Linux and geforce 2 go

[ken257]

I am thinking about getting a new laptop just to run Linux on. Has anyone tried NVidia's geforce 2 go with their Linux drivers? If this works for 3d then I will know what graphics chipset to look for in a laptop.

[Superman53142]

Here's what Nvidia says about it:

These XFree86 binary drivers provide optimized hardware acceleration of OpenGL applications via a direct-rendering X Server and support for the following NVIDIA graphics chips:

TNT
TNT2
GeForce 256
GeForce2 GTS
GeForce2 MX
GeForce2 Pro
GeForce2 GTS
GeForce 2 Ultra
GeForce2 Go
GeForce3
Quadro
Quadro2 MXR
Quadro2 Pro
Quadro2 EX
Quadro DCC
Quadro2 Go


Here's a link: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux

[ken257]

Thanks! Now I have a good idea of what to start looking for. Next I need to shop around and see what sound cards come in laptops with GF2 Go and find a good Linux friendly laptop.

[David]

I think that most sound cards are Linux compatible, you just need kernel support(no probs - usually a default) and you can do the reast easily. Although getting an SB compatible Sound Card is a really good idea.

[ken257]

Part of the problem is that most manufacturers don't seem to list detailed hardware specs for their laptops on the web sites or in adds. I guess I am just going to have print out the hardware compatibility list and take a trip to comp usa and play around with some different ones so I can determine what hardware they have. If I am going to get one it will be %100 linux friendly!