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philo <> wrote in
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>
> Because I do photography and use GIMP I decided to actually buy a new
> video card rather than continue to use stuff out of my junk box...so I
> ended up with a GeForce8400gs.
>
> Since my Linux installations were pretty old anyway...decided to
> evaluate some of the new
> distros now out there:
>
> Fedora 10
> SuSe 11.1
> Mandriva 2009
> Debian 5 (Lenny)
>
> The installations went well..but right off the bat I could not get my
> video configured properly
> in SuSe
>
> Mandriva, by default actually installed the NVidia driver, so I was
> quite happy with that
>
> and though Fedora and Debian did not install the NVidia driver...the
> video quality was excellent.
>
Really a matter of putting that info in your /etc/XF86Config file -
autodetection is nice, but rarely works perfectly.

man XF86Config

section 5 I *think*.

> The kicker is that I use an LCD monitor and a KVM switch so am always
> used to a very slight
> video degradation...but it was virtually un-noticed in debian.
> Very slight in Fedora...
> and just a very tad bit worse in Mandriva
>
See above. Same thing

> Since i can get a gamma adjustment with the Nvidia drivers...which I
> really need...
> I spent a few days fooling with getting the NVidia driver installed in
> Fedora and in Debian
>
> I got fast help on the Fedora forum and quickly got the driver installed
> properly
> and the system works absolutely great...
> But I never was able to get the Nvidia driver installed in Debian
>
> Just as I was about to give up...I found a command line utility "xgamma"
> then wrote a couple of simple shell scripts to run from the desktop
> so I can easily change the gamma to a couple of desired presets.
>
There *is* configurations utilities depending on the window manager you're
using that do that as well - permanently without remaining resident. I'm
almost certain that Gimp does that on it's own. Certainly xv does.

> Though it looks like I will be going with Debian...
> I have to give very high marks to Debian, Fedora and Mandriva!
>
Just really a matter of the luck of the draw with your hardware I'd say.
Wait until you get upgrade bugs.


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philo <> wrote in
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> chuckcar wrote:
>> philo <> wrote in
>> news:
>>
>>> Because I do photography and use GIMP I decided to actually buy a new
>>> video card rather than continue to use stuff out of my junk box...so I
>>> ended up with a GeForce8400gs.
>>>
>>> Since my Linux installations were pretty old anyway...decided to
>>> evaluate some of the new
>>> distros now out there:
>>>
>>> Fedora 10
>>> SuSe 11.1
>>> Mandriva 2009
>>> Debian 5 (Lenny)
>>>
>>> The installations went well..but right off the bat I could not get my
>>> video configured properly
>>> in SuSe
>>>
>>> Mandriva, by default actually installed the NVidia driver, so I was
>>> quite happy with that
>>>
>>> and though Fedora and Debian did not install the NVidia driver...the
>>> video quality was excellent.
>>>
>> Really a matter of putting that info in your /etc/XF86Config file -
>> autodetection is nice, but rarely works perfectly.
>>
>> man XF86Config
>>
>> section 5 I *think*.
>>
>>> The kicker is that I use an LCD monitor and a KVM switch so am always
>>> used to a very slight
>>> video degradation...but it was virtually un-noticed in debian.
>>> Very slight in Fedora...
>>> and just a very tad bit worse in Mandriva
>>>
>> See above. Same thing
>>
>>> Since i can get a gamma adjustment with the Nvidia drivers...which I
>>> really need...
>>> I spent a few days fooling with getting the NVidia driver installed in
>>> Fedora and in Debian
>>>
>>> I got fast help on the Fedora forum and quickly got the driver
>>> installed properly
>>> and the system works absolutely great...
>>> But I never was able to get the Nvidia driver installed in Debian
>>>
>>> Just as I was about to give up...I found a command line utility
>>> "xgamma" then wrote a couple of simple shell scripts to run from the
>>> desktop so I can easily change the gamma to a couple of desired
>>> presets.
>>>
>> There *is* configurations utilities depending on the window manager
>> you're using that do that as well - permanently without remaining
>> resident. I'm almost certain that Gimp does that on it's own. Certainly
>> xv does.
>>
>>> Though it looks like I will be going with Debian...
>>> I have to give very high marks to Debian, Fedora and Mandriva!
>>>
>> Just really a matter of the luck of the draw with your hardware I'd
>> say. Wait until you get upgrade bugs.
>>
>>
> I see you have not used Linux in a long time...
>
> Xfree is no longer used...it's Xorg now.
>
Please. I have a Version of X less than a year old. The only recent
changes of note are the moving of XF86Config from /var/X11R6/lib to
/etc/X11 (*may* vary depending on distribution), the addition of
accelerated cards in X itself and the addition of multiple monitor/video
card combinations. Xorg is the organization, Xfree is the package.

> Anyway, I found that I do not need the NVidia drivers anyway.... xgamma
> did the trick for me.
>
Standard program included with X.

> Well, as I was making this post I was also printing out my morning
> crossword puzzle.
> It was nice not to have my machine bog down while printing...
> Windows did not handle that very well
>
Try printing a 50+ pdf file on a laser printer sometime!


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On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 22:58:12 +0000 (UTC), chuckcar <>
wrote:

>Try printing a 50+ pdf file on a laser printer sometime!

Try printing a 6,000+ plus page document on a all in one sometime.
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On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:30:01 -0600, philo <> wrote:

>I see you have not used Linux in a long time...

Chucktard's a backpedalling fool. Anything he says should be taken
with a grain of salt.
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