3D Support for NVIDIA

[Angel]

I got the link from Chris.
http://www.howtoforge.com/compiz-fusion-fedora8-nvidia-geforce-fx-5200


Sudheer Satyanarayana wrote:
> Angel wrote:
>> For your kind information,I already got the link,thats really 
>> helpful.I think u miss some list.
>>
> I am glad you got the helpful links. How about you building the list 
> that we all miss? I am sure it will help many people in similar 
> situation.
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>> Sudheer Satyanarayana wrote:
>>> Fedora or any other GNU/Linux distro cannot support your hardware 
>>> out of the box. You will need to install proprietary NVIDIA drivers 
>>> to get your video adapter working. If you want to know how, try 
>>> searching for the step by steps instructions on Google, for one. 
>>> Here's a sample link
>>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=install+nvidia+driver+on+fedora+8&btnG=Search&meta= 
>>>
>>>
>>> If you prefer to expect Fedora to work on the fly buy hardware that 
>>> are free software friendly. You may also request your hardware 
>>> vendor to provide exact specifications so that people can write free 
>>> software drivers for it. Choose what you want.
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>>>> Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>>>>> Yes, but…
>>>>>
>>>>> /me looks around
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, where are they? If this was so, he'd have his 3D up a long 
>>>>> time ago.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are certainly here people who are willing to help. But the 
>>>>> help he needs is the kind of help that's hard to get: the "help me 
>>>>> find the magic button to push, that makes everything work" kind of 
>>>>> help. Others already told him what he should do, but that wasn't 
>>>>> good enough. Too much work, see? He just wants to push a button, 
>>>>> or two, and get everything working.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, there's nothing wrong with that. It's reasonable to expect 
>>>>> things to work out of the box, but the sad truth of reality is 
>>>>> that Linux is not there yet. You have to either do your homework 
>>>>> and buy hardware that's supported by free software, or be prepared 
>>>>> to invest time to get everything set up and working together, and 
>>>>> be prepared for the possibility that your hardware is not 
>>>>> supported at all. But if you don't pre-qualify your hardware, and 
>>>>> it doesn't work, if you expect someone just to tell you where The 
>>>>> Magic Button™ is, that makes everything working, well, you're in 
>>>>> for a big disappointment.
>>>>>
>>>>> It wasn't so long ago that I was shopping for a webcam here. I 
>>>>> asked here, and got a few references to hardware that works out of 
>>>>> the box, with Linux. I didn't just waltz into Best Buy, bought the 
>>>>> first $10 webcam on the shelf, go home, plug it in, then threw a 
>>>>> fit because it didn't work right then and there.
>>>>>
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