Re: Where to start: hardware and reading material

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Robin Sheat <[email protected]> wrote:
> Op zaterdag 08-10-2011 om 10:40 uur [tijdzone +1300], schreef Bruce
> Clement:
>> As long as he knows there
>> will be a slowdown because of the nested filesystems this could be a
>> great
>> way to learn Linux without worrying about tracking down and installing
>> drivers
>
> You will still need drivers if using wubi, the only difference between
> that and a normal install is that the filesystem is an image. There's no
> virtual machines involved, or anything like that.
>
> However, much of the time drivers aren't a problem in Linux anyway.
> Especially if you do something like ask on a Linux-focussed mailing list
> about it first to get input on what works.
>
> Anyway, my hardware suggestions: things tend to work just fine, the
> trickiest one is usually wifi and sometimes video. Go for Intel wifi,
> and Intel video if you're not going to be playing high-end games on it.
> Beware the GMA series of intel video though, I've heard about issues
> with its Linux support, so if you want something with that, do some
> research first.

Depends what you want to do with your graphics too. If you want to
play hidef movies, nvidia is the answer, although you have to use the
non free drivers to acheive hardware acceleration.

That aside, your advice is fine as far as i can see.

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