Went Back To Windows(R)...

[Avi Greenbury]

Jordon Bedwell wrote:

> On Fri, July 29, 2011 10:02 am, Jeffrey Gray wrote:
> > Well, it works fine with windows.  two PNY 8800 cards on an Asus P6Q
> > board.  Pretty straight forward.
> 
> I don't know if you missed it, but just in-case you did, Windows is
> not Linux and Linux does not use DirectX. 

Well spotted.

> So your reference to Windows was completely futile and irrelevant to
> Linux in general. 

Not really. This is a thread about someone who's switched to Windows,
and he's explaining that one thing he feels Windows has over Linux is
that it copes with multi-monitors better. This is completely relevant
to this thread and at least half relevant to Linux in general (since
it's comparing Linux with something else).

The fact that the thread is almost entirely off-topic by now is neither
here nor there really.

> Hardware vendors spend an enormous amount of time making sure their
> graphics cards work flawlessly on Windows and with DirectX, yes they
> do care about Linux but sometimes you need to make sure to pick out a
> graphics card that is /known/ to play very well with Linux. 

Yes. And this is a problem with Linux. It's not the fault of anybody in
particular, least of all Linux, but it is a rational reason for people
to be not using it.

> One cannot attempt to be rude, you either are rude or you are not. I
> was being rude I won't deny that.  It was also an attempt to take the
> mick. But (yes I like to lead with that word sometimes,) in my
> defense I was truly amazed at your efforts to find such a small
> monitor

20" is hardly laughably small, and there's no inference that he bought
it recently. If I had four 20" monitors, I don't think I'd feel
any immediate need to upgrade, either. I'm doing pretty well on this
11" or 12" one.

> because at every one of my vendors you have to literally go
> out of your way and spend time searching for the small monitors for a
> desktop, one of them won't even carry anything under 23" unless it's
> attached directly to a laptop.  It's like the hunt for that
> collectors edition Hot Wheels car.  Oh the memories.

What? I'm sure most places are still carrying 20" and below monitors.
Many people don't feel much need for such a big monitor. Maybe you're
being a bit too exclusive with your vendors?

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Avi