Hardware4Linux

Overall rating: 4.2 x 5

By Linux distribution:

• openSUSE 10.3 i586: 3.0 x 1
• Debian lenny/sid x86_64: 4.0 x 2
• Mandriva Linux 2008.1 i586: 5.0 x 2

Working video cards in 2D on Debian lenny/sid x86_64 (kernel: 2.6.22-ck1.3) by roadnottaken (5):

The X server uses the generic vesa driver by default, which I have found to perform better than the nv driver.

Working video cards in 3D on Debian lenny/sid x86_64 (kernel: 2.6.22-ck1.3) by roadnottaken (3):

3D acceleration requires nVidia’s proprietary driver.

Working video cards in 2D on openSUSE 10.3 i586 (kernel: 2.6.22.16-0.2-default) by nsridhar (3):

Have to load the nvidia drivers.

• Vostro 1500
• Vostro 1500
• Vostro 1500
• Vostro 1500

• nvidia