Re: Questions about new hardware & Debian (or Linux in general)
On Monday, November 11, 2013 05:25:18 PM Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 05:03:44PM -0500, Jon N wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have been a Debian user for I'd guess 7 or 8 years now. I would
> > like to thank all of you that helped create a system that is so
> > useful. Despite using it for so long I am far from a power users, I
> > basically rely on the fact that it works well (or if it doesn't it
> > will soon :-)).
> >
> > My current computer is also about that old and I am finally planning
> > on buying some new hardware. A lot of stuff has changed in that time
> > that's new to me, so I would like to ask some general questions before
> > I purchase to save some potential headaches later.
>
> Rule of thumb: stick with off-the-shelf stuff :-) You don't want to be
> the first guy with some esoteric hardware.
To expand on this point a little, buy mainboards, NICs (even if built-in) and
video cards that were manufactured not much later than early 2012. Debian
stable doesn't necessarily support all newer hardware.
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