On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 11:31:57AM -0400, Mike Hoye wrote: > If it's possible, I'd try to buy something with Nvidia graphics hardware. > > The ATI linux support situation is pretty dismal, especially on laptop > hardware. > I've been running Ubuntu/hoary (kernel 2.6.10) for months against an X300 Radeon. I haven't noticed any problems, digital video playback included (LCD artifacts aside). Most of my gaming is done on a dedicated console, so I can't speak to the 3D acceleration support for the X series Radeon cards. On the other hand, my brother told me several horror stories concerning Linksys PCMCIA wifi cards on Linux. He suggesting avoiding most of the cheaper variants. Don Kelly/