On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:29:05PM -0600, Topher Cullen wrote: > I know open source community has openly condemned Nvidia (*cough* Linus) > for their lack of open source drivers. Despite how much grumbling there may > be in this regard, the fact remains that Nvidia is far superior in many > regards. It really depends on what kind of user you are.
That's very true, and it's important to know what tradeoffs you're making. > If you're using a > single monitor, gpu, don't care about 3d support, audio out or performance, > it almost doesn't matter what you use, and discrete graphics lose a lot of > their value. I disagree that it "almost doesn't matter what you use" if you're this type of user. Nvidia is a clear disadvantage for casual and many types of "power" Linux users. The nouveau developers are doing the best they can with what they're given, but the open drivers for Intel and ATI are far superior. I would also mention that, at least traditionally, the binary Nvidia drivers have had poor support for xrandr, though I think this might be better now. > I'd be in favor of buying a super cheap case and ditching the dell > altogether. > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119243 > I've used the piece of junk in a bunch of builds and its worked out well > every time. Yeah, trying to get a non-Dell motherboard to work with a Dell case is probably not going to work. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
