Posts Tagged “Intel”

Core 2 Duo and Linux

by Nick.

* UPDATE 9/18/06: Patches for Edgy and Dapper released
* UPDATE 9/11/06: There is now a patch for Ubuntu Edgy Eft

Ever since the Core 2 Duo was announced I have been planning on building a new system around it and then using Linux as my main system on it. That however is proving to be a bit harder to do that I would have liked.

I was starting to think that Linux was over the hump when it came to basic hardware compatibility. Even it the main distros did not support all your obscure hardware like USB webcams, or TV tuner cards, you could pretty much install Linux on any system you got. However with the new Core 2 Duo systems that has changed.