Re: I'm now using and recommending Trisquel or gNewSense instead of Ubuntu

Geoff Barkman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.dunedin.general
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I've used Triesquel as well.
It runs well... but I could get my wireless networking card to work.
Everything else work well for me... but I don't do 3d graphics stuff
though.

On 1/14/14, Robin Sheat <[email protected]> wrote:
> op 14-01-14 02:12, Danyl Strype schreef:
>> Although due to the
>> lack of 3D acceleration in my hardware, it won't cope with anything
>> requiring proper 3D, it managed Freedoom and BOS Wars admirably.
>> http://trisquel.info/
>
> Just a note that, to my understanding, if you have Intel graphics you
> can get 3D acceleration with totally free drivers quite happily. It
> won't be a super gaming machine because Intel isn't really in that
> market, but I've played some not-particularly-high-end 3D games on it no
> problem.
>
> Nvidia cards are going the same way with the free software nv driver I
> hear, though I've never actually used it. It is a feat of reverse
> engineering, and recently nvidia apparently actually offered them some
> help.
>
> Robin.
>
>


-- 
     Cheers
Geoff Barkman
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