Re: Linux compatible hardware

From: John-Paul Stewart (jpstewart_at_binaryfoundry.ca)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:49:16 -0500

Leonard Evens wrote:
>
> I'm looking at a Dell 4700. So here are some hardware questions.
>
> They come only with SATA drives. Would that be a problem?
>
> They don't have AGP slots but the newer replacement for that. The
> available graphics cards, except for built-in are ATI Radeonx300 SE with
> 128 Mb or nVidia Geforce 6800 with 256 Mb. Would either of these work?

Both would. You'll need either ATI's or nVidia's proprietary binary
driver for full 3-D acceleration.

> They offer a DVD/CD reader together with a CD-RW drive. I don't know
> which brands. I don't care if the DVD works with Linux, but I want both
> to work as CD drives and the second to write under Linux. Any comments?

Both should work with Linux, with all of their capabilities. Pretty
much all current drives follow the same standards.

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