Sian Mountbatten <poenik...@fastmail.co.uk> wrote: > So I'm going to ask my friendly computer consultant, who is only > downstairs from me, to build me a computer with hardware 3d > acceleration, solid-state drive, 8Gb RAM. What else should I ask for and > what works with Linux?
Sian, Two years ago I did the same thing. Quad-core 3GHz AMD Phenom2, 4G of 1600DDR3 RAM, etc. Everything on my ASRock and Asus motherboards has worked perfectly with Linux. In that regard, I don't think you have anything to worry about. The only thing I did for "Linux compatibility" was to not get on-board graphics. I bought an Nvidia-based graphics card that was not "bleeding edge", even though it's got 3D acceleration. The card has it's own RAM, so system RAM is not shared, which is a very good thing, and it drives 3D games perfectly well using the Nvidia supplied graphics driver. It is my understanding that the Intel-based graphics cards work perfectly well with the standard Linux drivers, if you want to stay purely open-source. I also kept my old keyboard, since the motherboards all still have PS2 sockets for keyboards. I have tried wireless keyboards, and they have not been 100% reliable for me. Curt- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cagy8_s1s7dhwbxxgvyrpchm7-o+e4_hd9g+nqoo8oo6wr8z...@mail.gmail.com
