Re: [qubes-users] Re: Laptop with discrete graphics card, any chance it'll work?

2017-05-19 Thread cooloutac
On Sunday, May 14, 2017 at 10:58:11 PM UTC-4, lok...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, 15 May 2017 03:12:18 UTC+8, tai...@gmx.com wrote: > > > I would get a laptop with AMD graphics instead, or get an older model > > like the T430 or W530 (and you can install open source init coreboot on > > that)

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Laptop with discrete graphics card, any chance it'll work?

2017-05-18 Thread lokedhs
On Thursday, 18 May 2017 03:17:42 UTC+8, Vít Šesták wrote: > With external GPU, be careful about additional outputs (HDMI/DVI/DP/VGA). > They > might be wired to the dedicated GPU, which can cause various problems with > your > setup. First, it is generally poorly supported with Linux. (It

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Laptop with discrete graphics card, any chance it'll work?

2017-05-17 Thread Vít Šesták
With external GPU, be careful about additional outputs (HDMI/DVI/DP/VGA). They might be wired to the dedicated GPU, which can cause various problems with your setup. First, it is generally poorly supported with Linux. (It should be reportedly better soon, but it might require Wayland, which you

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Laptop with discrete graphics card, any chance it'll work?

2017-05-14 Thread lokedhs
On Monday, 15 May 2017 03:12:18 UTC+8, tai...@gmx.com wrote: > I would get a laptop with AMD graphics instead, or get an older model > like the T430 or W530 (and you can install open source init coreboot on > that) Thanks. I'm convinced. I'll go for a laptop with Radeon chipset. I've been

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Laptop with discrete graphics card, any chance it'll work?

2017-05-14 Thread taii...@gmx.com
On 05/13/2017 01:07 PM, loke...@gmail.com wrote: I'm aware of this, which is why I said that I'm ok with installing Nvidias drivers. If I understand you correctly, you're suggesting that this is not an option? Assuming that Noveau will eventually support it, will it be possible to to

[qubes-users] Re: Laptop with discrete graphics card, any chance it'll work?

2017-05-13 Thread cooloutac
On Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 1:07:21 PM UTC-4, lok...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, 14 May 2017 00:50:01 UTC+8, Grzesiek Chodzicki wrote: > > W dniu sobota, 13 maja 2017 15:30:07 UTC+2 użytkownik lok...@gmail.com > > napisał: > > > I am about to buy a new laptop, and jst about the only

[qubes-users] Re: Laptop with discrete graphics card, any chance it'll work?

2017-05-13 Thread lokedhs
On Sunday, 14 May 2017 00:50:01 UTC+8, Grzesiek Chodzicki wrote: > W dniu sobota, 13 maja 2017 15:30:07 UTC+2 użytkownik lok...@gmail.com > napisał: > > I am about to buy a new laptop, and jst about the only requirements I have > > is that it should be reasonably small, and that I am able to

[qubes-users] Re: Laptop with discrete graphics card, any chance it'll work?

2017-05-13 Thread Grzesiek Chodzicki
W dniu sobota, 13 maja 2017 15:30:07 UTC+2 użytkownik lok...@gmail.com napisał: > I am about to buy a new laptop, and jst about the only requirements I have is > that it should be reasonably small, and that I am able to use the GPU in it. > The latter is because I need to do some development