Linux hardware spec

[thendal]

Hi all!

Could some one give hardware specfication for loading Linux OS.Some of my friends told me some times its hard to find drivers if you don't have linux compatiable hardware..
so i planned to buy a system dedicated to linux (really i love to play with it) ...
so could some one tell me what is best hardware spec which will fit into linux world(like network card,graphic card,etc)...

Thanks all.

 

[johnhoke]

Pretty much any off the shelf system you buy now will support linux ... you can even buy Dell boxes preloaded with it...

Here is the specs of a system i recently put together for a friend:
P3 1G
256MB Ram
ATI Radeon 64 DDR (older card, but works great)
2 x 100GB ATA-66 Hard Drives
Adaptec 2920-C SCSI Card
Yamaha SCSI CDRW (External)
2 x Linksys 10/100 NIC
Creative LiveAudigy Soundcard

works like a charm... most hardware is supported, newer video cards are your biggest problem, but you can go to

http://www.xfree.org

and get the skinny on your specific card(s)

Most NIC Cards are supported, and Creative has GREAT support for its newer sound cards...

Have fun, build a box from scratch and you will have a blast

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John Hoke
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[DumTech]

Rather than ask for recommendations, you might just want to look at some hardware compatibility lists/databases associated with some distros.

Here are a couple I found within seconds to such info for Red Hat and Mandrake:

http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/hardware.php3

 

[thendal]

Thanks John,Dum tech ...thats what exactly i planned to do built a box from scratch ...

thanks a lot ..

 

[chiph]

As long as you keep it simple and use well-known parts, you won't have any problems. Even older hardware runs well. For example:

I'm using a Pentium Classic 133 (with the FPU bug!) with 64mb RAM and a 4.3gb harddrive. Motherboard is a Tyan Tomcat II S1562 dual CPU (only one CPU because of a Coast module bug). NIC is a 3COM 3c905XL. Video is a Matrox Millenium G-200. Soundcard is a Soundblaster Live!.

Only hassle has been changing the default boot order to not use the SMP option.

Chip H.

 

[meekrob]

For video I suggest the nvidia line, I've never had a problem because nvidia releases drivers for linux. Unfortunately the do not release the source code, but this hasn't been a big concern for me as the performance and stability of the drivers has been excellent and updates frequent. Still if you are a hard core open source guy, you will want to go with another line.