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Re:Nvidia Removed Linux Driver Feature Due to Windows by phaer on Friday October 04, 2013 @03:39PM (#6497466)
Yes, i bought a machine with intel graphics for that reason but i never had as many kernel panics before. i915 leads http://oops.kernel.org/ :-/
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Re:Nvidia Removed Linux Driver Feature Due to Windows by regularfry on Saturday October 05, 2013 @06:52AM (#6500273)
The 915 chipset specifically is ancient and terrible. In fact, you could make the argument that that chipset was partially responsible for Vista's launch failure (background here: http://seattletimes.com/html/microsoft/2008403670_microsoft1...)
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Re:Nvidia Removed Linux Driver Feature Due to Windows by phaer on Saturday October 05, 2013 @07:00AM (#6500288)
Ancient? My machine (thinkpad x220) was brand new in 2011.
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Re:Nvidia Removed Linux Driver Feature Due to Windows by regularfry on Saturday October 05, 2013 @09:09AM (#6500563)
Ah, gotcha. Yes. the 915 was originally released in 2004. The GPU in an x220 is an HD3000, which apparently uses the same driver. Confusing.
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