<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Lyndon Maydwell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maydwell@gmail.com" target="_blank">maydwell@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">> I wonder if I can install xmonad in OSX ??<br>
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</div>You can, but obviously only under X11 on OSX. It's not really worth it.<br>
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On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Brad Campbell <<a href="mailto:brad@fnarfbargle.com">brad@fnarfbargle.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Sometimes I wonder why I stick with Linux....<br>
><br>
> I have a 2011 iMac. It has a Radeon card in it. The machine has two external<br>
> display ports.<br>
><br>
> When I bought the machine, I bought a 27" cinema display with it and also<br>
> connected up my old 24" DVI monitor.<br>
><br>
> I spent 3 days hacking the kernel radeon driver to try and figure out why it<br>
> refused to drive the cinema display over the thunderbolt port.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I really want to support AMD + Radeon, but between buggy Linux drivers and buggy windows drivers (I am a gamer, so dual booting is the path of least resistance when I'm time restricted), I just can't bring myself to buy one. I hate that the Nvidia card requires a binary blob, but it's a blob that has worked pretty well for me, for quite some time on both Linux + Windows.</div>
<div><br></div><div>You're probably adding an extra niche problem with the Mac/Thunderbolt port combo as well, although I can't comment specifically on how much that differs from DVI ports x config wise as Apple doesn't get to see my money (at least in any way I control :P).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Leon</div></div>