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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Out of box Fedora 29 Desktop handles the nvidia cards with the nouveau driver, and I can confirm it works fine with a single monitor at 2560x1600 resolution (Dell 3011) on install. I have half a dozen different monitors here at the house, so I can certainly try having a 3 monitor setup, but given the ease of setup with one monitor, I don’t expect a problem just for desktop use. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Using 3d acceleration (like playing games) or PCIE Passthrough is a different story, but that doesn’t seem to be part of the original requirement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>-Tim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Bryan Smith [mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 12, 2019 11:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> Tim Spangler <tspang@jefnet.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Ainsley <ainsley.gibson@gmail.com>; Wes Westhaver <wes@westhaver.com>; calug@unknownlamer.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CALUG] Looking for advice<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>If one is not using the AMD GPU functionality, then it doesn't matter. x86-64 is x86-64, AMD invented it, and it just runs the OS like any x86-64 would. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The GPUs in this case are 100% nVidia, 0% AMD. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Now trying to support nVidia without their proprietary kernel module is a serious PITA. There are serious limitations, and forget various vector processing options. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Just how nVidia is playing the game. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- bjs<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 16:10 Tim Spangler <<a href="mailto:tspang@jefnet.com">tspang@jefnet.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Ainsley,<br><br>I have a Ryzen 2700X sitting here with 2 Nvidia cards running on Fedora 29 without a problem, so I don't think there will be significant problems for using a NVidia card for basic display output. <br><br>That said, trying to blacklist one of them and using PCI Express Pass through to have direct access from a KVM VM is proving to quite be challenging. <br><br>-Tim<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: CALUG [mailto:<a href="mailto:calug-bounces@unknownlamer.org" target="_blank">calug-bounces@unknownlamer.org</a>] On Behalf Of Ainsley<br>Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 4:42 PM<br>To: Wes Westhaver <<a href="mailto:wes@westhaver.com" target="_blank">wes@westhaver.com</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:calug@unknownlamer.org" target="_blank">calug@unknownlamer.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [CALUG] Looking for advice<br><br>Hi Wes,<br><br>The latest Linux kernel has builtin support for the AMD GPUs without any special firmware downloads. I’m not sure if Nvidia silk requires that you download drivers from their site. I know historically they did not play well with Linux? <br><br>Several of the more modern GPUs will support 2, 3 or 4 monitors. <br><br><br>Ainsley<br>\\////<br>@@<br> ><br>##<br><br>> On Feb 12, 2019, at 13:45, Wes Westhaver <<a href="mailto:wes@westhaver.com" target="_blank">wes@westhaver.com</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>> <br>> Hello,<br>> <br>> I would like to purchase a desktop computer, install Linux (Ubuntu or <br>> Mint?), and attach two (possibly three) monitors to it. Can anyone <br>> here provide guidance on what desktop systems and video cards are well <br>> supported by Linux?<br>> <br>> I'm probably going to purchase some refurbished equipment from <br>> PCLiquidations (<a href="https://www.pcliquidations.com/" target="_blank">https://www.pcliquidations.com/</a>) since I'm on a tight <br>> budget.<br>> <br>> Until now, I've only had experience with using Linux as a server <br>> (mostly headless). But I want to get away from MS-Windows and go completely Linux.<br>> Any advice would be very much appreciated.<br>> <br>> -Wes<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> CALUG mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:CALUG@unknownlamer.org" target="_blank">CALUG@unknownlamer.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.unknownlamer.org/listinfo/calug" target="_blank">http://lists.unknownlamer.org/listinfo/calug</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>CALUG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:CALUG@unknownlamer.org" target="_blank">CALUG@unknownlamer.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.unknownlamer.org/listinfo/calug" target="_blank">http://lists.unknownlamer.org/listinfo/calug</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>CALUG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:CALUG@unknownlamer.org" target="_blank">CALUG@unknownlamer.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.unknownlamer.org/listinfo/calug" target="_blank">http://lists.unknownlamer.org/listinfo/calug</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>