Seeds Notoneofmy wrote: > On 6/14/20 8:59 AM, Hans wrote: > > > the 7600GT was supported by debian (I am not sure, if it still is with the > > actual kernel). > > > > At the moment it is supported by the kernel module "nouveau", but when you > > need hardware acceleration for i.e. games or other applications, you have to > > install the driver from Nvidia. > > > > To do this, there are several ways:
> I have learnt a lot, and I guess that's part of what this forum is for. > I will not do any of what you have suggested as I do not personally > think any will be an 'easy' solution, compared to investing in another > card. Installing Nouveau is pretty easy. > Bottom line; gone are the days when Linux was the go-to OS for old > hardware. Indeed, this was a selling point for Linux when Dinosaur > walked the earth. It is not so now. Now it's an 'OS you can fiddle > with.' How times have changed. And the environment with it, as I soon Sorry, you're wrong. Your card is in the NV40 column here: https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix/ It's pretty well supported. -dsr-