Re: [SLUG] Prefered video card for Linux dual-head?

[Masood <masoodbeh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Amos

I have a NVIDIA 8500 on my Hardy and it works fine in dual-monitor mode. I
hate the fact the driver is proprietary but so is AMD's. As Lloyd mentioned,
I too had very bad experience with AMD's drivers on Ubuntu. I think AMD
graphic cards are better tech-wise but their support in GNU/Linux is not so
good.

Regards,

Masood

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Amos Shapira <amos.shapira@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My boss bought second-hand extra monitors for all of us and I now need
> to buy a graphics card which can support dual-head for Debian/Ubuntu
> (and Windows XP and Vista).
>
> Since there are always swings around about "best linux support" which
> I didn't follow, what's the order of the day? Should go with nVidia,
> AMD or maybe Intel? Any specific card families/models?
>
> The computers are a mix of older (2-3 years?) to new (2 months old),
> so the system bus might be a bit limited too.
>
> I don't need to run games or anything too fancy - just plain
> programming/surfing and remote desktop, though support for Compiz
> would be a nice bonus.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Amos
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