Also if I am gonna buy a computer to use mostly for linux but also use win98 just play some games.......Not many but some. What manufacter should I get the system from, Micron, Gateway, Dell, or one that make PC just for Linux?
-----Original Message----- From: Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Curt E. Spann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Thursday, July 23, 1998 2:29 PM Subject: Re: DVD support for linux >Fun Fun Fun > >Curt E. Spann wrote: >> >> Hello, >> I getting ready to purchase a new system but before I do I need to know >> some stuff. First does Linux support dvd drives. >Probably not yet. And since the DVD videos will also likely be useless >ther is not much point. DVD is nice for TV's, waste of time for >computers. > >>What video card should I get? > >You ask later so I will kill two birds with one stone. AGP is both >poorly supported and a waste of money. AGP cards can actually lessen >system performance. System resources are stolen to give the enhanced >video. Also numerous motherboards have problems sharing AGP and other >slots. Best recommendation is to avoid them (yeah I will get flack for >this one). > >> If I have a choice between SCSI and Ultra ATA system which should I >> get? SCSI is a little more expensive but is it really worth it? > >For a home workstation SCSI is not a great gain unless you intend to >really beat the hard drive. Even then the new IDE's make this >questionable. You will find that many UNIX vendors are shipping IDE in >all but the highest end machines. > >>Is AWE 64 PCI supported, or AWE 64 ISA? >Yes AWE is supported. > >> Also is there really a big difference between 66Mhz bus and 100Mhz > bus. > >The 100mhz is faster and will allow for more upgrades later. If you >insist on dumping this much monery -- go for it. > >Now for my personal opinoin (-: > >GO to xfree86.org. Read what video cards have better support and why. >Numerous card vendors are not supporting the free software community. I >say the same thing about Intel. It seems hell bent on locking all >hardware in an NDA (which means the free community has to pay for specs >and can not give out the source). So if you would -- please do not >support Intel. Buy an AMD or a Cyrix. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
