[mdlug] FYI: Local Linux system supplier

[Jeff Hanson]

The penguin is at the bottom of the advertisement.  That's all I know.  I
haven't been in their stores lately since I don't live in the area.

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:15 PM, A. Zimmer <andrew.zimmer at comcast.net>
wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:20:36 -0500
> Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The Computer Direct stores offer Linux system builds.  I haven't bought
> one
> > from them so I don't know their quality.
> >
>
> Do they install a Linux distribution on the systems they build.
>
> One still has to be careful with hardware and Linux.  In spite of much
> progress, the official kernel tree is still lacking in appropriate
> drivers.
>
> An example would be hardware from Realtek, which is included on
> many popular motherboards.  Even though the official kernel contains
> drivers for Realtek LAN (ethernet) and Realtek HD audio, these drivers
> do not work as well as the drivers supplied by Realtek.  The drawback
> is that the user must compile the Realtek drivers from source, and
> I would seriously doubt that Computer Direct would go the extra step.
>
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