Re: Compositing Problem
On Sunday, October 23, 2016 11:28:45 AM CEST Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Jus to debian-kde list:
>
> Am Samstag, 22. Oktober 2016, 20:49:03 CEST schrieb David Baron:
> > Just maybe it be time that plasma worked correctly with Nouveau. Nouveau
> > is
> > beautiful for everything else.
> >
> > At least, Debian folks are maintaining that, not dependent on Nvidia to
> > maintain for legacy devices they would rather forget.
>
> Issues like this are the reason why I do not buy NVidia based desktop/laptop
I, myself, stick to the very same rule, I thoroughly shun everything NVidia,
even in hand-held devices, like phone, even though the OS is Android, viz.
non-free, whenever possible.
I'm very grateful for all the other manufacturers who provide open
specification: Intel, for a start, and...
Chris
PS: Not very long ago I had a Dell Precision M4300 laptop which was doing well
with Nouveau; the laptop was subject to unexpected shutdown regularly, often
when using Firefox, but it might have been unrelated. I did bought it when I
was not yet aware of the NVidia shunning policy.
There is also this very good graphics device:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etch_A_Sketch, which many tend to underestimate.
> graphics at all, basically following a simple rule: Either the driver is
> free software or I am not interested *at all*. As its difficult to write
> well working drivers when the manufacturer of the graphic chips does not
> help very much by providing specs, docs and developer resources, I stick to
> vendors that get it mostly right regarding free software (currently Intel,
> but certain AMD chips / cards may be just well as well).
>
> Of course that only helps with newly bought hardware. And it doesn´t help
> gamers who want high enough FPS and late enough OpenGL support even for
> demanding games. I just stick to games that work well enough with my current
> hardware.
>
> Thanks,
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