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

[Jason Schadel <jasonschadel@comcast.net>]

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,
I would hardly say nvidia falls short of the linux support.  I know they 
don't release the actual code but they at least offer drivers for linux. 
 And in my book that's a step in the right direction.  The only problem 
my friend has had with the board in gentoo was the Gig-E realtek 
ethernet port.  The nvidia ethernet works fine though.  The drivers are 
downloadable from nvidia's website.

Jason
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