[CPLUG] Custom computer wanted

[Nat Welch]

I'm pretty sure you are planning on getting a desktop, in which case I
suggest getting a small buisness box from dell, I've had good
experiences with them. But if you are planning on getting a laptop,
take a look at http://www.linux-laptop.net/ they have pages for most
laptops with peoples personal experiences installing linux. It's
great resources for finding what works and what doesn't.

/Nat

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Mark Gius <mgius7096 at gmail.com> wrote:
> My ATI HD4850 works fine, which was released last June.  And I don't
> see any _noticable_ performance drain as a result of using the card.
> In fact, I get more graphics glitches in Vista than on Linux
> (admittedly everything I do in Vista stresses the graphics card, but
> whatever).
>
> And there are TV tuners that have linux support (I'm using one), you
> just have to be very careful about it.  Hauppage cards in particular
> are almost exclusively using chipsets that support linux.  I've got a
> Hauppage PVR-150 with hardware MPEG2 encoder and it was supported out
> of the box by Ubuntu 7.04.
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Video_capture_card
>
> Mark
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Josh Lange <sillygates at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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