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Hi, |
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Ask not "will this work on Gentoo", rather ask "will this work on |
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Linux"! You'll get much better responses to your research on google at |
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least. If it works on any mainstream Linux distribution, there's a |
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99.9% chance it will work on Gentoo. |
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For example, I just did a google search for "NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 425M |
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linux" and found out in a few seconds that it probably works with |
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nvidia-drivers 260.19.06, but not nouveau (open source drivers). |
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http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers tells me |
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that nvidia-drivers 260.19.06 and 260.19.12 are hard-masked because |
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they're in the beta phase, so you may or may not have success with them. |
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You can repeat that search ("hardware-device linux") for all the usual |
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problematic hardware that you decide you "must have" working: |
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* video camera |
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* wireless |
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* ethernet |
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* bluetooth |
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* audio |
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however you need the actual chip or vendor name, for example "Intel |
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PRO/Wireless 4965" not just "Integrated 802.11". The specs you gave are |
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a bit light on those details. The best way to do this is run lspci on |
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the box in the store as someone mentioned. |
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Yes you will be able to install Linux on it for sure. Still not sure |
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about 100% hardware compatibility. |
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HTH, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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We have not inherited the earth from our parents, we've borrowed it from |
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our children. |
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