devices) that is compatible with a particular operating system or device management software. In today's world, there is a vast amount of computer hardware in circulation, and many operating systems too. A hardware compatibility list is a database of hardware models and their compatibility with a certain operating system.

HCLs can be centrally controlled (one person or team keeps the list of hardware maintained) or user-driven (users submit reviews on hardware they have used).

There are many HCLs. Usually, each operating system will have an official HCL on its website.

Examples of HCLs

OS Link Approx. size (number of computers)
Microsoft Windows https://sysdev.microsoft.com/en-us/hardware/lpl/
All Linux
distributions		 http://linux-hardware.org/ 4150
Red Hat Linux https://hardware.redhat.com/
Debian https://wiki.debian.org/Hardware 250
Debian (free
software only)		 https://www.h-node.org/ 550
Ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/ 1100
Solaris http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/index.html
Oracle Linux http://linux.oracle.com/hardware-certifications ~1700
SUSE Linux https://www.suse.com/yessearch/
openSUSE http://en.opensuse.org/Hardware 950
Mandriva Linux http://hcl.mandriva.com/
ROSA Linux http://hw.rosalinux.ru/?lang=en 3450
Linux Mint http://community.linuxmint.com/hardware 585

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