the following link is a good place to look for Optimus support under ubuntu
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1657660 On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Ivan sikorsky <[email protected]> wrote: > AMD too have their own Hybrid graphics tech called PowerXpress which also > has poor support in linux. avoid them as well for the time being > > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Kartik Singhal > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 5:52 PM, bipin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> as far as dell is concerned, their discrete GPU options uses nVidia GPU >>> with Optimus hybrid graphics tech. support for Optimus hybrid graphics in >>> linux is patchy at the best and nvidia dont have any intention of fixing it >>> anytime soon. so your option would be going with intel integrated GPU's or >>> AMD Radeon based solutions. from my personal experience recent version of >>> ubuntu does work well out of the box with Radeon hardware with opensource >>> drivers itself, quality of the proprietary catalyst drivers have also >>> improved a lot recently.. intel GPU would be enough for regular stuff like >>> watching videos, running office suites etc even compiz/unity will run just >>> fine. if you want to do heavylifting stuff like video manipulating, gaming >>> etc Radeon based solutions are the best >> >> >> Agree with Bipin, I have observed a lot of Dells with ATi Radeons without >> any problems related to graphics. (I own one myself too). >> >> -- >> Kartik >> http://k4rtik.wordpress.com/ >> >> >> -- >> "Freedom is the only law". >> "Freedom Unplugged" >> http://www.ilug-tvm.org >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "ilug-tvm" group. >> To control your subscription visit >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> For details visit the google group page: >> http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en >> > > -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
