[Discuss] Recommend Video Card for Ubuntu 7.10

David Bronaugh dbronaugh at linuxboxen.org
Wed Nov 21 15:42:00 PST 2007


Corey Burger wrote:
> On Nov 21, 2007 3:17 PM, Ronald Schouten <ron at atomeo.com> wrote:
>   
>> Thanks for the tips.
>>
>> Yes, reverting to Ubuntu 7.04 is an option, but I would like to avoid
>> that. In fact, I don't mind "limping" along with one monitor for a
>> while (if it seems that a solution is near). That's a good point about
>> launchpad and I'll follow-up with that soon.
>>
>> However, if it looks like this bug won't be resolved in a reasonable
>> time frame, I think I'll look into nVidia cards as I have had good
>> experiences with them in the past.
>>
>> Ron
>>     
>
> Right, we never talked about Nvidia. They are PURE EVIL. They have no
> plans to release specs and their binary driver is always behind. Not
> as bad a ATI used to be, but they are still behind. Avoid Nvidia at
> all costs, basically.
>
>
> Core
Yes, nVidia is in cahoots with Lucifer. They have nanodemons that fab 
and dope their silicon ("Put a gallium there, nanolucifer #11233334433!").

David


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