[Gllug] New home linux system

[Jack Bertram]

If (as referred in separate post) I replace my main home system, a
433Mhz Celeron running a 440BX mainboard with TNT2 graphics, then are
there any programs on Linux that really use 3D cards?  Or am I better
off getting a good 2D graphics card?  I'd like to be able to drive two
monitors (LCDs, probably) and easily plug into a TV as well.

Is the Matrox G400 still the card to get?  Or is 2D performance so good
on even cheap 3D cards now that I don't need to worry?

On a related note, is anyone on GLLUG doing their own TiVO-esque Linux
stuff.  (I remember reading about this recently on AnandTech - MythTV
seems to be the thing of choice).  How well does it work in the UK?

cheers,
jack
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