Re: Switching to NVIDIA
On Mon 21 Feb 2011 at 14:51:00 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sb, 19 feb 11, 20:10:28, Brian wrote:
> >
> > With NVidia the almost automatic response is to dive into the proprietry
> > driver pool. It seems to me that unless 3D is a need (used by less than
> > 5% of users) or the card is not supported well, you are going to be
> > served well by the nouveau driver.
> >
> > It is also set up automatically with a Squeeze or Sid install so why
> > jump through the hoops of getting a proprietry driver installed unless
> > you have particlar obvious needs.
>
> Does this count?
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23705
This isn't a bug in nouveau but I can appreciate the impact of 96 dpi in
some situations. The user could adopt various approaches to alleviating
the problem. For example: use xrandr, change font sizes or install a
non-free driver. The choice might depend on the number of extra hoops
needed in using nouveau. :)
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