Re: Great Debian experience

[Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> 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.

> 4. Stick with manufacturers who overtly support Linux.

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

Sort of. 

I find Intel's dual personality a little, should I say, worrisome?

 

Intel's track record on support is good in obvious areas, not so great in less obvious areas, and, well, less-than-helpful in the areas that are shaping up to be tomorrow's battlefields in the intellectual paucity wars. 

Near as I can tell.

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