[TriLUG] Linux Video Hardware Vendor

[Derek Linz]

Wow,  that is exactly opposite of what I was going to say. Exactly...well
saves me some typing!
On May 22, 2012 4:48 PM, <matt at noway2.thruhere.net> wrote:

> I looked into this last fall, when I was getting the urge to build a new
> system.  I ultimately took a nap and the urge passed, but that is another
> story.
>
> What I saw then was that ATI was considered to have the best support,
> followed by NVidia.  Intel could be made to work, but it took some
> screwing around with it.  If I recall there were some articles along the
> lines of "Intel video, mostly, works under Linux".
>
> At the time I was focused mostly on the i7 motherboards with the newly
> re-released Sandybridge architecture.
>
>
> > What's the current consensus on the best video card vendor supported
> > under Linux? I'm thinking about building a new machine and I want a
> > screamingly fast video card, but I know the issues I've had with the
> > NVidia cards in my old Mac hardware. Is ATI better? Intel?
> >
> > Inquiring minds want to know.
> >
>
>
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