On Thu, 14 Jul 2011, Randy Clarksean wrote: > I have Ubuntu 10.10 on a Asus laptop with nVidia GEForce GTX 260M (1 GB) > video card. I can attach the projector and have the image shared to an > external projector . but the system becomes very bogged down . CPU > activity runs at nearly 100% when one tries to switch between desktops, > etc. Here's why making the video output work well should be a priority for Ubuntu: You get up there in front of a room full of people and start trying to make the thing work. After a little while they notice you are having problems. They want to know what you are using and they want to make sure they don't end up like you -- fumbling around with some crappy operating system that doesn't work. Every talk could be a nice demo for Ubuntu, if it could handle it. I've had problems, too, but nothing very consistent and I don't remember the CPU pegging. Mike