On Thursday 20 Mar 2008, linuxers-request@mm.glug-bom.org wrote:
Message: 2 Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:18:11 +0530 From: jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Avoid Intel motherboards
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AMD is any day a better bet as far as drivers go. They have opened the specs to the cpu, chipset and the 3d graphics engine as well. Only a matter of time before you have full 3d support on all AMD chipsets.
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It has been about a year+ (?) since AMD acquired ATI, and we still have "prop." drivers for the ATI chips.
About 18 months ago, when I was researching Linux compatibility for a notebook purchase. Intel chipset based models were the best bet.
All major Linux distros - everything worked out of the box (WiFi, 3D graphics).
Whereas on a HP AMD Turion notebook of same vintage (ATI chipset), even today I have to opt for downloading prop. drivers to get full 3D.
For the majority of end users (open to embrace Linux) should we tell them to wait or get something that works today?
-- Arun Khan