For all those who replied..! Thanks for the inputs and your experience.. It may a while before I actually buy a laptop...!
Cheers Studios.!! --------------------------------- Sudhangathan BS Ph:(+91) 9731-905-205 --------------------------------- On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:54 AM, Kaj Ailomaa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2013, at 03:24 AM, Sudhangathan B S wrote: > > Heyy Studios, > > > > I am planning to buy a Laptop and have already decided to put Ubuntu > > Studio > > as it is my favorite Distribution since the last 4 to 5 years. I am > > planning to a laptop with extra Graphics card. I have found that (from a > > short survey) AMD/ATI, NVIDIA have lot of driver problems and they just > > won't work, and I have experienced it myself while using other laptops. > > > > I often video/photo edit after my adventures. > > If anybody is successfully using a graphics card with Studio, i.e. with a > > fully working driver and smooth graphics, please let me know the model of > > the graphics card and the laptop(or even desktop) configurations. > > > > Best, > > --------------------------------- > > Sudhangathan BS > > Ph:(+91) 9731-905-205 > > --------------------------------- > > -- > > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > I would get either Intel or Nvidia. > > Intel write their own free drivers. > Nvidia is supported both by free drivers - which have more or less full > functionality, but worse performance for specific things (like realtime > audio for some) and the proprietary drivers work pretty smoothly. > AMD has free drivers that offer pretty good support for all sorts of > cards, but if you want proprietary drivers, you might get problems - > depending on the card and the Ubuntu release. > > If you take a look at the hardware that System76 uses for their > machines, I think you'll get an idea what might work best for Linux > https://www.system76.com/ > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >
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