On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Stephen Pitts wrote: ) On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 12:43:18PM -0500, Don Custer wrote: ) > To the good folks at Debian... ) > ) > I have two short questions which I hope can be answered with two short ) > answers. I failed to find pertaining answers in the FAQs. ) > ) > 1. I am going to buy a new computer (to replace my 1991 dinosaur). ) > I want it to be powered by Debian Linux. Are there any particular ) > brands that are more friendly toward Linux? If it would make this an ) > easier question to answer... are there any particular brands to stay ) > away from? I don't want to end up with a pile of incompatible junk. ) Stuff to consider: ) * drivers don't exist for sound cards with Aureal chips ) and the new Soundblaser Live.
Drivers do exist for the SB Live. I haven't checked out the latest versions which are supposed to add /dev/audio and /dev/dsp, but the old version did work w/ CD audio. The Creative site has these drivers: http://support.soundblaster.com/files/download.asp?OS=Beta&prod=sblive Check the emu10k1-0.3b.tar.gz link. ) * video cards: stay away from 3dfx stuff, I'd recommend Matrox or ) NVidia based products because both companies are actively working on ) 3D drivers for Linux and have been open about specs The Nvidia RIVA chipset drivers work very well. Go to: ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/riva-tnt-tnt2-vanta/linux/ and check the FAQ. Evan Day | "These people looked deep into my soul and assigned SMTP->[EMAIL PROTECTED] | me a number based upon the order in which I joined"
