Rob van der Heij wrote:
On 8/6/07, Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Today there are very few laptops on the market, the rest is
configuration and packaging. Its Intel mobile + MICH + intel video +
intel wireless (aka "Centrino"), Intel mobile + MICH + intel video + other
wireless, AMD + ATI + broadcom and a few other combinations.
While my Shuttle SD11G5 does not sit in my lap, it uses the same gear:
Intel 915GM + ICH6M, Intel GMA900, Broadcom Gigabit (and probably more
quiet than my T43)
I had lots of trouble getting a Linux distribution installed that did
both audio and video. Most annoying problem was that GUI-based install
failed halfway (expect because video memory was used as page cache
too). I am now fairly happy with Centos 5 (though I cannot get
dual-head to work as I can with Windows on my T43).
Contrary to Alan, my experience with Intel video is mostly bad. A Dell
Optiplex GX270 I gave up on, video was unacceptable with Fedora Core 6,
SLE{S,D} 10 beta and RHEL5 beta.
Same/similar graphics is working with Scientific Linux 5 (RHEL-clone) pm
an IBM ThinkCentre, but there's a big pause when switching between
virtual consoles.
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Cheers
John
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