Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 14:36 +0100, Peter Lewis wrote: I can't help thinking that if there isn't even an interest in nvidia opening up their drivers / specs, then I really don't want to be buying something from them. Indeed. I previously bought a laptop with an Nvidia chipset and a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Peter Lewis
On Tuesday 23 October 2007 at 15:38:58 Alan Pope wrote: On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 14:36 +0100, Peter Lewis wrote: I can't help thinking that if there isn't even an interest in nvidia opening up their drivers / specs, then I really don't want to be buying something from them. Indeed. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Kirrus
- Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 14:36 +0100, Peter Lewis wrote: I can't help thinking that if there isn't even an interest in nvidia opening up their drivers / specs, then I really don't want to be buying something from them. Indeed. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 15:58 +0100, Kirrus wrote: I guess this is the difference between the two camps: a) Want all software hardware to be free/OSS b) Want their computer working 100% without fuss, or caring about OSS stuff c) Want to support free and open software and where

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Matt On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 15:17 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote: It would be nice if the drivers are open source, but it shouldn't affect your buying decision that much, as long as they have linux drivers! And they are pretty good linux drivers for Nvidia, ATI's linux drivers are a mess. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Kirrus
Hello, - Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip c) Want to support free and open software and where available will use it, but sometimes will be pragmatic and use proprietary if there is no reasonable alternative. ..is more my camp. And b) doesn't always apply even with the nvidia

[ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-20 Thread Peter Lewis
Hi all, I'm sorry, I don't generally like to ask for hardware recommendation on these lists, but I'm a little confused about the compatibility and software options of the current lot of graphics cards, and figured that you guys might have some more up-to-date knowledge of this than me. I