nutz
January 16th, 2008, 08:24 PM
What is your favourite hardware review site? Do they do any reviews of hardware running Linux?
My favourite site is tomshardware.com but I have always wished they would do more of their hardware reviews under Linux. It would be most interesting to see them do ones where the same application exists for multiple operating systems. It would also be nice to see them bash a hardware manufacturer when their product doesn't work well under Linux just like they would if it performed poorly under Windows. I think that would at the very least drive more attention towards hardware support under Linux while helping people buy the hardware that runs the applications they need it to run.
If I want to see what video card will run Crysis the best all I have to do is hit up any major hardware review site. But if I want to see how well that same card will perform under Ubuntu with Desktop Effects and such I have to hunt around a forum and ask other members that have tried it. And if I can't find anyone that has tried that peice of hardware in question then I pretty much just have to take a blind leap of faith and try it myself. This had led to mixed results such as the audio on my mainboards HDMI port not working. Had I known it wouldn't work I would have just saved the $20 and not gotten the HDMI version of this board but that is just one example of many. What do you guys think?
My favourite site is tomshardware.com but I have always wished they would do more of their hardware reviews under Linux. It would be most interesting to see them do ones where the same application exists for multiple operating systems. It would also be nice to see them bash a hardware manufacturer when their product doesn't work well under Linux just like they would if it performed poorly under Windows. I think that would at the very least drive more attention towards hardware support under Linux while helping people buy the hardware that runs the applications they need it to run.
If I want to see what video card will run Crysis the best all I have to do is hit up any major hardware review site. But if I want to see how well that same card will perform under Ubuntu with Desktop Effects and such I have to hunt around a forum and ask other members that have tried it. And if I can't find anyone that has tried that peice of hardware in question then I pretty much just have to take a blind leap of faith and try it myself. This had led to mixed results such as the audio on my mainboards HDMI port not working. Had I known it wouldn't work I would have just saved the $20 and not gotten the HDMI version of this board but that is just one example of many. What do you guys think?