RE: Q: Default bpp resolution 32 in Linux?
On 07-Nov-2000 Jonathan Gift wrote:
> Hi,
>
> While I realise you can have many different color depths, I remember reading
> (but am not sure) that 32bpp is the Linux default... assuing the card
> supports it.
>
> I just want to check if that's so and what difference that makes with 24
> bit, sice the number of colors is the same?
>
32 bit is really a better 16 bit. In general, 32 is the slowest mode on a
video card, although some cards do it better than others.
I wish I could fully explain the differences, but I do not know the nuances.
my experience 8bpp was the default.
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