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Re: [LUG] Best Linux distro for Nvidia cards

 

hi the problems i get is that nouveau keeps saying that the gpu has
locked up or i get a black screen with just the mouse cursor and thats
it, im not even able to get to console and this is when i am
installing the os itself (so live boot)

On 4 March 2014 17:08, Daniel Robinson <manipula@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So many contradictions i dont know where to start, lightweight and kde.
> I have used all the above systems with nvidia cards and never had an issue
> installing the drivers for 3D. I used Debian but now mint for my main gaming
> system on my beaten up old system, everything works perfectly until i start
> nessing around. Mint even has a program for installing 3D drivers.
> Perhaps you could expand upon what issues you are getting while installing
> 3D drivers.
>
> On Mar 4, 2014 5:03 PM, "Daniel Robinson" <manipula@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> They will all work fine with nvidia cards
>>
>> On Mar 4, 2014 4:59 PM, "damian brown" <jvc260w@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> hey guys
>>>
>>> i having issues installing linux on my msi cr700 laptop.
>>>
>>> so far i have tried crunchbang, linux mint, openSUSE (my custom
>>> version). i know i have had problems in the past with ubuntu so im not
>>> gonna try that, also not willing to try Debian because since ubuntu is
>>> based on it i think it would have the same issues.
>>>
>>> laptop specs are
>>>
>>> Intel celeron dual core t3300 @ 2.00GHz
>>> 4GB DDRII Ram
>>> Nvidia GeForce 8200M G
>>>
>>> distro must be light-weight (as i plan to use it to build android on
>>> it), have wine compatibility and either KDE or Gnome environment
>>> (gnome perfered)
>>>
>>> cheers and thanks for reading/helping
>>>
>>> damian
>>>
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