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Originally Posted by tw4211  Hi, i'm relataively new to linux - a long time mac user, and i am building my first computer. i plan to run a distribution of linux on it, probably debian, and i'm wondering if there are any hardware compatibility issues i should be aware of? For example, will any internal IDE optical drives work with linux. are they not os dependant?
any help much appreciated, thomas |
With a new computer (assuming you're using new components) you shouldn't run into any issues, but there are a few things to keep in mind.
1. 3D video hardware - Nvidia and ATI both have native Linux drivers but Nvidia's have always seemed to install and work better for me.
2. RAID - Desktop users
do not need any type of RAID setup for their harddrives. This is a server feature that some higher-end motherboard manufacturers like to include as a "Gee whiz!" feature but it just leads to trouble. Avoid it if possible.
3. Serial ATA (SATA) - harddrives will work just fine in Linux but I'm not sure about SATA disk drives (CD/DVD ROMs). I'd go for regular old IDE for those.
4. Wireless network - Most major chipsets will either work using
madwifi or using
ndiswrapper. Atheros and Broadcom are pretty well supported chipsets; one is native, the other requires ndiswrapper.
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