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Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 21, Issue 17



 Quoting David Hummel <[hidden email]>: 

> On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Rich Braun <[hidden email]> wrote: 
>> The things I'm 
>> pointing out are what make it difficult to get to Square One with 
>> the system: 
>> plugging my two name-brand monitors into the two jacks on the back of a 
>> name-brand Intel motherboard and just Expecting It To Work. 
> 
> If you just expect it to work, then before buying the hardware, you 
> should investigate whether the type and level of operation you are 
> expecting is supported by the available (preferably open source) 
> drivers for that hardware.  I personally won't buy hardware unless I 
> know it's well supported ... 


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