3D Support for NVIDIA

[Sudheer Satyanarayana]

Angel wrote:
> For your kind information,I already got the link,thats really 
> helpful.I think u miss some list.
>
I am glad you got the helpful links. How about you building the list 
that we all miss? I am sure it will help many people in similar situation.
>
> Sudheer Satyanarayana wrote:
>> Fedora or any other GNU/Linux distro cannot support your hardware out 
>> of the box. You will need to install proprietary NVIDIA drivers to 
>> get your video adapter working. If you want to know how, try 
>> searching for the step by steps instructions on Google, for one. 
>> Here's a sample link
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=install+nvidia+driver+on+fedora+8&btnG=Search&meta= 
>>
>>
>> If you prefer to expect Fedora to work on the fly buy hardware that 
>> are free software friendly. You may also request your hardware vendor 
>> to provide exact specifications so that people can write free 
>> software drivers for it. Choose what you want.
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>>> Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>>>> Yes, but…
>>>>
>>>> /me looks around
>>>>
>>>> Well, where are they? If this was so, he'd have his 3D up a long 
>>>> time ago.
>>>>
>>>> There are certainly here people who are willing to help. But the 
>>>> help he needs is the kind of help that's hard to get: the "help me 
>>>> find the magic button to push, that makes everything work" kind of 
>>>> help. Others already told him what he should do, but that wasn't 
>>>> good enough. Too much work, see? He just wants to push a button, or 
>>>> two, and get everything working.
>>>>
>>>> Now, there's nothing wrong with that. It's reasonable to expect 
>>>> things to work out of the box, but the sad truth of reality is that 
>>>> Linux is not there yet. You have to either do your homework and buy 
>>>> hardware that's supported by free software, or be prepared to 
>>>> invest time to get everything set up and working together, and be 
>>>> prepared for the possibility that your hardware is not supported at 
>>>> all. But if you don't pre-qualify your hardware, and it doesn't 
>>>> work, if you expect someone just to tell you where The Magic 
>>>> Button™ is, that makes everything working, well, you're in for a 
>>>> big disappointment.
>>>>
>>>> It wasn't so long ago that I was shopping for a webcam here. I 
>>>> asked here, and got a few references to hardware that works out of 
>>>> the box, with Linux. I didn't just waltz into Best Buy, bought the 
>>>> first $10 webcam on the shelf, go home, plug it in, then threw a 
>>>> fit because it didn't work right then and there.
>>>>
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Thanks and regards,

Sudheer Satyanarayana
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