[ale] System advice for a newbie

[Michael D. Hirsch]

Another trick is to  bring a Knoppix CD with you to the store.  Before 
purchasing, stick it in an reboot off the CD.  Knopix does a very nice job of 
detecting hardware and activating it.  Make sure that Knoppix finds all the 
hardware.

I haven't actually tested Knoppix with things like SATA hard drive or firewire 
ports.  They are probably detected and used, too.

Michael

On Friday 29 October 2004 10:31 am, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Well, if you're local you might want  to come to the InstallFest this
> weekend ( http://installfest.lawlug.com ). It'll be a chance to actually
> watch linux installed on a variety of different machines.
>
> I generally build my own systems at home. At the office we've had
> occasional problems with various motherboard NICs, but they've had more
> to do with hardware reliability than with driver troubles.
>
> -- CHS
>
> On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 10:05, Tim Watts wrote:
> > Good Morning,
> >
> > I want to get a new system and put Linux on it. I'm basically looking
> > for general advice on purchasing a new system targeted for linux. The
> > goal is general use and fun.
> >
> > Some of the systems I'm looking at have integrated network and video on
> > the mother board (e.g HP Pavilion a700n). I've had problems in the past
> > with finding drivers for proprietary or off the wall adapters. Short of
> > doing a BYOS I'd like to avoid these kind of problems.
> >
> > Any experience on how to avoid these and other problems before buying?
> > Anyone hit a wall with integrated adapters? What's been your experience?
> >
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