On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 12:22:20 AM UTC+3, qmast...@gmail.com wrote: > Saturday, 14 January 2017 г., 14:20:23 UTC-5 tai...@gmx.com wrote: > > On 01/14/2017 12:15 PM, qmastery wrote: > > > > > Saturday, 14 January 2017 г., 5:01:34 UTC-5 Chris Willard написал: > > >> Hello All, > > >> > > >> I am using my on-board video but only getting 1024x768 resolution so > > >> wondered if there is another video card type I could use. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Best regards, > > >> Chris > > >> > > > any AMD graphic card should be great for Qubes, because AMD has pretty > > > good open source drivers for Linux. Dont get NVIDIA because in that case > > > you would have to use NVIDIA closed source drivers with hidden backdoors > > > and proven telemetry; nouveau is still not in a good shape, probably > > > because no real assistance from NVIDIA - they want everyone to use their > > > closed source stuff > > > > > Wait the nvidia linux drivers have telemetry? > > I thought it was only windows, and only if you install the "geforce > > experience". > > > > Irreguardless nvidia is an awful company that adds "bugs" to nerf > > featuresets on non-windows platforms, and they make it hard to attach > > the card to a virtual machine (ex: error 43). > > > > Just say NO to binary blobbed hardware. > > Yes, you are correct, maybe I am wrong here... After that experience when I > uninstalled a Geforce Experience from my friend's Windows PC, but telemetry > "virus" wasn't removed and continued to work until I wiped those nvidia > telemetry executable files manually using Ubuntu LiveCD - the remains of my > trust to this company has been completely lost. Maybe it is more safe to > assume that their telemetry is in all their software, and the best way to > avoid it is to stop using NVIDIA products. The source is closed, and we just > can't verify with 100% confidence that their latest Linux drivers don't have > a telemetry as well, they had plenty of time to build in telemetry into Linux > drivers and conceal it
Well, I gotta warn that chances of successfully working with closed source drivers are slim. They compile okay, and even insmod okay, but X dies with occult error about allocating memory. I am having an almost bearable experience with core i7's integrated graphics right now -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/43ab8f0e-a72d-4ded-bc7b-ba28b28eb754%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
