I think you're probably mistaken. Try it.I need some recommendations for IDE under Linux.
QtCreator? If I remember right the UI wasn't to friendly to get a simple C++ project working....
I don;t know much about Mint, but they'll have the command line available to you from which you can just do an "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade" and that will make sure the latest tested drivers are installed. I strongly recommend using drivers that have not been tested and packaged in the Ubuntu archives, that's a good way to brick your system if you're not an expert.How do I install the latest drivers for this GPU? From what I can tell the latest don't support the X1300?
X11 in this context is the display server: it's the software responsible to drawing everything to your video screen. You don't need it: most servers run without video displays. If you want to make graphical games, however, you will probably want it.What is X11? Do I need it?
That's a little vague. Perhaps there are errors or something?I would like to use Irrlicht also but couldn't get that working either.
Here's quick rule of thumb: get everything from your distro unless they don't have it. If they don't have it, as a beginner, you probably don't need it yet.So I am not liking the experience so far... Not trouble free at all....
Welcome to the dark side. We have the answers.Hope to overcome the sour taste of this and enjoy coding on Linux but need some serious help!!!