Re: Help Needed!!
"Jon Earle" <[email protected]>
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Andy Civil wrote: > Jon Earle wrote: >> >> Just a note: I fought just as much with this box when I installed Linux on >> it >> a few years ago. Never again will I buy a PC with a nVidia chipset or a >> Promise controller. One-off junk, IMO, that works poorly with any OS. >> > > I'm amazed to hear you write that. I was delighted to find that my Ubuntu can > run nicely on my other computer and use the NVidia video to run even a > "widescreen" monitor. I had resolved that for the next computer I buy, I > would > also get an NVidia video system, to "support" them back for supporting Linux, > and to make sure I could run Linux on it. Andy, I'm not talking about the video card (which worked fine - about the only component, besides the keyboard, which did). I'm referring to the chipset. Cheers! Jon -- OCLUG general discussion list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/oclug