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Re: installfest: hardware hazards...

Dave Martindale
Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:50:04 -0700

>There is always the risk of finding truely incompatible hardware,
>but even with bizzare video cards standard VGA X Server will almost
>always work. And a super-fast 4M Linux friendly video card is
>below $50 now. Just advise the guest that that should be their
>next computer investment... 9-)

And what would you recommend as a super-fast 4M Linux-friendly video card?

Seriously, I'm going to be buying a machine to run Linux in the very
near future, and the process of selecting the hardware is somewhat
daunting. As near as I can tell, to select a video card I need to
figure out what cards are available from local merchants, check the
Linux howto's to see which ones are supported, and look at prices
and specs to decide which of the supported ones are the best value
for me. The PCI/AGP issue only makes it more complex.

Then I need to do the same thing for SCSI adapters, and Ethernet boards,
and sound cards, and serial port boards. Oh, and the motherboard itself.

It would be very useful to have a short list of "recommended" hardware
to build a Linux system out of. By the nature of the PC hardware
business, it would need regular updating to remain useful.

Dave