Baloo Uriza

Except OSGrid and a few dozen other OpenSimulator based virtual realities, and formerly Blue Mars, Google Lively...

Perrie Juran wrote: 16 wrote: maybe if so then people will choose what works for them if nvidia make a decision that leads to fail for them as a company then to bad for them. same like all the other companies, tech or whatever, that have made fail decisions in the past. is their choice to do that if linux+amd end up more popular than linux+nvidia then good. if it ends up more popular even than microsoft+nvidia then good as well This ^^^^^^ If ATI gets to the place that they handle open GL way better NVidia, (and I know it's anecdotal who actually does), then they will knock NVidia for a loop in the marketplace. They already do on Not Windows. Nothing does a very good job supporting OpenGL on Windows, but that has more to do with being defective by design to make DirectX look better on that platform.

I'm not convinced abuse reports even get looked at anymore.

Well, in this case, glossing over the difference is screwing you over in terms of inferior GPU support and poorer user experience compared to AMD or Intel GPUs.

No, it was no cost. Free would mean you'd get the source to the whole bit as well. And if NVIDIA was pro-user, it would be working with the Linux kernel folks to ensure the smoothest, best supported user experience possible. But, NVIDIA isn't about it's users. It's about who can cut the biggest check. And you aren't it.

This is less philosophical and more what's best for the users. NVIDIA is putting all it's eggs in the Microsoft basket. Microsoft doesn't care about users, period.

Perrie Juran wrote: I'm slightly confused here? Are you just saying it sux to be both a Linux and an Nvidia Fan? Or are you saying it sux for everyone? I'm saying it sucks to be an NVIDIA fan in general, unless you're Microsoft. Odds are, you're not Microsoft.

Storm Clarence wrote: This is not new news. Linus has been stating for years Nvidia has been the weakest link in the chain. Oh, I totally get that. I'm just saying this for the pics or it didn't happen crowd that keeps peeing in everyone's Cheerios the moment someone even thinks of the AMD Radeon or other GPUs made by companies whose intransigence against world class support isn't borderline legendary.

So blame the idiot, not the educator.

Sassy Romano wrote: Similarly here, the rendering load that is caused by the complexity will differ from PC to PC so what has an undesirable effect to one person is not necessarily going to be a concern to others. Sure, and stairs aren't problems for people with working legs, so hey, whoever needs ramps or elevators just needs to suck it up.

GothGirl Demonia wrote: So basically you are talking about Polygons and Vertexes, and people with low end computers? That is just one of the many things that can cause lag. On pretty much any GPU in the last five years or so, poly count and vertexes isn't the slayer that excessive texture size and texture count is.

Medhue Simoni wrote: Yeah, but..... there isn't a game ever made where the content was not optimized for the platform it is created on, except SL. Since when is this a game as opposed to a platform in and of itself?

Gadget Portal wrote: Maybe I'm just a mean person, but I believe if an avatar's ARC manages to slow your computer down, it's time to upgrade. No, just ignorant. There's ways to build objects that are more efficient than others, and good designers will keep texture sizes down and map them in ways that reduce the number of different textures an object requires, thus reducing the video RAM requirements. Same with wireframes for raw mesh and scuplted prims. Or choosing scupted or raw mesh prims over creating an object out of a jillion basic primatives. You can have all the hardware in the world and still have lag if the people building the content are sufficiently ignorant/don't give a crap about other people. Gadget Portal wrote: And if you can't afford a gaming computer, perhaps you should look into a different hobby besides computer gaming. If you want a walled garden where that's true, your XBOX wants some love.

Linus Torvalds was recently asked about cooperation with GPU manufacturers and the Linux community. It isn't pretty if you're an nVidia fan. Full video below, exact timemark behind the link above.

Kathmandu Gilman wrote: Turn up AA up to 16xQ with Ultra settings and get back to me... I have, and it doesn't really add anything to the experience that you wouldn't otherwise get for the most part. After a certain point, more is just more, not necessarily better.

Nebadon Izumi on OSgrid mentioned Lumiya.

Perrie Juran wrote: Baloo Uriza wrote: Still better than the alternative, which is no oversight at all. Or, basically the same thing as what proprietary software has going for it. Actually there is a lot of oversight. Cnet, PCWorld, PC Mag respond to reports of Mal Ware on their download pages and do remove programs found to be a problem. CNet, PC World, and PC Magazine also won't bother with your software if you don't pay them for a review (in which, good luck getting a bad review out of them unless someone pays more to trash you. Also your Anti Virus vendors will 'black list' any program that is found to be Mal Ware. Shall we go on? It's better to be proactive than depend on a retroactive measure that may or may not have it's own agenda.

Still better than the alternative, which is no oversight at all. Or, basically the same thing as what proprietary software has going for it.

Sure, you're getting peer review, in roughly the same way that Extenz and whatever faked pill spammers are pitching over the internet this week is getting peer review. What you're not getting with proprietary software is real peer review on par with what the FDA puts stuff you put in your body through.

It's still not free.

Perrie Juran wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by the phrase "mystery box?" Unless you are meaning you can't see the source code? While I don't really speak in defense of any company Moonsoft has been in business a long time and I have never heard of a complaint about them. Generally, before downloading any new application I do a search for reviews of them. Still, peer review is a good thing, and unfortunately, proprietary software just doesn't have that.

It doesn't, but it is open source, so it's not like one couldn't be added. Not sure the one you referenced is such a hot idea mostly because you're trusting everything to a mystery box (and paying for it if you go with the paid version).

What graphics settings are you on? I've had better luck with a very similar machine on 64-bit Linux than I have on 32-bit Windows (where my machine just plain hates SL).

Not really a bug, but more of a factor with asset delivery. The sound plays and finishes before it's loaded in your viewer. Folks with faster connections will hear it twice.

That's not a huge security risk, especially if you use strong passwords and don't use the same password on multiple sites. Universal Password Manager is great for keeping track of your passwords.