[LAU] Advice needed: hardware vendors

[Kevin Cosgrove]

On 8 April 2014 at 18:43, Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Apr 2014, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
> 
> >> On Tue, 8 Apr 2014, Chris Metzler wrote:
> >>> So, I'm looking to find out about hardware vendors.  Specifically, I
> >>> want to know about:
> >>>
> >>> 1.  folks selling fully-built machines with Linux in mind, so that
> >>> there'll be no real worries about any hardware compatibility issues;
> >
> > Almost 2 yrs ago I got a custom configured machine from
> > http://www.endpcnoise.com/ that's been running very nicely.
> > They installed Ubuntu on it.
> 
> Those all look nice. Which video card did you use? They look to sell all 
> ATI video cards and don't mention what the "onboard video" interface is. 
> How well does it (the video) work with Linux?
> 
> Video is something I am trying to grasp as to what my needs are. The 
> reality is that I don't need huge video performance. I don't do gaming, I 
> do browsing and music.

I got an inexpensive nVidia card, one without a fan so that it would 
be silent.  I don't do gaming.  I do watch videos.  I do run with two 
monitors.  It's been a fine card.

--
Kevin