On 03.05.2009 Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > All the netbooks that are in the market today will work with any > modern Linux distribution (Ubuntu 8.X, 9.X, OpenSuSE 10.X and up, > Fedora 9 and above, RHEL 5 and above, Debian Lenny, etc) since those > netbooks all use the same Intel crappy chipset which has Linux support > for few years now.
Making sure you have a crappy Intel chipset is normally a good way to have good Linux support out of the box. However, there are exceptions. Specifically, the GMA-500 currently sucks big-time and unfortunately it is used by Dell Mininote (and maybe others). For some gory details (long URL): http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/01/30/intel-gma-500-poulsbo-graphics-on- linux-a-precise-and-comprehensive-summary-as-to-why-youre-screwed/ Cheers, -- Oron Peled Voice: +972-4-8228492 o...@actcom.co.il http://www.actcom.co.il/~oron Ignore Your Rights And They'll Go Away _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il