Re: Newbie Hardware Question
On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 06:23, Hershel Robinson wrote:
> I am about to purchase a new machine on which I hope to install Debian. I
> was told by someone that I should insure that the new hardware will be Linux
> compatible. I thought that one of Debian's claims to fame is that it runs on
> so many different platforms. Perhaps, however, there are still hardware
> items that it can not handle?
>
> I am looking at what is, I believe, fairly mainstream x86 hardware, either a
> Celeron 1.8G, Riva TNT 32MB screen card, 17" AOC screen, 256M DDR (no more
> technical details available at present for this machine) or an AMD 2000Mhz,
> Elitegroup (ECS) mobo, 3D-Force 32MB video card, MAG 786FS 17" monitor, 256M
> DDR, Western Digital 40GB drive, details (half in English) at:
> ( http://www.exlmarket.co.il/exlmarket2/product-info2/116.1.html ).
>
> Can anyone confirm for me that either of this machines will run Debian and
> X-Windows without great difficulty? :)
X works fine on the Riva TNT. Great 2D w/ the OSS drivers, and great
3D w/ the closed-source drivers. The nvidia installer makes switching
between the 2 a painless, bootless endeavor, if you use startx.
> PS: If anyone also wants to convince me that it's worth the extra money
> ($90) for the second machine, feel free to (perhaps offline, though). :)
>
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