Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 10:43, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > > > (13) 3D acceleration: whatever does this refer to? > > > why would 3.3.6 give 3D, but not 4.2.0, and why is it "experimental"? > > > > There is no free software 3d acceleration for nvidia in XFree-4, > > while there was an experimental one in XFree-3.3. > > Personally I think this section should be changed to make it *REALLY* > clear that X 3.3.6 really isn't recommended. The wording here could well > lead a newbie to choose 3.3.6, thinking it's the best option, whereas it > definitely isn't (I know this because it's exactly what I did the first > time I installed Mandrake); the 3D acceleration in 3.3.6 is pants anyway > and unusable for most things you'd want 3D acceleration for, and 4.2.0
It's tagged "experimental". If people choose it, it's on purpose! > is so much better in other areas that everyone should use it unless they > have a really pressing reason not to. Perhaps it could make this more > clear, and also mention the availability of closed-source drivers for > 4.2.0 providing proper 3D support, which would hopefully mean less > people would make my mistake. When you buy the powerpack, you have the proprietary drivers in the commercial CD's, and I think the drivers are automatically installed (it's bad, but too many customers ask for it). -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
