I did in fact thought of doing this but it is not doable for me. What is the most general way of determining whether a specific piece of hardware is supported by Debian? Things on the web seem quite confusing to me.
Thanks. On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Bret Busby <b...@busby.net> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Nima Azarbayjany wrote: > > >> Dear all, >> >> I am planning to buy a new HP notebook. The model that has caught my eyes >> comes with an "NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS" graphics card. Can any one tell >> me >> how well is this graphics card supported under Lenny? Is it possible to >> have compiz running on this graphics card? I did some search on this but >> I >> am really confused. Some say yes and some say no. >> >> Thanks, >> Nima >> >> > My answer is simple; I suggest that you download and write a LiveCD image, > and try running it in the computer that you want to buy. > > It is a fairly good way to find whether components such as the graphics > card, are compatible. > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > .................................................... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
