On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:45:21 +
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:09:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
> > I can't remember a single ethernet device in the last several years
> > that wasn't fully supported and JustWorked(tm) straight out the box
> > on any old a
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:09:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> I can't remember a single ethernet device in the last several years
> that wasn't fully supported and JustWorked(tm) straight out the box on
> any old arb Linux system.
When I bought my Asus P5B-E board last year, the drivers for the Att
On Wednesday 26 March 2008, ionut cucu wrote:
> > > The SLI capability is not important as having ethernet or sound
> > > supported on linux.
>
> Should you follow the path of the manual you'll find interesting
> links about sound cards support on linux, as for ethernet, if you
> dan;t have drivers
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:17:17 +0200
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stay away from NVidia. Good performing cards, but their Linux support
> is atrocious (and that's being kind to them)
>
> ATI are not much better but at least they make something of an effort
> to publish some specs.
>
Thanks for the reply.
I love linux, his power and flexibility, but i don't think buying a p3 or
athon X2 64 only to have linux on Bios. I didn't know that project but it
seem quite interesting. I hope some major motherboard builders seriusly
invest on the project and bring it to the world of the
On 03/24/08 23:43, Nicola Degl'Innocenti wrote:
[snip]
Someone have one of those cards or know a good site with information about
linux compatibility for those cards?
The SLI capability is not important as having ethernet or sound supported on
linux.
Another option/consideration would be to
On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 10:48 -0600, darren kirby wrote:
> I thought the Xorg folks wrote the nv driver?
They do, but the nv driver code was written by someone paid by nVidia
and hasn't really had any significant work done on it in years.
--
gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 17:08 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > The nv driver has *no* 3D acceleration and limited 2D acceleration
> due
> > to nVidia's refusal to release the specs needed to create a decent
> OSS
> > driver.
>
> since the nv driver is written by nvidia, who needs specs?
The
quoth the Volker Armin Hemmann:
> > The nv driver has *no* 3D acceleration and limited 2D acceleration due
> > to nVidia's refusal to release the specs needed to create a decent OSS
> > driver.
>
> since the nv driver is written by nvidia, who needs specs?
I thought the Xorg folks wrote the nv dr
On Dienstag, 25. März 2008, Albert Hopkins wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 15:18 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > > As for the performances, could you tell me if there is a gap between
> > > nv and the proprietary driver ? I Never tried the later.
> >
> > I'll let someone more current answer that - I
Tank you.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 15:18 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> The nv driver has *no* 3D acceleration and limited 2D acceleration due
> to nVidia's refusal to release the specs needed to create a decent OSS
> dr
On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 15:18 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > As for the performances, could you tell me if there is a gap between
> > nv and the proprietary driver ? I Never tried the later.
>
> I'll let someone more current answer that - I haven't done head to
> head
> comparisons on nvidia for
On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Galevsky wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Alan McKinnon
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Video cards is the big sticking point
>
> For sure. But I guess that he wants to satellite his GC with the last
> Windows games, so I would recommend a 8800. And his NVID
On Dienstag, 25. März 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Nicola Degl'Innocenti wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I would like to buy a new pc, but since I use linux more than windows
> > (that i use only for gaming), I am interested in hardware
> > compatibility with linux.
> >
> > I'm planing
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Video cards is the big sticking point
For sure. But I guess that he wants to satellite his GC with the last
Windows games, so I would recommend a 8800. And his NVIDIA wont hurt
for a common desktop usage.
As for the pe
On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Nicola Degl'Innocenti wrote:
> Hi!
> I would like to buy a new pc, but since I use linux more than windows
> (that i use only for gaming), I am interested in hardware
> compatibility with linux.
>
> I'm planing to buy a core 2 Duo platform with a nvidia 8800 GT,
Stay away
Nicola Degl'Innocenti wrote:
Hi!
I would like to buy a new pc, but since I use linux more than windows (that i
use only for gaming), I am interested in hardware compatibility with linux.
I'm planing to buy a core 2 Duo platform with a nvidia 8800 GT, but i am very
confused about the motherboa
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:43 PM, Nicola Degl'Innocenti
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
> I would like to buy a new pc, but since I use linux more than windows (that i
> use only for gaming), I am interested in hardware compatibility with linux.
>
> I'm planing to buy a core 2 Duo platform with
Hi!
I would like to buy a new pc, but since I use linux more than windows (that i
use only for gaming), I am interested in hardware compatibility with linux.
I'm planing to buy a core 2 Duo platform with a nvidia 8800 GT, but i am very
confused about the motherboard. The cheapest shop vendor on
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