Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC?

From	"Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.setup
Subject	Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC?
Date	2021-09-01 13:47 +0200
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On 01/09/2021 11.42, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 01/09/2021 10:09, Marc Haber wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> Nvidia support very old legacy hardware with up to date linux drivers.
>>
>> If so, this has changed in the last five years. My last nVidia
>> graphics card was removed from the machine and replaced with AMD since
>> the nVidia legacy driver suddenly stopped supporting it.
>>
>> This has never happened to me before or afterwards with other vendors.
>> Avoid nVidia at all costs.

> I have never found an Nvidia card that didn't have a driver that worked
> with it, and their Linux support is massively better than any other
> manufacturer
> 
> Buy Nvidia whenever possible for Linux.

I had to do the same as Marc, as my NVidia card stopped being supported
by the proprietary driver, and I changed to AMD too.

Native Linux support for Nvidia cards is limited, there is no 3d, and
limited hardware acceleration (with the open driver).

With AMD, I don't need any proprietary driver to get games running.

So, avoid Nvidia at all costs. Ask (or google) Linus Torvalds what he
thinks of Nvidia.

As to not happening before, yes, it did, with ATI cards long ago. A
decade or two, before it joined with AMD and they opened things.

-- 
Cheers,
       Carlos E.R.

Thread

Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2021-08-30 18:22 -0500
  Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2021-08-31 00:14 +0000
  Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-31 04:39 +0100
    Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-31 15:19 +0200
      Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-31 14:34 +0100
        Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-31 16:16 +0200
          Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-31 15:47 +0100
            Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-31 18:54 +0200
              Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-31 17:59 +0100
              Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-09-01 04:21 +0000
  Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2021-08-31 10:59 +0200
    Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-31 10:46 +0100
      Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-31 10:50 +0100
        Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-31 10:57 +0100
      Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2021-09-01 11:09 +0200
        Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-01 10:42 +0100
          Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-09-01 13:47 +0200
  Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-31 06:04 -0400
  Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2021-09-14 22:42 -0400

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