Laptops for Linux - video chipset

[Paul Sutton]

regarding video chipsets,  the kanotix website www.kanotix.org had the 
advice,  the newest apt-get upgrade, apt-get dist upgrade, (if this bit 
is wrong, you know what I mean i just don't have the correct syntax to 
hand)   pulls in x.org 6.9, this works fine with nvidia chips but not 
with ati chipsets as yet.

I guess nvidia would be a good option to go for,   I have found that 
once the nvidia drivers are installed they work fine,  with debian sid 
(kanotix) there is a script that pulls the driver from the net, and 
installs,  that works great,  having previousy had suse, the same 
process seems far more complex expecting users to actually set things up 
with sax / yast manually,  which i did eventually but got me thinking if 
I struggle, i would hate to be a total newbie, with zero experience of 
Linux.

So it's not just a case of chipset / driver, it could be down to 
individual distros.  seems debian have got it right,  and if the latest 
one works with sid it should work with stable,

Paul


Lennart Sorensen wrote:

>On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 09:06:10PM -0500, Dominic Bonfiglio wrote:
>  
>
>>I am shopping for a new laptop, and I of course plan to use Linux for my 
>>operating system. Do all chipsets/motherboards work equally well with 
>>Linux? Has anyone in the community had particularly good or bad luck 
>>with certain manufacturers?
>>    
>>
>
>ATI chipsets have been almost a nightmare for linux users so far.  Clock
>running double speed, and other weirdness.
>
>Intel generally works just fine, assuming your kernel is newer than
>your chipset (obviously).
>
>Nvidia has in general worked pretty well (I haven't had any trouble with
>them).
>
>Via tends to work great too (I also have had no problems with these).
>
>I haven't messed with SIS since my 486.  I haven't heard any horror
>stories though, so they are probably OK too.
>
>Wireless chips on the other hand are for the most part not supported.
>Some can work with ndiswrappers (if you get the right version of
>everything).  Intel wireless chips are generally supported quite well,
>broadcom isn't (yet.  I think someone is trying to reverse engineer the
>drivers).
>
>Len Sorensen
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