Concur. I originally was going to post the word "this" in all caps with a bunch of exclamation marks. The filter told me that was like yelling. Well, yeah...

How did you not get modded through the floor? The moderators must be AFK...

You haven't seen my stovetop!

By 2015, 30% of all cars *MAY* be driven by trained velociraptors. Please PM me to get my mailing address for the check.

And, there is the core of the issue.

What did they hack???

If only such foolishness were limited to Slashdot...

This comment makes me wish I had mod points...

They weren't designed for use in the bathroom? Why else was the term "craptop" coined?

Depends on how bad I had to go...

3D acceleration works, video playback works, I do not use audio over HDMI, and it is 64-bit Kubuntu that I am running.

I used to be an Nvidia bigot where Linux was concerned. My last couple builds have used ATI/AMD cards and I would say they work about as well as Nvidia these days, at least in my experience. I haven't done benchmarks to compare performance under Windows versus Linux. But, subjectively, 3D acceleration (the main reason I buy the cards) works fine under Linux, and my 5770 drives three monitors beautifully. YMMV...

I have a 5770 driving three monitors on Kubuntu and everything works as you would expect. Of course, I did have to pay an extra $100 for the active DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter...

You make an excellent point, sir. I'm surprised you weren't modded into oblivion for not towing the party line...

To those modding parent as flamebait: just because you disagree doesn't make it flamebait.

As to Microsoft's documentation, I actually bought the Windows 95 Resource Kit, way back when. I remember how excited I was when I had a client with an issue that was specifically covered by it. You know what the Resource Kit told me to do? Uninstall and reinstall the printer. That's what I paid all that money for, to be told to "screw with it until it starts working."