Ubuntu X.org Guru Calls for Desktop Help | Linux Today

Ubuntu X.org Guru Calls for Desktop Help

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 30, 2009

[ Thanks to Britta Wuelfing for this
link. ]

“The X server must ideally cooperate with with open and
closed ATI, NVIDIA and Intel cards, but not forget those from
smaller providers, a fact that becomes most noticeable to users
when they’re sitting in front of blank screens instead of the
desktop. The call for help from Ubuntu users keeps coming to
Harrington as bug reports on Launchpad.

“Now Harrington is calling for help himself. His graph of bug
reports for Karmic Koala in recent weeks “literally went off the
chart,” which prompted him to recommend concrete steps to avoid
future X.org problems.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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