____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Friday 11 January 2008 21:45 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:08:45 +0000
> <3705116.FZZ3Ho1Gye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> ____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Friday 11 January 2008 17:15 : \____
>>
>>> Ouch...but hopefully this will keep them on their toes
>>> and everyone gets a better product.
>>
>> At the moment, I only recommend AMD/ATI because of the
>> willingness to assist Linux (it's not just the open
>> source drivers). Intel I would avoid for being a
>> corrupt pack of criminals at the top and NVIVIDIA,
>> which has been the most Linux-friendly for years,
>> is suddenly left behind ATI. Did you know that in
>> a recent benchmark ATI on Linux was 20% faster
>> (in terms of framerate) than on Windows?
>>
>
> No, but that's mildly interesting if and when I consider my next PC. :-)
The Kayak at work, you mean? Well, I find that it's rarely needed to buy a new
PC if you are using a versatile O/S where you can choose how lean or fat it
should be. I'm still using sub-2GHz PCs at home and at work. Works well with
the latest KDE, despite the small amount of RAM.
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