[SLUG] How do I tell if Linux supports my intended graphics card?

[john at johnallsopp.co.uk]

> john at johnallsopp.co.uk wrote:
>
>>So. How do I tell whether this card has a fully supportive Linux
>>driver or not?
>>
> Just looked at the link model and it's an ATI chipset - X800 no less,
> wow, do you really need all that 3D umph?

I've no idea. What appeals is that it has no fan. What I do need,
however, is to process video, so I'm assuming, quite possibly wrongly,
that I want a half-decent graphics card. Certainly I seem to need
composite video in.

J