Re: Desktop OS: To be or not to be...

On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 12:41 PM, Smokin Chevy wrote:

My thoughts are that Ubuntu is probably the closest and being mainstream
desktop ready but they just aren't quite there yet.

Anyone with constructive thoughts?


Get a Nvidia based graphics solution...

The radeon driver/fglrx is probably not up to snuff from the looks of it.

As for the rest...if you do get a Nvidia card...you might want to give
OpenIndiana a whirl too. Maybe the desktop implementation there is better...

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