Monday December 22, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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Stark contrast to my last post, I know, but I felt it was only fair to blog about the wonders of OpenSUSE 11.1, even/especially with my little nVidia chip. First off, I still think there’s something wonky going on with … Continue reading
Monday December 22, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
23 Comments
So, first off, OpenSUSE 11.1 has to be the sweetest, best put together distro, like ever. Really amazing, quality stuff. The new installer has some excellent improvements, and package management has never felt zippier (zyppier??) However, there are a few … Continue reading
Sunday October 12, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I just read Alexander Dymo (adymo)’s blog post “KDE4 performance on NVidia 8600GT: problem solved by bying ATI” and am quite sad because I’m pretty sure that it’s impossible to rip out the nVidia Quadro NVS 140M that’s crammed into … Continue reading
Wednesday October 8, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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Holy crap. KDE 4.2 frickin’ flies! And contrary to my previous post, now if I set IPP=2, everything’s blazing fast and I’m actually able to resize konsole again! WooooooT!!! YAY progress!!! [[ UPDATE ]] : Added link to my previous … Continue reading
Friday October 3, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
12 Comments
My work laptop and main computing device is a Thinkpad T61 with an nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 140M (rev a1) card. It’s been a frustrating last year in trying to run a KDE4 desktop as my main work and development … Continue reading