Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 23:15:45 +0200 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <1145p0t$2l6ge$2@dont-email.me> <18c5f3fa510bcd73$19925$704772$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <18c606426ab89e70$22171$442584$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <18c60b7e803d0104$14391$197624$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1147up9$39shm$3@dont-email.me> <18c6320c52eb0a0f$15335$967852$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <114crfe$rjmv$3@dont-email.me> <20260729080407.0000667a@gmail.com> <114gmr8$25vi4$8@dont-email.me> <114hc2q$2e0th$2@dont-email.me> <114i0t1$2ktba$6@dont-email.me> <114i438$2n4jb$1@dont-email.me> <114krlh$3jph9$6@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net m4KNmFz0bANTJtyYW7+08gRoelKXzT2k4CKB2YLqy1BI7SER1i Cancel-Lock: sha1:IcA93rm8cTNHEwiTAHJRXp7STlo= sha256:RPw6gmj3yCCMACaxV7X/A3vFNfZCfYiqhpD+K3KR91A= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <114krlh$3jph9$6@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89413 On 2026-08-01 15:17, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 01/08/2026 13:29, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> I did have NVidia, and it was trouble. >> >> I have an old desktop that can not get the proprietary driver because >> it stopped being updated for my card, and I had to revert to the open >> driver. >> > Didn't the old one still work? The old driver? Not with newer kernels, no. The machine has some issues. One was video: no 3D. Another was virtualization: the CPU lacks some instructions, and vmware refused to update. Then memory: only 8 gigs. > >> I switched to AMD, and no more troubles. > > LOL I switched to intel integrated and got the same performance with no > separate card at all > I had issues with intel drivers on another laptop. There were bugs which intel refused to solve. For instance, on my mini server machine: the mouse leaves a trail of pointers in the screen that blink. Cure is ctrl-alt-f1 and back. > Unless you are a gamer you wont need an extra card moistly. And gamers > always pay thousands to get the latest and shiniest My current AMD can run the few games I tried. Games that came with the distro. fsfg, penguins on ice, etc. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;