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    marjoleink marjoleink

    !linux !debian !lazyweb is there anything hardware-wise I should avoid when buying a computer to run Debian/Mint on?

    Thursday, 13-Sep-12 18:34:28 UTC from identi.ca
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      magicfab magicfab

      @marjoleink mostly broadcom, ATI & Nvidia.. Buy from http://www.thinkpenguin.com to have a guaranteed freedom-friendly pc. # #

      Thursday, 13-Sep-12 21:23:39 UTC from identi.ca at 45°30'31"N 73°35'16"W
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        marjoleink marjoleink

        I want to buy local - definitely not online from across the big pond! far less hassle with service

        Friday, 14-Sep-12 05:56:00 UTC from identi.ca
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      magicfab magicfab

      @marjoleink also check against http://h-node.org/

      Thursday, 13-Sep-12 21:25:43 UTC from identi.ca at 45°30'31"N 73°35'16"W
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        marjoleink marjoleink

        @magicfab Ah, that helped, sending me to X.org wiki where I finally found the family of graphics cards in the systems I'm looking at

        Friday, 14-Sep-12 05:57:43 UTC from identi.ca
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        marjoleink marjoleink

        @magicfab I could not find HD7770 or HD7750 on http://www.linux-drivers.org/ at all - seems to be Radeon 'Southern Islands'

        Friday, 14-Sep-12 06:00:42 UTC from identi.ca
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      gryps75 gryps75

      @marjoleink you should avoid ATI graphics. I had to install proprietary drivers and there are still problems with gnome3.

      Friday, 14-Sep-12 05:21:48 UTC from identi.ca at 48°41'27"N 9°8'26"E