Jeff,

Take a look at Matrox. Historically they have been forthcoming with
documentation, specs, and source code. The downside is that they mainly
focus on multi-head and 2D cards, and their 3D speed isn't anywhere near
that of ATI or Nvidia.

Mark

On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 15:08 -0700, Jeff Shippen wrote:
> I did a little search online, and I got the impression that VIA is an 
> Open Source chipset, that is all I could come across.  All I'm asking is 
> for maximum linux compatability, which hardware manufacturers &/or 
> chipsets should I look for, and which should I avoid?
> 
> And thanks Gary, I will give Ubantu a try
> Jeff Shippen
> 
> Gary L. Allen wrote:
> 
> > Jeff Shippen wrote:
> >
> >> Mark & all,
> >> I will be buying a new, super computer, custom of course.  I want as
> >> much computability with Linux as possible, as it will be my main Linux
> >> box.  I'm planning on buying most my parts on newegg.com  I do not know
> >> which manufacturers provide O.S. drivers, could you please help me out.
> >> I will be purchasing the following:
> >>     motherboard (64 bit AMD)
> >>     ram
> >>     processor (AMD 64, socket 939)
> >>     cd/dvd burner
> >>     video card
> >>     hard drive (Seagate was my plan)
> >> I currently use Mandrake 10 (now known as Mandriva) and will also be
> >> trying Ubuntu &/or Gentoo <------ just an FYI.
> >
> >
> > Hi Jeff,
> >
> > I use Ubuntu and, IMO, it just plain rocks. Not too big, works great 
> > with my hardware, and was easily as expandable as I wanted it to be 
> > after install. They have some really good support information on the 
> > site for newbies like myself. Great stuff- I highly recommend it.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > -Gary
> >
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