Re: [LAU] Advice needed: hardware vendors

On 8 April 2014 at 18:43, Len Ovens <len@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Apr 2014, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
>
> >> On Tue, 8 Apr 2014, Chris Metzler wrote:
> >>> So, I'm looking to find out about hardware vendors. Specifically, I
> >>> want to know about:
> >>>
> >>> 1. folks selling fully-built machines with Linux in mind, so that
> >>> there'll be no real worries about any hardware compatibility issues;
> >
> > Almost 2 yrs ago I got a custom configured machine from
> > http://www.endpcnoise.com/ that's been running very nicely.
> > They installed Ubuntu on it.
>
> Those all look nice. Which video card did you use? They look to sell all
> ATI video cards and don't mention what the "onboard video" interface is.
> How well does it (the video) work with Linux?
>
> Video is something I am trying to grasp as to what my needs are. The
> reality is that I don't need huge video performance. I don't do gaming, I
> do browsing and music.

I got an inexpensive nVidia card, one without a fan so that it would
be silent. I don't do gaming. I do watch videos. I do run with two
monitors. It's been a fine card.

--
Kevin
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