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On 7/29/06, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> I'm gearing up for a new hardware purchase and I find that I need a little |
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> help figuring out "what is" and "what isn't" linux compatible. |
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For the most part today, this isn't really a concern [1]. Most |
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motherboard chipsets, network cards, USB controllers, IEEE1394 |
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controllers, etc are all supported, it is just a matter of selecting |
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the right kernel options. The exceptions are mostly wireless chipsets |
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and graphics cards. |
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The major problem today is the graphics card. If you don't mind |
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proprietary drivers, nvidia is the way to go. Just make sure you get |
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a card supported by their current (not legacy) drivers [2]. If you |
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don't want proprietary drivers, ATI Radeon 9250 boards are still |
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available and well supported, although I don't know about PCI-e |
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versions. Intel integrated graphics chips also have excellent |
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support, although I have never used one so I can't comment on the |
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performance. |
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For wireless, Intel has excellent linux support. |
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-Richard |
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[1] http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/ols_2006_keynote.html |
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[2] http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8762/README/appendix-a.html |
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