Hw-probe



The Gentoo Hardware Database is an Article description::automatically created dataset, based on information collected through the utility. The information accessible on the linux-hardware website can help to check operability of hardware devices, view logs and find drivers.

In addition to the package provided in the Gentoo repository, there is hw-probe.AppImage and a flatpak.

The database is backed up to a Github repository for statistical analysis by third parties. The project is quite active, and there are currently (2021-11) new additions for Gentoo virtually every day.

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.