[CPLUG] Custom computer wanted

[David Sharp]

Haven't you heard? Linux supports more devices than any other OS,
ever! [1] Okay, so many of those devices are likely older than the
median age of the members of this list, but driver support really is
very good on Linux these days. Like Jeremy says, the tricky ones are
wireless, and to a certain extent video cards. But you'll be fine if
you stick with intel, ati/amd, or nvidia for video; and wireless
drivers are a ton better than they have been in the past. I think some
webcams have less than stellar support as well, but new ones should be
USB Video Class compliant and work with the UVC driver.

d#

[1] http://osnews.com/story/20478/How_Linux_Supports_More_Devices_Than_Any_Other_OS_Ever

On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Josh Lange <sillygates at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just picked up an Asus p6t deluxe motherboard (includes onboard sound) and
> intel core i7 920 processor a few days ago (also needs newer "ddr3" memory).
>
>
> Along with that I used an nvidia card from my old system (nvidia has great
> support these days), a few spare hard drives/cdrom drive, and a new power
> supply supporting the new(?) 24 pin motherboard power connector, and I had a
> complete system.
>
> The hardware is fully supported in Fedora 10, out of the box.
>
> To enable graphics acceleration, I installed the kmod-nvidia package from
> rpmfusion ( http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration ). This package tracks the
> fedora project releases, and has a number of failsafes to make sure xorg
> won't break when your system is updated (we use their package on the csc lab
> machines!).
>
> Josh
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Jeremy Leland <iggames at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I just go to newegg.com and see what the highest rated item is in each
>> category (in my price range). Then google that item and "linux" and
>> see what comes up.  (I think the only real problem areas for
>> compatibility are video cards and wireless, maybe sound cards if
>> you're into that).
>>
>> Jeremy
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