Ubuntu 10.10 comes with OpenCL support. OpenCL is a language that allows to access the GPU and other parallel processors. That means that the graphics card’s shaders can be used from within any application. Multimedia or image processing applications like GIMP or GIMP plugins are perfect candidates for this optimisation that is often just called “hardware acceleration”.
Continue reading →
It's quite a pain to get dual monitors working your first time using Linux, however I hope this guide will make the process relatively quick and painless.