Rippling effect when moving windows or scrolling

[Ron Johnson]

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On 03/12/07 08:05, TerryJ wrote:
> Olivier Fourdan wrote:
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>> TerryJ wrote:
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>> If you have a nVidia card, why not using the open source "nv" driver
>> instead?
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>> Cheers,
>> Olivier.
> 
> AFAIK, I'm using the "open source" driver.  I did not get a driver from 
> nVidia but I'm thinking of doing so.  I've been given a link about DPI 
> but it means almost nothing to me.  I've had to put KateOS in the hobby 
> basket for now (which means I'll get almost nothing done on it).  The 
> link, as a matter of interest, is 
> http://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8178/README/appendix-y.html

"nv" is the (open source) driver in x.org (originally in XFree86)
that is specifically tailored 2D operations in NVIDIA cards.

> Regarding Ron Johnson's question, I'll have to look through KateOS's 
> repository/ies to find out which version is installed.  I'm surprised 
> that there is, apparently, such a major change for the worse in Vesa.  I 
> don't know what is happening to free software.  So many apps I use seem 
> to be getting worse instead of better. :-\

"vesa" is the driver-of-last-resort.  It was, is, and always will
be, the slowest and most host-CPU intensive driver.

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