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From: Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net>
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Subject: Re: New Dell Latitude for linux
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 08:35:41 +0100
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On 03/09/14 04:01, Robert Riches wrote:

> However, be a little cautious with very new hardware, because it
> is possible your favorite distribution might not have released a
> version of kernel and Xorg that support the latest hardware.
>
> For example, I just put a Haswell i5-4690 in an Asus H97M-Plus
> motherboard and tried to run Tinycore 5.x on it.  After a little
> searching, I found an X server in the Tinycore TCZs that works
> with both monitors (as long as I don't map the low-res monitor
> exactly on top of the VLC video window).  However, the 3.8.13
> kernel won't drive the on-board audio or on-board NIC.  (Yes, the
> audio and NIC are related to the board rather than the CPU.)
>
> HTH
>

It does - thanks! :)