[CALUG] Looking for advice

[Ainsley]

Thanks for the info.

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 12:09 AM Tim Spangler <tspang at jefnet.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> -Tim
>
>
>
> *From:* Bryan Smith [mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 12, 2019 11:20 PM
> *To:* Tim Spangler <tspang at jefnet.com>
> *Cc:* Ainsley <ainsley.gibson at gmail.com>; Wes Westhaver <wes at westhaver.com>;
> calug at unknownlamer.org
> *Subject:* Re: [CALUG] Looking for advice
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> The GPUs in this case are 100% nVidia, 0% AMD.
>
>
>
> Now trying to support nVidia without their proprietary kernel module is a
> serious PITA. There are serious limitations, and forget various vector
> processing options.
>
>
>
> Just how nVidia is playing the game.
>
>
>
> - bjs
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 16:10 Tim Spangler <tspang at jefnet.com wrote:
>
> Hi Ainsley,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> -Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CALUG [mailto:calug-bounces at unknownlamer.org] On Behalf Of Ainsley
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 4:42 PM
> To: Wes Westhaver <wes at westhaver.com>
> Cc: calug at unknownlamer.org
> Subject: Re: [CALUG] Looking for advice
>
> Hi Wes,
>
> 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?
>
> Several of the more modern GPUs will support 2, 3 or 4 monitors.
>
>
> Ainsley
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> > On Feb 12, 2019, at 13:45, Wes Westhaver <wes at westhaver.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to purchase a desktop computer, install Linux (Ubuntu or
> > Mint?), and attach two (possibly three) monitors to it. Can anyone
> > here provide guidance on what desktop systems and video cards are well
> > supported by Linux?
> >
> > I'm probably going to purchase some refurbished equipment from
> > PCLiquidations (https://www.pcliquidations.com/) since I'm on a tight
> > budget.
> >
> > Until now, I've only had experience with using Linux as a server
> > (mostly headless). But I want to get away from MS-Windows and go
> completely Linux.
> > Any advice would be very much appreciated.
> >
> > -Wes
> >
> >
> >
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