Is it worth buying a netbook with Intel GMA 500 graphics with Debian for movies and the Internet?

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juffinhalli2012-08-20 11:34:35

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juffinhalli, 2012-08-20 11:34:35

Good afternoon!
They offer to buy a netbook with an Intel GMA 500 video core for ridiculous money.
Plan to use with Debian Linux for video and web.
However, I recall that some habrausers spoke very negatively about the Linux drivers for this video card.
I ask you to help with the advice of the owners of such devices with Linux on board.

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mixkorshun, 2012-08-20
@mixkorshun

From experience I can say that not very much. I myself have a netbook with a GMA 500, and I've been struggling with drivers
. On Windows, I know the solution to the problem, but on Linux, I'm not even sure that it exists ...

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AnViar, 2012-08-20
@AnViar

I am the owner of a slightly different device: Samsung N150
OS: Win7 + Fedora
For the Internet, this device is not convenient because of 1024x600 and a weak processor, which makes even scrolling of modern pages (IE/FF/Chrome) uncomfortable.
Not suitable for video due to a very weak processor and video card. 720p does not pull, whatever they write on the forums. Copes only with non-HD, which in my opinion at the moment is not at all satisfactory.
I left it for purely *nix admin tasks.
Conclusion: a tablet is better suited for these tasks.

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sht0rm13, 2012-08-20
@sht0rm13

In no case!
Rare shit this GMA500, if the seven managed to see another 720p. Then on archa even YouTube slowed down hellishly.

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Vlad Zhivotnev, 2012-08-20
@inkvizitor68sl

No, no, don't hesitate. Ion / intel hd is already much better, but the price is about the same.
There were no problems at all with the drivers on the eeepc 1000h, but the card is a rare piece of shit.

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Alexander Lebedev, 2012-08-20
@cawaleb

For the Internet, maybe, but HD cinema is unlikely to pull, when choosing a netbook for the same tasks, I stopped at AMD E350, since I suffered with my old beech with Intel 855GM graphics. I use under Fedora.

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paran01k, 2012-08-20
@paran01k

I had a GMA 500 — spat in all directions. I would stop at APU's from AMD. Series E or C. At the most is the E450. In principle, the E350 is enough even for 1080p, only if all the cores are used when watching video. Because the same VLC, by default both in Windows and in *NIX systems, still loads only the first kernel. Although, maybe it's my hands that are crooked?!