Re: Great Debian experience
On Thu, 20 Mar 2014, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 3/20/14, Patrick Bartek <bartek047@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Here's some guidelines to reduce install/run problems.
>
> > 2. Motherboard and graphic card chips can be a problem in general,
> > new or old. I try to stick with nVidia, Realtek and AMD. I avoid
> > Intel and Broadcom, particularly the newest chips. Older ones are
> > less a problem.
>
> I don't have experience with desktops/servers, but on laptops (at
> least Lenovo), Intel is a fine option, and in my experience mostly
> just works. Of course, YMMV.
I have a 12 year old IBM Thinkpad 240X with a 500MHZ Pentium IV that
runs Debian Etch just fine. But that's an "older one." ;-) And the
only Intel based machine I own.
>
> > 4. Stick with manufacturers who overtly support Linux.
>
> Which certainly includes Intel (these days) in a pretty big way!
It's been so long (years!) since I read anything regarding Intel that
because of what you've said, perhaps it's time I catch up with
what Intel's been up to.
In my memory, Intel was never a supporter of Linux. They made chips
that worked with what Microsoft wanted for Windows, and Linux
developers adapted their code to work with them.
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