Re: Questions regarding hardware for a Free Software (especially Debian)

2009-12-16 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:17:59 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: ... > Be sure to avoid Nvidia graphics cards then. The best bet is probably to use > Intel graphics, *except* GMA500¹. Thanks to KMS², switching from X to a > virtual console and back is as fast as switching workspaces, and > resuming/susp

Re: Questions regarding hardware for a Free Software (especially Debian)

2009-12-15 Thread John Allen
On 13/12/09 21:37, Rogério Brito wrote: Hi, All. I would like to purchase a new system to replace my current Desktop. Unfortunately, it seems that getting some new hardware is not as easy, due to a multitude of unavailable drivers for Free Operating systems or differences regarding the role of

Re: Questions regarding hardware for a Free Software (especially Debian)

2009-12-14 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-12-13 22:37 +0100, Rogério Brito wrote: > I would like to purchase a new system to replace my current Desktop. > > Unfortunately, it seems that getting some new hardware is not as easy, due to > a > multitude of unavailable drivers for Free Operating systems or differences > regarding the

Re: Questions regarding hardware for a Free Software (especially Debian)

2009-12-14 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:37:14 -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: (...) > * And, finally, but very important, something that is fully supported by > Free Software only. I want to get a system where I can run Debian with > Linux as a kernel and, it would be fantastically nice if it could, work > acceptabl