Comments on: Multiple Merged Monitors the nightmare http://www.fredtrotter.com/2009/08/26/multiple-merged-monitors-the-nightmare/ Hacktivist, coding for social change Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:14:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Lydell Anderson, MD http://www.fredtrotter.com/2009/08/26/multiple-merged-monitors-the-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-5431 Lydell Anderson, MD Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:12:24 +0000 http://www.fredtrotter.com/?p=311#comment-5431 If it is any comfort, Nvidia multi-monitor configuration is a bit tricky even on Windows - with a near continuous tug-of-war between Windows Display manager and the Nvidia Desktop Manager - especially if one has the audacity to try and retain two different configurations (one for use with multimedia, another for desktop aps for example). I use Ubuntu and agree that it is almost a necessity to use Nvidias proprietary (closed source) drivers in order to get meaningful 3D performance, but that is partially NVidia's fault for keeping the inner workings and optimizations of their hardware close to the chest - This leaves an opportunity of other competitors who get the benefits of FOSS to gain market share. If knowing API's and driver info will give away all NVidia's secrets, how secret can they be for long? If it is any comfort, Nvidia multi-monitor configuration is a bit tricky even on Windows – with a near continuous tug-of-war between Windows Display manager and the Nvidia Desktop Manager – especially if one has the audacity to try and retain two different configurations (one for use with multimedia, another for desktop aps for example).

I use Ubuntu and agree that it is almost a necessity to use Nvidias proprietary (closed source) drivers in order to get meaningful 3D performance, but that is partially NVidia’s fault for keeping the inner workings and optimizations of their hardware close to the chest – This leaves an opportunity of other competitors who get the benefits of FOSS to gain market share. If knowing API’s and driver info will give away all NVidia’s secrets, how secret can they be for long?

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