[NTLUG:Discuss] Hardware for Linux

[Dave Power]

Al Wyatt wrote:
> 
> Greetings all.
> 
> I'm about (within the next week) to purchase a new PC
> that I plan to dual-boot Linux and that M$ o.s. on.
> My questions are as follows:
> 
> 1. Which local PC sellers have good reputations?  Are
> any of them knowledgable about Linux and
> compatibility?
> 
> 2. Are any of the national (Dell/Micron/Gateway) PC
> sellers good options for Linux?
> 
> 3. I can see that most all of the popular video cards
> (like 3dfx and Nvidia) are well supported, but what
> about audio cards?  SoundBlaster's site seems to
> suggest their cards don't work well under Linux, and
> they're the most popular kind of sound card out there.
> 
> 4. Partitioning the hard disk: IIRC, suse's distro has
> software for re-partitioning an existing HD without
> losing data (this would be helpful if I buy a PC with
> the M$ o.s. already on it).  Do other distros have
> such a utility?  Should I just buy something like
> Partition Magic if I really want to do this?
> 
> I know these are lots of questions and I apologize if
> I shouldn't be asking them here.  Just hoping to find
> some helpful Linux neighbors out there.
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