> How does switching to Linux help here? > > - Does any of the Linux installations come with a pre-installed > 3D accelerated graphics? > Sabayon Linux. It's gentoo based, stable enough. Has preinstalled ATI/Nvidia and Intel drivers. > - What happened again if you installed such a driver and tried to > upgrade X/the kernel/etc? > The gentoo package manager emerge takes care of that > At least Solaris provides a working, accelerated nVidia driver > out of the box, regardless of upgrades to the OS (stable kernel > interfaces) or X (no stable interfaces, requires a working > relationship with the vendor) > Sabayon Linux provides out of box Beryl/Compiz with AIGLX/XGL (you can even choose between acclerated/normal desktop using a simple GUI app) It is a live DVD with all mulitmedia codecs and drivers. (My HP nx6325's wirelss provides out the box!)
I also wish to stress that these comments be seen in a positive way. I am not bitching about OpenSolaris. I am just saying that, we can do all this with opensolaris as well. I would request you to have a look at Sabayon Linux. Thanks Manish
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