Hey, I am an Undergraduate student of Computer Science and Engineering. I want to contribute to Gnome and other open source project. My skill sets are C, C++, Java and I'm learning Python 3. I would appreciate if anyone out here guide me in this regard.
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Emmanuele Bassi <[email protected]> wrote: > hi; > > On 2 February 2012 18:18, bsquared <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is there an HCL for Gnome 3.x. My video card doesn't want to play > > nice with gnome-shell. I would like to get an inexpensive compatible > > replacement, but cannot find a list of cards / chipsets specific to > > Gnome 3. > > creating a HCL for graphics card support is not entirely a trivial > matter. I can't just tell you "but $BRAND" because in reality there's > a complex, and largely intertwined set of requirements at play: > > http://wiki.clutter-project.org/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions > > in general, what you want is: > > - a GPU that has OpenGL 1.4+ support (or DirectX 9+); > - a GPU supported by open source drivers in Mesa > > this generally covers a lot of AMD/ATi discrete cards, and most Intel > integrated graphics architectures. nVidia discrete cards supported > through the nouveau reverse engineered driver are also an option, but > it's more hit and miss, and the driver may regress. while for Intel > GPUs you *really* want the latest and greatest (mostly because older > chipsets are pretty dire), with AMD/ATi and nVidia you should get > something that is not bleeding gaming edge, as the authors of the > drivers don't have infinite resources for tracking the newish GPUs > *and* fixing bugs in the old ones. > > for AMD/ATi and nVidia, the closed source drivers may be an option - > but it generally has to be the latest version, and it's not guaranteed > to be working; we tend to expose bugs in the Linux support because the > Shell is not a primary target for them (i.e. it's not a game, and > Linux is not a sizeable market to devote many resources to). > > you can avoid crap like Matrox, VIA Unichrome, SiS, or other cheap > integrated stuff. not only the GPU is a joke, the driver support is > ridoncolous. > > hope this helps. > > ciao, > Emmanuele. > > -- > W: http://www.emmanuelebassi.name > B: http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/ > _______________________________________________ > gnome-love mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love > -- Regards Lavakesh Pandey Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering ICFAI Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad
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