Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 760 Location: Off Road!!!!
Posted: Thu, 01 May 2008 11:47:11 Post Subject:
Hardware support is the biggest problem with most flavors of linux. If you have a relatively new video card it usually isn't recognized during the initial install and you have to install the drivers yourself. Sometimes this requires manually tweaking the xorg.conf file and it can get ugly if you aren't expecting it. Your friend should just put a little more effort into it and search the how to's. Everything you need is out there, you just have to get it. As for firefox, I'm not sure why it isn't tabbed, but that just doesn't sound right it should be the same as the windows version of firefox.
The main problem I have with linux is the shear volume of stuff out there, I like to mess with things and that's usually how I get into trouble. If I fight the habit to install the latest and greatest programs, drivers and modules I've had linux run well and stable for years. _________________
Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 202 Location: Back Woods of MO
Posted: Thu, 01 May 2008 12:03:40 Post Subject:
Under Ubuntu 8.04 I know that the 8800GT and under are fully supported, on my rig it was simply load and go, easier than Windows. _________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."........Albert Einstein
Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 202 Location: Back Woods of MO
Posted: Thu, 01 May 2008 15:37:13 Post Subject:
Yup, but you'll need to get the restricted nvidia drivers to use them though. But they are a auto dowmload and install, completwely painless when I did mine (Beta 6) haven't gotten around to downloading the finial version yet.
There is a program caller Envy(I think) that will do a auto install of most video drivers, I used it to install the drivers for my 8800gt on my Ubuntu 7.10 a while back.
http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html _________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."........Albert Einstein
The current version Nvidia driver on Linux is 169.12, which is what the restricted driver manager will install for newer cards, up to the 8 series. 9 series cards will need beta driver 173.08 to be installed manually. _________________ It's got something to do with motherboards and fuzzy logic, f**k, I don't know...
Joined: 14 Jun 2003 Posts: 8225 Location: In the naughty zone
Posted: Fri, 02 May 2008 11:19:48 Post Subject:
acruxksa wrote:
Wow, look who the cat dragged in.
He smelled a *nix thread. _________________ I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. - Oath of office of the President of the United States
"We spent 30 years digging ourselves into this hole. It won't be solved soon." - U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman
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