[CPLUG] Custom computer wanted

[Josh Lange]

ATI still isn't committed to making Linux support upon launch of their
newest video cards, at launch, and the fglrx driver wastes gobs of cpu time,
compared to the nvidia binary driver.

As for the rest of their hardware (tv tuners) there is no support for linux.

Fortunately, most of the industry doesn't run that way anymore, and I rarely
buy hardware, where I feel like I have to make any attempt to double check
the internet for compatibility information.


Josh


On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:08 AM, David Sharp <whereami at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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