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Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT"

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Seeds Notoneofmy wrote: 
> On 6/14/20 8:59 AM, Hans wrote:
> 
> > the 7600GT was supported by debian (I am not sure, if it still is with the
> > actual kernel).
> > 
> > At the moment it is supported by the kernel module "nouveau", but when you
> > need hardware acceleration for i.e. games or other applications, you have to
> > install the driver from Nvidia.
> > 
> > To do this, there are several ways:



> I have learnt a lot, and I guess that's part of what this forum is for.
> I will not do any of what you have suggested as I do not personally
> think any will be an 'easy' solution, compared to investing in another
> card.

Installing Nouveau is pretty easy.

> Bottom line; gone are the days when Linux was the go-to OS for old
> hardware. Indeed, this was a selling point for Linux when Dinosaur
> walked the earth. It is not so now. Now it's an 'OS you can fiddle
> with.' How times have changed. And the environment with it, as I soon

Sorry, you're wrong.

Your card is in the NV40 column here:
https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix/ 

It's pretty well supported.

-dsr-

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"NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Seeds Notoneofmy <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de> - 2020-06-14 02:40 +0200
  Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2020-06-14 09:20 +0200
    Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Seeds Notoneofmy <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de> - 2020-06-16 21:50 +0200
      Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-06-16 22:10 +0200
        Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Seeds Notoneofmy <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de> - 2020-06-16 22:30 +0200
        Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Seeds Notoneofmy <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de> - 2020-06-16 22:30 +0200
          Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-06-16 22:40 +0200
            Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Seeds Notoneofmy <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de> - 2020-06-16 23:00 +0200
              Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-06-17 01:50 +0200
            Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Seeds Notoneofmy <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de> - 2020-06-16 23:10 +0200
  Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2020-06-14 17:50 +0200
    Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Seeds Notoneofmy <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de> - 2020-06-16 21:50 +0200
      Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" elvis <elvis@dogonfire.com> - 2020-06-17 01:10 +0200
        Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Seeds Notoneofmy <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de> - 2020-06-17 01:20 +0200
    Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Seeds Notoneofmy <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de> - 2020-06-17 01:20 +0200
      Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2020-06-17 08:50 +0200
    Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Seeds Notoneofmy <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de> - 2020-06-17 01:20 +0200
      Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-17 14:00 +0200
        Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Seeds Notoneofmy <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de> - 2020-06-19 21:30 +0200
          Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Seeds Notoneofmy <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de> - 2020-06-19 22:20 +0200
            Re: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT" Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-20 17:20 +0200

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