[linux-help] Re: Mandrake 8.2

[Randy Reames <randy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Well that was painless, just a couple make install's and an XF86Config-4
edit. And I got the nifty shadow too. 8)

Let's see what tuxracer and tuxcart can do.

A short while ago gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) wrote:
> 
> Granted, as someone mentioned, it doesn't make your machine any better, but 
> in my opinion it just looks nice...  plus, it's nice to be able to say to my 
> windows-using friends "so, i can do that too" when they brag about having 
> shadow cursors, antialiased text, fading menus and all the other eyecandy...  
> i'm big on eyecandy, but only if underlying applications do what i need them 
> to do...  for instance, despite all the various gui text editors (gnotepad+, 
> gEdit, Kate, etc, etc, etc) i still prefer using VI on a plain console (well, 
> as plain as a 1024x768 console can be)...  i just like my GUI to have a nice, 
> polished look so that when people see my desktop, they say "wow, that really 
> is kewl...  maybe i should try linux"...  
> 
> > I'm still running Debian Testing. AFAIK, XFree 4.2.0 has not even landed
> > in Unstable yet, so I'm a bit behind there.  I just put a new system
> > together, an AMD Athlon, 1.33 GHz, and I also bought an nVidia GeForce 2
> > MX 400 board.  After building the kernel with MTRR and AGP support, I
> > noticed the OpenGL stuff really smoothed out.  I guess you're going to
> > convince me to try the nVidia drivers too.
> 
> yup! ; ^ )  when i first tried them, the only thing i changed was the drivers 
> (no settings, other kernel modules, etc) and i noticed a HUGE difference...  
> for instance, MDK has some OpenGL arcade-like space game (reminiscent of the 
> old 1942 arcade game) that i was unable to play before installing the nVidia 
> drivers...  the movement was choppy and almost unresponsive...  I installed 
> the nvidia drivers, turned on ALL the extra effects in the game (antialiased 
> this and that, high res, etc) and now i can hardly keep up with it! :^ )  at 
> first, i was a bit disappointed by my GF2 card, because I expected a HUGE 
> improvement after coming from using my old STB Nitro3D 2MB PCI card...  but 
> after installing the nvidia drivers, i've been thoroughly impressed with the 
> card...  wouldn't trade it for anything (except maybe a GeForce4, but that 
> may be a while! :^ )  ArmegeTron and GLTron work wonderfully now, too!  and 
> most importantly, my cursor has a shadow! ; ^ )  haahaa!
> 
> Let me know if you have a similar improvement in performance...  I'm 
> interested in seeing if it makes as radical of a difference for other people 
> as it did for me...  
>

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