Wittig wrote: >> With a little research, one can find out which cards work with which >> distros before one makes a purchase. (doesn't apply to laptops, >> though, as the video is on the mainboard).
Scott wrote: > Sometimes. How often do you search for a particular model to find that > no one gives the exact make of card (video or whatever) or if they do, > when you actually buy the machine, it's something different. But I'm > not bitter, nope, not me. :) > I don't purchase much from stores, so I was thinking along different lines. I generally just go to my parts bins/drawers, and grab a handful of whichever card or whatever I need to install (I acquire a lot of old machines from clients I built new machines for, dumpsters, CraigsList, etc., and gut them for parts), and then Google the identifiers on the cards/chips etc., or just plug things in and see if they work, until I find one that does. ...sort of the 'helter-skelter' method of computer construction, but it actually seems to work better than it has any right to.<g> -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ http://robertwittig.net/ http://robertwittig.org/ . To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
