Good Ubuntu hardware?

[Karl Larsen]

Knapp wrote:
> Hello, I am looking at a new system. I want to know if anyone has
> tried a setup like this and if it was really Linux friendly. (really
> it is for a friend with no computer experience.) I want to insert the
> install disk and have a working system without hunting drivers etc.
> The owner hopes to do video editing as his high end use, no game.
> Likely to be dual boot with XP and maybe vista too. It he can he wants
> to use Linux mostly but does some high end audio work that seems to be
> XP only. :-(
>
> He wants a computer OS that he does not have to think about. He just
> wants to do his art.
>
> 550 Watt power
> motherboard Asus p5q So. 775
> CPU Intel core 2 quad q 6600 s. 775
> RAM G.E.I.L. Ultra 4096 (2x2) MB 800 MHz kit
> DVD-RW LG GH20NS SATAII
> DVD-ROM LG DH16NS10
> VGA GeForce 9500 GT 512 MB passiv
> 2 HD 750 GB Samsung 7200 rpm SATAII
>
> I welcome any ideas or improvements.
>
> I would also like to run KDE4 on it. I have heard of some Nvidia
> problems but don't know much about that.
>
> Thanks all!
>
>   
    There is NO system that you just load and with no driver setup and 
work. Forget that and join the REAL world. Your friend wants to use Gimp 
to do video things and it works best on Linux where it was born.

    The nVidia problems are really not a problem. There IS a problem 
with a particular nVidia hardware called Gforce 6100. Gimp 2.6 is on the 
Ubuntu Intrepid version and that should be what your friend wants to use.

Karl


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