[GRLUG] Best hardware for Linux

[Bob Kline]

Intel makes sense.  I gather it's been
burned by M$ now and again, and is
a keen supporter of Linux.

   -- Bob


On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Adam Tauno Williams
> <awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 17:00 -0400, Tim Schmidt wrote:
> >> These days, nearly everything likely to be found in a laptop or
> >> desktop is well supported.
> >
> > +1
> >
> > Choosing a system is pretty easy these days.
> >
> > 1.) Nvidia or Intel GPU
> > 2.) Intel wireless
>
> ATI/AMD GPUs - at least all the ones I've ever tested, from the
> ancient Rage3D to X1300s, AMD's 785G integrated chipset, and a 4650
> discreet card all work splendidly with completely open-source drivers.
>  Including kernel modesetting - which Nvidia's closed drivers don't
> support.
>
> These days, much Nvidia hardware works with Nouveau, which is very
> much not supported by Nvidia.  Unlike AMD and Intel's open drivers.
>
> So essentially everything works these days, but some hardware is more
> equal than others...
>
> --tim
>
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