Stefan Monnier wrote at 2012-02-16 08:10 -0600: > > The question is, how can I be reasonably sure before the purchase? In many > > cases the information is unavailable or difficult to find. > > Agreed, it's a serious problem. E.g. for fit-pc2 I actually forgot to > mention that the video driver is not well supported by stock kernel and > Xorg since it's the infamous "gma500". It's actually reasonably well > supported by the KMS code now (since Linux-3.0, more or less) but there's > still basically no hardware acceleration support.
I seriously considered a fit-PC2 until I learned about the trouble with GMA500. http://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo/ > Of course, the manufacturer distributes the GNU/Linux version of the > product with a proprietary driver which is hell to get working on > anything else than that specific Xorg+kernel combination. I like to avoid that head-banging experience and the associated "why did I ever purchase this garbage".
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