Am forwarding a mail that members of this GLUG may find useful.
Venky
In recent times the desktop is the focus for GNU/Linux Operating systems. This includes making the desktop experience 'just-work'. To make that happen, a large number of peripheral devices need to be enabled namely, printers (laser jets, dot matrix), scanners, web cameras, modems, biometric devices, smart cards and the like.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/oss-drivers/ is a Red Hat initiated (and Red Hat sponsored) project which intends to be a repository of Open Source Drivers for peripheral devices which are popularly used with a modern desktop Linux Operating System.
The project has started off with a small subset of peripheral devices but it requires more input in terms of which devices are important for the desktop experience. Details for the devices includes make/model/manufacturer name (and perhaps if a website URL is available)
To put across the device requests, one might use the oss-drivers-devicerequests@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list or the forums (https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=157095) or even the Feature Request Tracker (https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=157095). If all of the methods fail then drop a mail to sankarshanm@users.sourceforge.net with [Device Request] in the subject line.
The files for this project would be released under GPL (or compliant licenses).
We also welcome developers who would like to contribute, test out, report bugs and sort of get into the thick of things.
Regards Sankarshan sankarshanm@users.sourceforge.net