Linux+Nvidia i the way to go.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 11:56 PM, Manny <[email protected]> wrote:
> Amazingly I haven't had problems running opengl apps (WoW/wine) and
> compiz at the same time.  My laptop has the nvidia 9800M-GT, which
> does an decent job.  I'm now partial to linux on nvidia.  I've had
> notebooks with intel and ati cards and have always had issues.
>
> Funny thing is WoW locks up regularly when run on vista on this same
> machine.  I think it's a driver issue.  On linux I've had no issues
> with the driver.
>
> --Manny
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:14 AM, John Rivera <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> yeah but unfortunately opengl applications and compositing dont get along
>> very well, i think it is a bug in the x server
>> and that is what is keeping me from using compiz
>>>If anyone using window$ 7 thinks that window$ 7 or any other window$
>>>compares to the functionality that comes with compiz, they are nuts.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:00 AM, Manny <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> For those that have used W7 and like the way you can quickly resize a
>>> window to full size, right half or left half. ?You can do the same
>>> with Compiz.
>>>
>>> You just need to turn on the Grid module. ?Once you do that you can
>>> use your numerical keypad to quickly change the position and resize
>>> the window in a few key presses.
>>>
>>> For instance to move and resize the current window to the right half,
>>> I just hit ctl + alt + 5 on my numerical keypad. ?It has much more
>>> functionality than W7. ?I don't have a link as it was something that I
>>> did a search for and read up at the bottom of a blog. ?Enjoy!
>>>
>>> --Manny
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