On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Ben Finney <[email protected]> wrote: > Adrian Colomitchi <[email protected]> > writes: > >> Unfortunately, based on my experience, you will have to compile the >> specs. > > Thank you for responding with encouragement nevertheless: > >> Fortunately, its not 2000 any more: most of the components are >> supported by kernel drivers - the "horror driver stories" mostly >> pertains to "medieval ages" nowadays (even the laptops support a linux >> installation out of the box). > > Yes, but that's the easy claim to make these days. > > The pertinent question is: Do they support Linux *without binary blobs*, > such as found in Trisquel or gNewSense or Debian with only free > software, out of the box? Starting with an Intel MB with integrated graphics may help: http://intellinuxgraphics.org/
Haven't done all the research, but this one looks to have good chances http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/db-DZ68DB/DZ68DB-overview.htm Also, with some older (but not deprecated) nVidia, you may have some luck with the nouveau drivers http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/MesaDrivers You still afraid of network cards? > > That's the question I know has been answered thousands of times by > others for specified hardware configurations, and am hoping that > knowledge doesn't need to be discovered yet again in my case. > >> I suggest you give www.msy.com.au a try. > > Thanks, I will if I can actually get their attention; when I've bought > from them in the past they've been insanely busy :-) Hmmm... they are selling in an over-the-counter mode and no delivery and at reasonable prices, I think I understand why. Also, I guess it pretty much depends on what shop and day of the week you choose (Brooklyn is convenient for me and isn't *that* busy). Adrian _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb
