On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Jon Schewe <jpschewe at mtu.net> wrote:
> I'm thinking about replacing my computer and trying to find a good
> well-supported video card under Linux. I want to avoid any of the binary
> drivers as I've had problems with the nvidia ones interferring with the
> SATA controller. I don't need 3D for much, I just run gnome with compiz
> turned on. What's a good video card chipset to look for?
>

I'd aim for Intel graphics.  Intel completely open-sourced their
graphics drivers.
Not only is the hardware interface publicly documented, but the open source
drivers are also provisioned right from the hardware vendor.

Here's the hardware support matrix.  http://intellinuxgraphics.org/user.html


-Rob