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Re: installfest: hardware hazards...

Chris Halsall
Wed, 2 Sep 1998 10:33:44 -0700 (PDT)

> >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?

An S3 "Virge" accellerated board with 4M is in the $50 neighbourhood
now a days, and these work very well.

> 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.

PCI S3s are very well supported. For more advanced cards, take
a look at the new SuSE servers:

http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html

> 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.

SCSI adapters can be a bit of work, but most Ethernet and PnP Soundcards
work fine. Many multi-serial port cards are supported, and I've never
heard of a motherboard not being compatible.

> 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.

Indeed, this would be valuable. A project perhaps for VanLUG, CLUE or
perhaps LI.

Regards,
-Chris

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Chris Halsall, Software Dev. (



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