Re: Great Debian experience

[Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net>]

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.


> 4. Stick with manufacturers who overtly support Linux.

Which certainly includes Intel (these days) in a pretty big way!

Good luck
Zenaan