Some personal experience about hardware suitable for running linux on.

Complete Systems

• Asus PunditR P4R8L
• Dell Dimension XPS
• HP Compaq DC 7600
• ToshibaTecra9000
• Dell PowerEdge 1600SC
• Dell Precision 410
• Apple iMac 24

Graphics Cards

• ATI Radeon X800
• nVidia 5200 (PCI)

Sound Cards

• Creative Labs Soundblaster Audigy 2

SCSI Adapter Cards

• Adaptec 39160
• Adaptec 3950
• Adaptec PCMCIA SlimSCSI APA1460
• LSI Logic MPT Fusion 53C1030

Printers

• Minolta Magicolor 2300DL

Non-Linux Devices

• Camera: Kodak V1253

Ubuntu on Dell

Ubuntu Has Arrived By Popular Demand -- Dell are listening to their customers, and are now offering Ubuntu pre-installed. How's that for convenience? Although Dell are clearly on the right path, they appear to be somewhat confused about the details: for the desktop system, the video card is unfortunately still not supported by Ubuntu (proprietary drivers are required, as it's an nVidia card). Also, the description of the operating system for the desktop system as "Ubuntu with DVD playback" instead of simply "Ubuntu with an additional proprietary package" should be better explained. The picture included alongside the description "Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio" is also confusing, as it looks remarkably like a separate Creative Labs PCI card.

-- PeterKnaggs - 30 Dec 2007

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