Herd5 on older hardware

[Rutger van Haasteren]

I have beryl (the fancy 3d stuff) running on a mere GeForce 440 MX, so you
won't need any bleeding edge hardware.

On 3/5/07, Wade Smart <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
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> 03052007 0927 GMT-6
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> I watched the 3d rotating desktop video on YouTube recently and it was
> amazing. I was just thinking - can my normal Gateway run that? By normal
> I mean just off the shelf stuff. Not built. No upgraded video cards. All
> this eye candy is great stuff, and its just fun to play with, and I
> would like to see it available on any computer - if possible - within
> reason.
>
> wade
>
> On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 16:20 +0100, Kristian Rink wrote:
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> > Wade;
> >
> > [Wade Smart <wade at wadesmart.com> @ Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:11:59 -0600]
> >
> > > Is herd5 going to be able to run on standard hardware? I have been
> > > reading about these graphics and Im wondering, will ubuntu get so far
> > > along where you cant install it on a normal machine - like
> > > (crap)vista?
> >
> > Could you please be a little more verbose on what you mean by talking
> > about "standard" / "normal" hardware? ;) I have run an Xubuntu 6.10
> > installation atop an old PII-350 (512 MB RAM), and it was a pleasant
> > experience. Your mileage might vary of course, depending on your very
> > hardware...
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Kristian
> >
> >
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