Linux Journal: I Can See Clearly Now, the Fonts Are Smooth

“Isn’t technology wonderful? There has never been an easier time
to run Linux. The progress we’ve seen over the past few years is
nothing short of amazing. Today, from the comfort of your own
keyboard, you can browse for your favorite distribution, download
it, burn your own CD-Rs and install. In fact, I think it’s safe to
say that the biggest hurdle holding users back is fear of the
unknown. But, Linux is an adventure and that’s half the fun.

“I’ve been running Linux off and on for several years now. When
Red Hat 9.0 was released, I finally decided to take the plunge and
dedicate a machine to running Linux full-time. The machine is
pretty decent: a gigabyte of RAM, plenty of disk space, dual Athlon
XP1600+ CPUs and two Nvidia graphics cards used to support the
three 21″ monitors it has attached (one graphic card has support
for two monitor connectors). Overall, installation was a breeze,
and Red Hat 9.0 recognized and configured all of the devices just
fine. About the only thing I had to do was download and install the
new graphics driver from Nvidia and make some minor configuration
changes for the X server to recognize all three monitors I had
attached…”

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