A really geeky thing I am writing down for reference:
( We're reconfiguring the sound... )Oh, and on the subject of geeky things in Ubuntu Jaunty: I clicked on the display properties applet in my panel, it said something about not working with my driver but it would launch the vendor's (NVidia's) tool instead, and there, under GPU 0/DFP-1, there is a selector for "GPU Scaling Method," that makes it so fullscreen apps written for the 4:3 aspect ratio don't get stretched out on my 16:10 monitor. Neat! I've been looking for a toggle for that for a while now.
I built my first AMD64 computer recently, and installed Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) on it. It mostly just worked, but some stuff I had to fiddle with:
( Read more... )I haven't got 3DMark06 to run, but this computer completes the Twisted test suite in five minutes. And memtest86+ reports some crazy numbers.
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