Hw-probe



Check operability of hardware devices, collect logs and find drivers.

About
The Gentoo Hardware Database is automatically created based on hardware probes collected by, by hw-probe.AppImage and this flatpak.

The database is backed up to a Github repository for statistical analysis by third parties.

Submit your hardware
Everybody can submit computer details to the database by a single command line:

Statistics
By creating a hardware probe you contribute to the "HDD/SSD desktop-class reliability test" and "Devices with bad Linux-compatibility" studies.

Privacy
Private info is not collected. Moreover, it's safer to share your logs by hw-probe rather than share manually, because most private data is removed or hashed at the client side before uploading.