If you are talking about Optimus, Nvidia at last (they REALLY took their time doing it) enabled it in their recent driver release. Linus persuasion must have worked (Optimus is supposed to be supported starting from 319.12).
Yeah! I had lots of fun playing Battle of Wesnoth. And MahjongVolsung said:There are lots of good free and open source games, but the average gamer doesn't know about them[...]
gregski said:And noone seems to care about the monopoly (pretty much) Valve has for digital games distribution.
Volsung said:There is a Debian-based Linux Mint. I think it's pure Debian with a theme, some applications and eye candy. That's what I recommend for home users.
I should read into that whole Wayland/Mir issue you mention.
SystemShock7 said:On a side, nostalgic note: back in 99-00, I was looking to get a linux-based OS for my laptop, to give it a try (had been using Solaris x86). I asked one of my co-workers, a linux "militant", which one would be good to try. He suggested I try Debian. When I asked him why, he said "if you can get that thing installed on a laptop, you da man". Over a decade later, I still use it />.
I have never seen Mint, but I hate Ubuntu (besides the FS mess, because of the way is presented/marketed); and really nowadays Debian is very easy to install and use.
Volsung said:Why wouldn't you be able to communicate with others? Protocols exist for a reason, and they are independent of the operating system and their implementation. The Internet itself is full of computers running different everything, from hardware to software. Using a Linux-based operating system doesn't restrict you from communicating with others in any way.