[Gllug] New home linux system

[Jack Bertram]

* Ian Norton <bredroll at darkspace.org.uk> [050125 11:23]:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 04:31:45PM +0000, Jack Bertram wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> the TNT2 card should work for most stuff, you dont really need to consider 3d
> on that card (which 'is' possible) unless you want to play quake3 or later on
> this machine.

I don't want to play games.  Although I've just looked and it's actually
a TNT card, not even a TNT2.

> dual screens is pretty easy, but you wont be able to use 'any' 3d hardware if
> you want the two screens to act as one (xinerama), most pci/agp cards will do
> a fairly good job in xinerama mode

I've only one graphics output at the moment, so I'll need to buy a new
card regardless.  Sounds like cheap will be fine.

> > 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?
> 
> have a look a FreeVo, last time a looked it was going well,  

Thanks
jack
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