G'day...
I remember days when nVidia setup was not so easy. In fact it was often
down right frustrating with conflicting instructions. (From memory there
was a nv as well as nvidia driver, and sometimes neither of which worked!)
The stellar efforts of the Linux developers figuring out nVidia cards,
and distributions like Ubuntu have really taken the sting out of using
the cards.
Dean Pittman makes a number of excellent points in this regard, and his
advice should be well heeded.
Too bad if you need to use a kernel that can't run the pre-built driver.
Also, just because the current models of nVidia work with current
setups, doesn't mean you're not going to be disappointed in the near
future.
There are /very/ pragmatic (not just idealistic) reasons for buying
hardware products with open source drivers for use on open source platforms.
All the best,
Raphael
jam wrote:
On Monday 25 August 2008 08:27:55 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My boss bought second-hand extra monitors for all of us and I now need
to buy a graphics card which can support dual-head for Debian/Ubuntu
(and Windows XP and Vista).
[...]
I totally disagree, but I'm pragmatic not idealistic.
nvidia-settings let you setup 2 monitors, specify master monitor, and get it
working in seconds, all in an easy GUI and IMHO setting up dual monitors IS a
GUI task.
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