which distro supports 2nd Gen Intel hardware?

With the new intel chips and hd3000 graphics Im not having success running linux. I dont want to run 11.04 beta of ubuntu. Is there a way I can make 10.10 have full support, or does anyone know of a distro that's already compatible?

Maybe someone can tell me where to find the drivers I need for the Sandy bridge graphics?

 

Sandy Bridge is the biggest disappointment of the year | SemiAccurate

"Editor would like to note that Intel provided the unreleased hardware and drivers for Windows 7, Windows XP, and Vista. No drivers were provided for any flavor of Linux, and none were available short of building from source on our own. We do not feel this meets any reasonable standard for ‘available’. We await appropriate drivers from Intel for re-testing, but as of press time, none were available."

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I think intel is getting lazy...

 

oh great that sux

 

What I have come to like about the linux (Ubuntu) community is that they will building from source on their own and share.

 

LOL. dudes. That is old info.

I'm running Debian Sid with compiz on my sandy bridge machine with no problems. It's a 2500K with Intel HD 3000. 2.6.38.* is really quite stable, I've been running 2.6.39-rc* and there are a few nasties as should be expected for an early rc.

 

Might that be because youre using the newer kernel? My ubuntu is fully up to date and running a much older kernel. I think Im on a 2.6.35 if I remember correctly which sources from November of last year. So I would think a standard 10.10 install might have kernel issues with new hardware. Could be wrong.

 

oh good, i hope to install 11.04 on april 29th

 

so if I update to the .39 -rc kernel will compiz and video/hardware acceleration be good?

 

The libraries need to be recent too, that's why it's no problem in Debian Sid. 11.04 should be fine.

For the kernel I would recommend going to .38 for now, at least until another rc or two of .39.

Sid is already on .38, and there are both .38 and .39-rc packages here: Index of /~kernel-ppa/mainline

 

I would assume that 11.04 would use 2.6.38 being as its the most current stable kernel. I would also assume, even though you confirmed it, that it would have support for new hardware.

 

Yeah, before the hardware was released. NO ONE had drivers for it.


As for not wanting to run Ubuntu 11.04 Beta - Why not I must ask? It will be released in two weeks anyways - best to beat the release day server dying.

 

Really....I'd but the Beta 11.04 on there and let it update a little to final.

 

Anything past 2.6.38.

Technology@Intel Sandybridge on Linux - it will be an absolute joy!

Intel is usually very good to us.

 

Personally I'm running Squeeze with 2.6.38.2-rthink (personal patchset). Works great. The only thing I did was install the -intel xorg packages from sid. Everything else is stock squeeze.

 

I tried running Beta 1 and it was just too problematic with freezing. I did download Beta 2 and its much better.