I like linux and seriously consider changing if nvidia get their act right. I think they just don't care cause 90% of nvidia people use windows cause you buy a graphics card to play games and hence windows is the solution I guess.
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I like linux and seriously consider changing if nvidia get their act right. I think they just don't care cause 90% of nvidia people use windows cause you buy a graphics card to play games and hence windows is the solution I guess.
there's nothing wrong with nvidia drivers.
the issue is one of GPL v proprietary drivers. nVidia's driver are proprietary and therefore are not able to be loaded by default.
in ubuntu and debian, it is a matter of adding non-free to your repo list and the drivers become easily via synaptic (for the gui people out there).
in fedora it is again a simple matter of adding a repo, and viola can be installed via a similar manner.
the issue is one of GPL v proprietary drivers. nVidia's driver are proprietary and therefore are not able to be loaded by default.
in ubuntu and debian, it is a matter of adding non-free to your repo list and the drivers become easily via synaptic (for the gui people out there).
in fedora it is again a simple matter of adding a repo, and viola can be installed via a similar manner.
redarrow
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Yea I agree
In a way the terminal is actually better for complete "noobs" than a GUI ..
Consider if you're trying to help someone who doesn't know much about PC's (any OS), say over the telephone, with the GUI route it may go something like:
Geek: "OK now click on the icon on the top left corner .. "
Noob: "The little blue one that looks like a round globe?"
Geek: "No.. no, the green one slightly to the left of that."
Noob: "um.. I don't see it .. hmm .. no wait ah yes I think I've found it.."
Geek: "Right, did you click it?"
Noob: "Yea .. "
Geek: "What did it do?"
Noob: "Nothing"
Geek: "<grrr> you sure you clicked it?"
Noob: "Wait it's now popped up a message something about a driver disk"
Geek: "Right, click on 'select driver from a list'"
Noob: "I can't see that anywhere"
Geek: "It should be in the middle of the window ..."
Noob: "No .. I don't see it, it just says 'supply your own driver' and ... oh wait I've found it"
Geek: "AAArrrrggh!"
etc.
As opposed to a terminal:
Geek: "Right type 'yum install <driver-x>'"
Noob: "Ok, it says: bash: YUM: command not found"
Geek: ".. type it all in lower case "
Noob: "oh .. ok it's doing something now "
etc.
Asha'man X
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I really like Mandriva 2009.1. I think it's polished and slick, and though I'm a die hard Windows man, Mandriva has always been my distro of choice. Out the box, depending on your view point, prettier than Ubuntu. Also, because you generally use a DVD with it, there's less need for repo's upfront. This is all subjective of course.
Of course, Mandriva has their excellent control center that brings together many of the system tools in one easy logical place. I've always been irritated when using another distro and not having those tools. Also, what they did with KDE4 to make it more user friendly was impressive. On Mandriva, KDE4 feels useful, whereas on other distros I get lost.
I'll be downloading Mandriva 2010 to play with, I think it's going to be the best distro I've worked with.
Of course, Mandriva has their excellent control center that brings together many of the system tools in one easy logical place. I've always been irritated when using another distro and not having those tools. Also, what they did with KDE4 to make it more user friendly was impressive. On Mandriva, KDE4 feels useful, whereas on other distros I get lost.
I'll be downloading Mandriva 2010 to play with, I think it's going to be the best distro I've worked with.
extremist
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I don't know if it's Kubuntu just sucking, but I tried the new KDE when I saw how pretty AmaroK was. From the get-go the awesomeness of the prettiness faded when I realised that my GNOME desktop just felt more functional and less clunky.
Objectively speaking, I couldn't get the KDE network manager to dial a GPRS connection. Apparently there's some issue with kppp (which ironically was the only app that could easily dial my winmodem back in the good old days).
The killer to me eventually was when I tried loading my regular hang-out in Firefox (http://hellforge.gameriot.com) and it didn't render right. The fonts were too big. GNOME apps (like Firefox) also didn't look very good in Kubuntu 9.04 whereas KDE/Qt apps look pretty damn good in GNOME on Ubuntu 9.04.
The reason I'm telling that whole story is because I want to know which browser you use and if it's Firefox if you can send me a screenie of the front page of Hellforge. I want to know if Mandriva does something different to Kubuntu
.Which version of Amarok is this? It certainly used to be pretty, and functional, and configurable ... Sigh.
extremist
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Sorry, my ill-constructed sentences are causing confusion. AmaroK still r0xx0rz the b0xx0rz. It's the best music player (and library manager) out there by far.
It's KDE that's pretty at first, but her beauty quickly fades when she opens her mouth to speak. Metaphorically.