Steve Searle wrote:
Around 08:29pm on Friday, May 22, 2009 (UK time), Mike Cloaked scrawled:
So imagine that there is a newbie Linux user starting to read this list and
he/she just happens to own one single machine that just happens to have an
Nvidia graphics card - are you suggesting that people on this list tell this
new user to go away and buy a better machine with the "appropriate"
hardware, simply because Fedora default install does not support his/her
graphics card. C'mon now - be reasonable! He/she will likely go look for
another Linux distro!
A newbie Linux user is probably better off starting with a different
distro, and moving onto Fedora once they have some experience and
believe it meets their needs better.
Steve
I agree with this and normally don't give anyone a copy of Fedora. But
I feel that it isn't good for Linux as a whole to put down any hardware
choices.
The problem here is copyrights and patent issues. Attack the
government, not users. I find that my nVidia works great, most of the
time with the closed source driver, but I cannot get any xorg or kernel
support because I need 3D. I have to go with what hardware is available
when needed. So Kevin, what would you suggest for upgrades or new
purchases?
I have had issues with Fedora using nVidia, ATI and Intel over the years
so I don't know what I would suggest for someone that needs a good 3D
graphics card. No different that some of my Windows only friends.
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Robin Laing
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