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Ben Goodger wrote: > I would guess at Ubuntu. Referring to what the common man refers to as > Linux as GNU/Linux creates unnecessary complications, especially as > the target has zero idea of what an OS is, let alone the difference > between its kernel and the rest. Have you been talking to some of my old customers? ;) 'What OS are you running?' 'What's an OS?' *sigh* I quickly learned to ask 'What version of Windows or MacOS do you have?' and even then some of the responses were..... uhhmm... questionable in their accuracy. > We need to talk about the here and now. Here and now, NVidia and ATi > have both not yet released GPL or similar drivers. Here and now, the > free alternatives, while excellent in that they actually provide any > functionality at all, are entirely inferior and not suitable for > serious use with the graphics card, such as doing usery things like > games or some of the lovely screensavers that come with GNOME nowadays. Um. I installed the nVidia Linux package on my old Sony Vaio in Mandrake 10.1 and played a very decent game of Quake 3. I didn't see any sign of inferiority - in fact it played better (predictably) in Linux than Windows. Kind regards, Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html