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My GPU is from 2007 or so and doesn't have a fan. It runs GNOME 3 perfectly fine. At that time it wasn't the fastest; I went for the cheapest fanless GPU that w
by bkor 14y ago
My GPU is from 2007 or so and doesn't have a fan. It runs GNOME 3 perfectly fine. At that time it wasn't the fastest; I went for the cheapest fanless GPU that would still be supported by Linux.
That compositing requires more resources, yes, but IMO you're exaggerating on the resource requirements.
- aortega 14y agoYou still are talking about a x86 architecture with a discrete GPU. It would be nice if it worked fast with no GPU at all like Gnome 2 did, so it can be used in Virtual machines, OSes with crappy drivers (*BSDs), weird architectures (MIPS, ARM, etc.) Gnome 3 sacrificed all that compatibility to gain some nices graphics, I think it's not worth it.
- Andrex 14y agoIt doesn't require a GPU for hardware acceleration anymore, Gnome 3.6 uses LLVM for hardware where GPU acceleration isn't available. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAxMjI http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAxM...
- aortega 14y agoSo it in case you don't have a GPU, it only requires a huge assload of CPU to work. Why not turn the damn effects off? it is that hard?