Re: [opensuse] Ideal Linux desktop hardware

2007-07-31 Thread Hans van der Merwe

On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 02:15 +0100, Jonathan Ervine wrote:
 On Tuesday 31 July 2007 00:46:42 Johannes Nohl wrote:
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  I asked a similar question some time ago. You can find good hardware -
  all supported well. But you will ever have trouble with the graphics
  adapter. I tried ati a well as nvidia and was never convinced.
 
  Where is the fully open source graphic card driver??
 
 You mean radeon and nv? These are fully open sourced drivers and in the 
 kernel. Or perhaps you mean drivers with 3D support for Xgl/compiz :-) in 
 which case I think you can direct your query to www.ati.com and 
 www.nvidia.com
 
 Jon


My Dell D820 Intel 915i driver works fine with new Compiz-Fusion.

Intel driver is fully open source? I think.





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[opensuse] Ideal Linux desktop hardware

2007-07-30 Thread Matthew Stringer
Hi,

I'm wanting to build myself a new desktop PC for home shortly as my current 
one is getting long in the tooth (Athlon +XP 2600!)

I was wondering if anyone knows of a hardware review site that specifically 
looks at hardware from a Linux users point of view?

Am thinking Intel CPU and chipset with nVidia graphics although my current 
nForce chipset board has never been that stable under Linux.

Regards

Matthew
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Re: [opensuse] Ideal Linux desktop hardware

2007-07-30 Thread Kai Ponte
On Mon, July 30, 2007 6:16 am, Matthew Stringer wrote:
 Hi,

 I'm wanting to build myself a new desktop PC for home shortly as my
 current
 one is getting long in the tooth (Athlon +XP 2600!)

Wha? That's slow?  (I have an XP 2400 and an XP 2600 at home.)



 I was wondering if anyone knows of a hardware review site that
 specifically
 looks at hardware from a Linux users point of view?

I doubt it. Though you could try one of the hardware forums on
linuxquestions.org



 Am thinking Intel CPU and chipset with nVidia graphics although my
 current
 nForce chipset board has never been that stable under Linux.

Using the binary drivers with my Quadro FX is very nice. I've got no
issues.


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Re: [opensuse] Ideal Linux desktop hardware

2007-07-30 Thread Ciro Iriarte
2007/7/30, Matthew Stringer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
 Hi,

 I'm wanting to build myself a new desktop PC for home shortly as my current
 one is getting long in the tooth (Athlon +XP 2600!)

It should be fine, try upgradding RAM (1GB at least)


 I was wondering if anyone knows of a hardware review site that specifically
 looks at hardware from a Linux users point of view?

Try www.phoronix.com


 Am thinking Intel CPU and chipset with nVidia graphics although my current
 nForce chipset board has never been that stable under Linux.

 Regards

 Matthew
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Re: [opensuse] Ideal Linux desktop hardware

2007-07-30 Thread Ciro Iriarte
2007/7/30, Ciro Iriarte [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
 2007/7/30, Matthew Stringer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
  Hi,
 
  I'm wanting to build myself a new desktop PC for home shortly as my current
  one is getting long in the tooth (Athlon +XP 2600!)

 It should be fine, try upgradding RAM (1GB at least)

 
  I was wondering if anyone knows of a hardware review site that specifically
  looks at hardware from a Linux users point of view?

 Try www.phoronix.com

 
  Am thinking Intel CPU and chipset with nVidia graphics although my current
  nForce chipset board has never been that stable under Linux.
 
  Regards
 
  Matthew

Found http://pcburn.com/ also...

Ciro
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Re: [opensuse] Ideal Linux desktop hardware

2007-07-30 Thread Matthew Stringer

Ciro Iriarte wrote:

2007/7/30, Ciro Iriarte [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

2007/7/30, Matthew Stringer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Hi,

I'm wanting to build myself a new desktop PC for home shortly as my current
one is getting long in the tooth (Athlon +XP 2600!)

It should be fine, try upgradding RAM (1GB at least)


Already have 2GB, although it's fine for general office, web browsing 
type of applications but multimedia and high def stuff it's unusable. If 
I ever use Beryl, Xorg instantly maxes out the CPU (using nvidia 5600 
256MB).


I've had this desktop for over 5 years would like something quicker to 
last another 5 years.




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Re: [opensuse] Ideal Linux desktop hardware

2007-07-30 Thread Johannes Nohl
 I'm wanting to build myself a new desktop PC for home shortly as my current
 one is getting long in the tooth (Athlon +XP 2600!)

 I was wondering if anyone knows of a hardware review site that specifically
 looks at hardware from a Linux users point of view?

 Am thinking Intel CPU and chipset with nVidia graphics although my current
 nForce chipset board has never been that stable under Linux.

I asked a similar question some time ago. You can find good hardware -
all supported well. But you will ever have trouble with the graphics
adapter. I tried ati a well as nvidia and was never convinced.

Where is the fully open source graphic card driver??
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Re: [opensuse] Ideal Linux desktop hardware

2007-07-30 Thread Jonathan Ervine
On Tuesday 31 July 2007 00:46:42 Johannes Nohl wrote:
snip
 I asked a similar question some time ago. You can find good hardware -
 all supported well. But you will ever have trouble with the graphics
 adapter. I tried ati a well as nvidia and was never convinced.

 Where is the fully open source graphic card driver??

You mean radeon and nv? These are fully open sourced drivers and in the 
kernel. Or perhaps you mean drivers with 3D support for Xgl/compiz :-) in 
which case I think you can direct your query to www.ati.com and 
www.nvidia.com

Jon
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