The Recommended Hardware List
The concept
Recommended hardware is hardware that Ubuntu users have had no problems with whatsoever. Click here for Ubuntu certified hardware. For Recommended hardware users don't need extra tweaking or special drivers or configuration file editing. They just work with Ubuntu out-of-the-box. The recommended hardware list is different from the Hardware Support list, because the Hardware Support list contains any hardware and how well it works. The recommended hardware list contains only hardware that works well with Ubuntu.
Target audience
This list is primarily targeted at those looking to purchase new hardware with Ubuntu in mind instead of those who already have hardware they want to install Ubuntu on or use Ubuntu with.
Warning
This list is inclusive of hardware which may stop working with Ubuntu after an upgrade. Due to the nature of proprietary drivers and firmware much of the hardware listed here may only be temporarily compatible. In order to ensure forward compatibility you need to purchase hardware which is freedom compatible. That is it does not depend on proprietary drivers or firmware. This ensures that GNU/Linux and free software developers can continue to support your hardware in the mainline kernel and other mainstream free driver projects after the manufacturers have discontinued support. Manufacturers do not usually support hardware for very long and with more freequent updates being available to Ubuntu users non-free hardware can quickly become unsupported. Some hardware with non-free software dependencies may not even work on Ubuntu.
Current companies/and or projects which sell such hardware are:
Guidelines for posting
The only rule for posting here is that you must list only hardware that will work immediately with Ubuntu. The hardware cannot require the user to compile anything, install extra software, edit files, or do any further tweaking. It must work without any extra effort.
Please keep everything on this one page. The idea is that it is supposed to be a small, digestible list of recommended hardware instead of a large, comprehensive list of all hardware.
Laptops and Pre-Configured Systems
Laptops
ThinkPenguin
Penguin Air
Penguin Air Pro
Penguin Peral
Penguin Value
Acer
Aspire 3610
Dell
C610 - Pentium III 1 Gig 384 MB
Dell Latitude D610
C610 - Pentium III 1 Gig 384 MB
C500
C600
D820 - core duo
600m - pentium m
Inspiron b130 - Intel Pentium M 1.7 1 gig
Inspiron 500m
Inspiron 1420N - Intel Core Duo x2 2.2GHz 4GB RAM (With webcam built in)
Inspiron 1505N/6400 - Intel Core Duo x2 1.86GHz 2GB RAM
Inspiron 1526 - AMD Turion x2 ~2.0 Ghz, 3 GB RAM, ATI Radeon Express 1270
Inspiron 2500
Inspiron 4150 - Mobile Intel Pentium 4 1.70 GHz 640 MB RAM
Inspiron 9300
Inspiron 8200 - Pentium 4 M 1.4GHz768 MB RAM
Inspiron 6000 - 1.73GHz Pentium M 1GB RAM
Inspiron 6000 - Pentium M 1.6 GHz768MB DDR2
Inspiron 700m - Pentium M 1.6 Ghz, 2MiB cache 1 GiB (No Firewire functionality)
Latitude D520
Latitude C600 - Intel 650MHz 256 MB
Latitude C610
Latitude D600
XPS M1210 - 2.16 ghz 2gb ram
XPS M1710 - 3Ghz 2GB ram
IBM
R32 model 2658-BQU
Toshiba
Satellite L45-SP2046
Satellite L45-S4687
Satellite A135-S2246
Sony
Vaio VGN-FS980
Desktops
ThinkPenguin
Penguin Wee
Penguin Pro
HP
Pavilion dv9502au [dv9500 entertainment notebook][turion tl-56,1gb-ram,7150m-nvidia gfx]
Pavilion XE813 - Pentium 3 768MHz 386MB RAM
Pavilion 734n - AMD Athlon XP 2400, 512MB RAM
Dell
Inspiron 530 - Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600
Servers
'Barebones' PCs
Peripherals
Bluetooth
Broadcom Corp BCM2045
ThinkPenguin Bluetooth Mini USB Adapter /w GNU Linux Support
ThinkPenguin Bluetooth Wifi Mini PCI Combo Card
Cameras
Canon PowerShot A60
Modems
Motherboards
Abit AN8-SLi
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L
Gigabyte GA-G31MX-S2
Gigabyte GA-73VM-S2
Intel D101GGC
Gigabyte P35-DS4
Mouse
ThinkPenguin Optical USB Mouse
ThinkPenguin Wireless Bluetooth Mouse
Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000
Multimedia and digital TV
Portable devices, including mobile phones, smart phones, and audio and video players
Motorola W375
Printer - Scanner - Copiers
HP Photosmart C4180
HP Photosmart C4150
HP Photosmart C4480
HP Photosmart C5280
Printers
HP DeskJet 6940
HP OfficeJet Pro L7500
Canon BJC-3000 (gutenprint)
HP Photosmart C3180
HP Deskjet F340
Scanners
Canon CanoScan LiDE30
UMAX Astra 1220P
HP Photosmart C3180
Serial ATA Controllers
Serial Ports
Sound Cards
ThinkPenguin USB 2.0 Audio Adapter
Realtek ALC888 (integrated)
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Video Cards
Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 (PCI)
Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra (PCIe x16)
Nvidia Geforce 7600 GT (PCIe x16)
Nvidia Geforce 7400 (integrated into motherboard for laptop)
Nvidia Geforce 8800GT (XFX - 1GB DDR3)
Nvidia Geforce 9800GTX+ (eVGA - 512MB GDDR3)
Nvidia Geforce GT 130M (integrated into motherboard for laptop)
Webcams
Logitech Quickcam Pro for Notebooks
Logitech Integrated Quickcam
Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000
Wired Network Cards
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
Wireless Network Cards
ThinkPenguin 802.11N Mini PCI Wifi Card
Netgear WG511T (PCMCIA Card)
Intel Pro Wireless 2200
Edimax EW-7128g (PCI Card)
MSI P60G wireless G PCI adapter
Wireless Network Adapters
ThinkPenguin 802.11N USB Wifi Adapter
ThinkPenguin 802.11G USB Wifi Adapter
BlueStork 802.11g Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter Model#BS-WG-USB BlueStork Industries
Linksys WUSB54GR
Bluetooth Network Adapters
Belkin Mini adaptateur Bluetooth 2.0
Joysticks
Logitech Dual Action Game Pad PC (see link http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3504720
So how is this "recommended hardware list" different from the Ubuntu validated hardware database?