Re: [PLUG] [OT ... umm not really ] Buying New Hardware, Suggestions Please!

[McLinux <mclinux@myrealbox.com>]

Hi All,

I appreciate the advise put forward so freely. However I have a request, 
please refrain from recommending hardware which don't have drivers for 
GNU/Linux. I hardly switch to Windoze and hence any such binding on 
Windoze will be hurting really hard. In fact the mpeg conversion of Kino 
and mpeg utils (I am not pretty clear of this name) is really good and 
much better than what I saw in Windoze, hence I wont be really going any 
h/w meant specifically for Win32.

TIA.

Regards,
McLinux

Mark M. Hoffman wrote:

> > McLinux wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > I am planning to upgrade my humble P-III 450 Mhz with P-IV, however I am 
> > > very much willing to experiment and I have heard that AMD Athlon is 
> > > doing really great. Due to this I am confused and am seeking advice as 
> > > which Motherboard, CPU and RAM I should opt for.
> > >      
>
> * Jason Schadel <jasonschadel@comcast.net> [2004-03-09 13:42:06 -0500]:
>  
>
> > I was recently shopping for a replacement to my current desktop machine 
> > and I came across some inexpensive AMD motherboards that use the nforce2 
> > chipset.
> >
> > This is the one I was thinking of getting.
> > http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-136-139&catalog=22&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0
> >
> > A friend of mine runs Gentoo on the higher end version of that board(the 
> > one with all the bells and whistles) and loves it.
> >    
>
> The best way to encourage PC H/W vendors to support Linux properly is to
> buy from those who do.  E.g. 3ware RAID cards, and most things Intel
> (notable exception Centrino wireless, but you didn't mention laptops).
>
> NVidia definitely falls on the wrong side of this equation, and not just
> with video hardware:  IIRC they are also witholding info on the NIC which
> is built-in to nforce2.  Jason, can you (or your friend) confirm this?
>
> Regards,
>
>  


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