Linux-friendly hardware (was: LCD monitors)

[Tyler Aviss]

Just as a note, I do believe that they are one of the "Cash Discount"
stores that costs an extra 3% to use a credit-card. So bring cash, or
- if you want the extra safety of a visa warranty-wise - be prepared
to pay a little bit more.

On 8/9/07, Marc Lijour <marc-bbkyySd1vPWsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On 8/9/07, Marc Lijour <marc-bbkyySd1vPWsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >> > On 8/7/07, Giles Orr <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >> >> Slightly OT but if anyone is looking for a recommendation: less than
> >> a
> >> >> week ago I bought an Acer 2216W 22" widescreen LCD.  It's about as
> >> >> cheap as you can get a 22" monitor at $261, and I like it a lot.
> >>
> >> Great!
> >> Do you have the name of the shop, and/or the nearest intersection?
> >> I checked it out at tigerdirect.ca and it is about 270$.
> >
> > http://www.filtechcomputer.com/
> >
> > Filtech is on the east side of Spadina just south of College.  Their
> > website is fairly poor.  I went there partly because they have a
> > better reputation among geeks than any other store on the College
> > strip.  But you might want to call: they pulled down what appeared to
> > be the last one in the store for me.  That was a week ago though.
>
> Thanks for the tip
>
> >> While you are at it, any recommendation for a good mobo doing RAID1 (and
> >> Linux -should I mention that?)?
> >
> > Sorry, can't help at all on that one.  I haven't bought a new computer
> > in four years!
>
> That is also my situation. Given that some hardware vendors were not
> famous for being Linux-friendly (in my experience I am thinking of ASUS
> and Logitech), I wonder if there has been some changes on the field. Linux
> users as a community are gaining in mass. I would hope that will make
> things easier for us.
> Furthermore, I'd prefer to give some dollars to a vendor that put some
> efforts in shipping a Linux-ready product.
>
> Marc
>
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