no, I think this is separate...not sure...little fried today, it's Freaky
Friday (I never get enough sleep in the week!)

Brian


On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Garl Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> BB wrote:
> > Ubuntu has released a multimedia flavored distribution, have you heard
> > anything on that?
> Are you referring to Linux Mint? If so it's based on Ubuntu but it's not
> released by the Canonical. When I looked at it last it was Ubuntu +
> pretty much every media codec available for linux, legal or not, on it.
>
> > I'm going to need that 3D acceleration, for my work, at some point.
> >
> > That point is coming up fast!
> >
> If you need real 3D then you are, at this point, going to have to binary
> drives. For that, you want nVidia. Stay away from ATI at the moment,
> unless you like pain.
> > Brian
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Gabe, what motherboard do you have? I run an 8800GT flawlessly.
> >     What distro? If you're using Ubuntu I'd recommend Envy to
> >     install the Nvidia driver. I've never had an issue on Slackware,
> >     Gentoo, or Arch (my current desktop distro) running any decent
> >     cards.
> >
> >     That be all,
> >     Mr O.
> >
> >     --- Gabriel Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> >      Now I'm running an 8600 GT and
> >     > have problems with the native Nvidia driver due to
> >     > incompatibilities with my mother board.  I can still use it
> >     > under Linux, but no 3D acceleration.
> >     >
> >     > Hope this helps!
> >     >
> >     > - Gabriel
> >     >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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