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AntiSilence · 03-03-2007, 17:16

I have recently been messing with Ubuntu and Kubuntu just to see what they're like. They both worked with my hardware (nForce2 chipset) so the network card worked, and the soundcard worked. The graphics seemed to work, but wouldn't let me set a higher resolution that 1024x768. I asked CRC about this and he informed me of a file to edit. Tried that, it wouldn't let me save the file due to permissions. Found the file manually, and chose to open it as Root, edited it and saved it. Still not working.

Kubuntu's display options detected my card correctly (GeForce 6800GT) and I selected the card, but still wouldn't change resolution. In addition, the selection box (mouse button down and drag thing) is very sluggish when over a certain size. I presume this is because the gfx drivers are open source and not from nVidia.

Had a look on the nVidia site and found some Linux drivers. Downloaded and had a quick look, some compiling was required so didn't bother with that.

Got fed up of looking at 1024x768 desktop so quickly plugged my XP drive back in.

Overall, looked nice. I liked the virtual desktop feature and the OS Updater was worked nicer than the Windows one, and I can see why some people like it. But it's definitely not for me. Maybe on a second PC, but no way as a main OS since I would then have to leave my BF2 clan unless you can get BF2 working.

03-03-2007, 17:16	#119
AntiSilence Inactive Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sutton-In-Ashfield Age: 48 Services: C#/ASP.NET Web Development Posts: 3,580	Re: might give Linux OS 2007 a go I have recently been messing with Ubuntu and Kubuntu just to see what they're like. They both worked with my hardware (nForce2 chipset) so the network card worked, and the soundcard worked. The graphics seemed to work, but wouldn't let me set a higher resolution that 1024x768. I asked CRC about this and he informed me of a file to edit. Tried that, it wouldn't let me save the file due to permissions. Found the file manually, and chose to open it as Root, edited it and saved it. Still not working. Kubuntu's display options detected my card correctly (GeForce 6800GT) and I selected the card, but still wouldn't change resolution. In addition, the selection box (mouse button down and drag thing) is very sluggish when over a certain size. I presume this is because the gfx drivers are open source and not from nVidia. Had a look on the nVidia site and found some Linux drivers. Downloaded and had a quick look, some compiling was required so didn't bother with that. Got fed up of looking at 1024x768 desktop so quickly plugged my XP drive back in. Overall, looked nice. I liked the virtual desktop feature and the OS Updater was worked nicer than the Windows one, and I can see why some people like it. But it's definitely not for me. Maybe on a second PC, but no way as a main OS since I would then have to leave my BF2 clan unless you can get BF2 working.