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| == Hardware Overview ==
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| Users often request that Fedora provide a ''hardware compatibility list'', which we have carefully avoided doing. Why? It is a difficult and thankless task that is best handled by the community at large than by one little Linux distribution.
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| However, because of our stance against closed-source hardware drivers and the problems of binary firmware for hardware, there is some additional information the Fedora Project wants to provide Fedora users.
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| === Useful hardware information in these release notes ===
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| * For 32-bit x86 - [[Docs/Beats/ArchSpecific/x86| Docs/Beats/ArchSpecific/x86]]
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| * For 64-bit x86 - [[Docs/Beats/ArchSpecific/x86_64| Docs/Beats/ArchSpecific/x86_64]]
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| * For PowerPC - [[Docs/Beats/ArchSpecific/PPC| Docs/Beats/ArchSpecific/PPC]]
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| === Hardware stance ===
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| From [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems] :
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| * If it is proprietary, it cannot be included in Fedora.
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| * If it is legally encumbered, it cannot be included in Fedora.
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| * If it violates United States federal law, it cannot be included in Fedora.
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| === What can you do? ===
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| 1. Get active. Tell your hardware vendors you only want free, open source drivers and firmware
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| 1. Use your buying power and only purchase from hardware vendors that support their hardware with open drivers and firmware. Refer to http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw for more information.
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