[wellylug] Intel motherboards etc?

[Michael Hudson-Doyle]

On 17 August 2010 13:33, Richard Hector <richard at walnut.gen.nz> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just got back from Quay computers - the guy there (who stated he
> didn't care much about Linux) said he'd heard from another customer that
> Intel were stopping all support for linux - to the extent that this
> customer apparently requested that BIOSes on his boards didn't get
> upgraded, because the new ones wouldn't work with Linux.
>
> Has anyone else heard anything about that?

I haven't, and I really think I would have.

> If not, are Intel boards and video chipsets the right way to go for an
> OSS purist like myself? I'm looking for dual DVI and decent resolution,
> but don't care much about 3d etc.

AFAIK, yes.  Although the nouveau drivers for nvidia cards are getting better...

Cheers,
mwh