Re (2): Questions regarding hardware for a Free Software (especially Debian)

2009-12-17 Thread peasthope
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:44:45 -0500, Celejar wrote, KMS is apparently badly broken on my Intel 945GM: And LXDE is broken for the Intel 82815 Chipset on the board in the IBM NetVista 6578-RAU. Regards,... Peter E. -- Google pathology workshop -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Questions regarding hardware for a Free Software (especially Debian)

2009-12-16 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:17:59 +0100 Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de wrote: ... Be sure to avoid Nvidia graphics cards then. The best bet is probably to use Intel graphics, *except* GMA500¹. Thanks to KMS², switching from X to a virtual console and back is as fast as switching workspaces, and

Re: Questions regarding hardware for a Free Software (especially Debian)

2009-12-15 Thread John Allen
On 13/12/09 21:37, Rogério Brito wrote: Hi, All. I would like to purchase a new system to replace my current Desktop. Unfortunately, it seems that getting some new hardware is not as easy, due to a multitude of unavailable drivers for Free Operating systems or differences regarding the role of

Re: Questions regarding hardware for a Free Software (especially Debian)

2009-12-14 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:37:14 -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: (...) * And, finally, but very important, something that is fully supported by Free Software only. I want to get a system where I can run Debian with Linux as a kernel and, it would be fantastically nice if it could, work acceptably

Re: Questions regarding hardware for a Free Software (especially Debian)

2009-12-14 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-12-13 22:37 +0100, Rogério Brito wrote: I would like to purchase a new system to replace my current Desktop. Unfortunately, it seems that getting some new hardware is not as easy, due to a multitude of unavailable drivers for Free Operating systems or differences regarding the role

VGA cards (Was: Questions regarding hardware for a Free Software (especially Debian))

2009-12-14 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:17:59 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: Be sure to avoid Nvidia graphics cards then. Why? There is nv driver (2D) and soon it will be nouveau (2D+3D) driver available. Both are open source. The best bet is probably to use Intel graphics, *except* GMA500¹. IIRC, some

Questions regarding hardware for a Free Software (especially Debian)

2009-12-13 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, All. I would like to purchase a new system to replace my current Desktop. Unfortunately, it seems that getting some new hardware is not as easy, due to a multitude of unavailable drivers for Free Operating systems or differences regarding the role of the systems. It seems that most sites