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From my own experience as a GNU/Linux NOOB, I believe that if you research the hardware and the distro you want to run in relation to that hardware BEFORE you p
by mroman 18y ago
From my own experience as a GNU/Linux NOOB, I believe that if you research the hardware and the distro you want to run in relation to that hardware BEFORE you purchase, you will be fine. Sticking to the Intel chipsets (as I believe Linus himself recommended) will go a long way toward a smooth experience. And that's coming from a noob. I am on my first Ubuntu install on my soon to be old machine. I just built a new machine, and Hardy installed without a problem. Ran my 24 hour burn in test, no problems. So a diligent noob can indeed have a smooth experience provided he/she does his/her homework.
- eru 18y agoNo problem with AMD here. (But that does not mean it's save.)
- mroman 18y agoOh absolutely, the machine I am on now (soon to be old machine) runs an AMD CPU, with an SIS chipset (not the greatest for GNU/Linux) yet I was diligent, and . . . it works! Have been running Feisty Fawn for almost a year, no major problems. I suppose there was a "luck" factor there, as I bought this hardware without researching into whether or not it was suitable for GNU/Linux. The new machine however I carefully researched the hardware for and, no problems there either. Now, I am not like evangelizing for Intel products, as you can indeed run GNU/Linux on hardware from other manufacturers yet I do find that Linus' statement regarding their chipsets is accurate, based on my own rather smooth experience with the 945GC Express.