On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 19:34:33 +1300 (NZDT), Derek Smithies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Adding to the problem is if you want 3d hardware acceleration to work. > Some distros will not get the optimum out of your video card. Given that > cards such as Nvidia require proprietary drivers for 3d hardware > acceleration, and with gentoo one compiles everything from source, I do > not see how gentoo will give you 3d hardware acceleration. [I'm no zealot... but how can I let that go past...] # emerge nvidia-glx .... make coffee .... play doom 3. I've used many other distributions in the past, and it's never "just worked" like that before :) Admittedly I haven't tried suse or ubuntu yet. In short, most ebuilds do compile stuff from source, yes. But they don't _have_ to. There are some that simply download and install binaries. It really is a very versatile system... Although I do agree it'd be a bit rough on a newbie. It depends how much he wants to learn about his system. And how quickly.... Cheers, Gareth
