Switching art students to GNU/Linux - A great article about switching from Max OS X to Ubuntu Linux with a focus on Art and Graphics applications URL: http://www.linux.com/feature/52758
Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO - This document attempts to list most of the hardware known to be either supported or unsupported under Linux. URL: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/
Multi-Head Displays in Linux - Multi-Head Displays in Linux URL: http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/820/1/
3D Graphics Hardware in Linux - a complete assessment of the currently supported 3D graphics cards for Linux, and to give a quick tutorial on installing drivers for and using them. URL: http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/724/1/
High Performance Graphics Hardware - This page attempts to spell out graphics hardware design requirements needed to build high-performance graphics subsystems. URL: http://linas.org/linux/graphics.html
Linux 3D - This page hosts some material about hardware accelerated 3D graphics with Linux, slanted towards use with XFree86, Mesa, and 3Dfx Voodoo.
URL: http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/xf3D/
The Cheap /Linux/ Box - How to build a cheap reliable x86 box suitable for Linux. URL: http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html
SANE supported devices - The search engine knows if your scanner is supported and if yes, by which backend. If it's not supported, it may at least point to documentation or test programs. URL: http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html