Hi Dave! > Do you have any figures on what percentage of Linux users will have the > 3D capabilities necessary? Just wondering.
Do you have statistics about what hardware people use with Linux? Than it is easy to find out. But all newer (< 5 years) Intel, AMD/ATI and NVidia chips work so that should make a big percentage on the market. > * Mac Mini PPC, running a quite old Ubuntu (no 3D) Don't think there is 3d on ppc. > * Samsung NC20 (Integrated on board Via graphics chip - no 3D - got > this to run Moblin, didn't work, currently running Ubuntu 9.10) I don't think VIA has decent 3d drivers but I might be wrong. > * Dell Latitude D420 (Intel graphics, should work, but 3D stuff runs > really slowly, currently running Ubuntu 9.10) Intel graphics works fast enough for the shell. > * Dell Optiplex 360 (ATI chip, no 3D) According to google this has ATI Radion HD2/3xxx with works with radeon drivers. > * Dell Latitude E6500 (Intel chip again, 3D works fine, running Ubuntu > 10.04) ok. > * Lenovo Ideapad, running MeeGo 1.1 (3D fine) ok. > > I would like to be able to upgrade a distro some time in the next few > years on at least some of these (the Mac Mini & D420 are close to > retirement, but the Optiplex will live on, as will the netbooks), and I > would like to be sure that the desktop of my choice will provide a > reasonable level of functionality. So you are lucky that all of your devices that don't retire will support GNOME Shell. Regards, Johannes _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
