Desktop OS: To be or not to be...

[Mark]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:18 AM, Smokin Chevy <Chevy4x4burb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Christopher Chan <christopher.chan <at> bradbury.edu.hk> writes:
>
>> Get a Nvidia based graphics solution...
>>
>> The radeon driver/fglrx is probably not up to snuff from the looks of it.
>
> I am running two Nvidia 8800s
>

So you have a super-computer for your desktop with a high-end
gamer-style video configuration and you're saying that Ubuntu is not
*desktop*-ready?

I'm not defending Ubuntu's ability to run your configuration, but if
you have four screens on two high-end nVidia graphics cards, I submit
that this is an unusual configuration most desktops don't have.

Have you tried using nVidia drivers?  As posted early this AM, I just
installed the L&G driver for my one screen on my one low-end nVidia
card and it runs circles around nouveau.  Admittedly that might not
solve your gamer-high-end configuration issue, but it seems like you
would want the most closely customized driver for your video if you're
that high end.

BTW, if you choose to use the L&G driver from nVidia, I would get it
from nVidia directly and install with their installer.  I tried using
Synaptic to install this one and it failed miserably, but the nVidia
package installed quite nicely, despite its quirks.

HTH.

Mark