On 2018-05-07 13:20, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2018-05-07 00:34, John Andersen wrote:
Just regular computer presentation requires very little in the way of a GPU, Even if you want to turn on all the KDE Bling and use compositing.
There's no reason to always be chasing proprietary drivers to fiddle with photos.
Just displaying photos is no problem. Treating them is, because apparently they use GPU code.
photo apps like darktable, digikam, gimps and whatever they are all called? I was not aware, wow. I guess such apps _can_ utilize a GPU when present, but they ought to work without a GPU too.
Mind, I do not know for certain which Linux apps do. Others use Windows apps, either virtually or dual boot. I use my camera manufacturer app sometimes, dual boot; on my vmware virtual machine it crawls. And my dual boot machine has Intel video, so... -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)