On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 09:26:36AM +0100, valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> So I have three options to suggest to my friend: >> - Latest Fedora or Mint but with Vesa driver only, and maybe can't >> even get full resolution then >> - Old Ubuntu (but still supported) + prorietary drivers >> - full blown priprietary - Windows 7 + Intel/PowerVR driver > > There also exist USB-based GPUs, ie. external GPUs that plug into > laptops (or any machine) using USB. > > Although I don't think it's worth rescuing this "cheap 13" laptop" by > spending yet more money on hardware which might have its own driver > issues. > > Probably best to get rid of it on eBay and buy a decent laptop. The > ARM-based Samsung Chromebook is very cheap and runs Fedora. The ARM laptop will have the same or worse issues in terms of GPU as the x86 one. Peter -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
