On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 09:19:58PM -0500, Robert Nesius wrote: > 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. With one notable exception, those included in the Poulsbo chipset (I have a Dell Mini 10v with that chipset). Other than that I love the Intel chipsets and integrated graphics in my and my wife's Thinkpads. > 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 The trouble with that is that you can't buy an add-on PCI express card to upgrade an older machine or to use it with an AMD processor. Cheers, florin -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100328/43beb152/attachment.pgp