Duncan Lithgow wrote:
On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 11:37 -0400, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
I would strongly recommend nVidia over ATI if you're wanting to run on a
laptop. The ATI drivers are pretty shoddy in comparison to nVidia's
Linux drivers and you're a lot more likely to be able to run things like
Compiz/XGL at this point. There is also a lot more documentation around
the net for Linux + nVidia because they have been traditionally more
compatible cards.
Take it as a grain of salt, but that's my opinion :)
Do you mean
I would strongly advise
not
choosing one of these 2 vendors as none of them
provide open-source (hence fixable) drivers. Intel seems to be a better
choice (for laptop).
?
Otherwise it doesn't seem to make sense.
Duncan
What I'm saying is that of the two (ATI or nVidia), you're going to have
better luck in terms of compatibility, performance, and stability under
Linux for the forseeable future. Of course ATI is working to improve
their drivers, they are not up to the point where they can rival that of
nVidia's in the Linux sector.
As far as Intel goes, that'd be great if you don't care too much about
performance. You could just as easily buy an nVidia and run it with the
'nv' driver (or an ATI an run the comparable cheesy driver) and get some
very limited acceleration. But generally, I'd just recommend going with
an nVidia and not gamble with the future of ATI drivers for Linux.
nVidia's work now and work very well for the most part. And if you're
into that kind of thing, XGL/Compiz is doable on an nVidia right now.
However, IBM seems to be a very ATI heavy company, but many of their
laptops work well with Linux. It just really depends on what you want to
do with your laptop. If you want to do some gaming on the side, I'd go
with something that has a nVidia card. If you're mostly doing work or
net surfing, it doesn't really matter, you just won't get all the bells
and whistles and your speed may suffer a little. But either way, as long
as you get a running install with minimal problems, you're probably in
good shape :)
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