Compiz Killed My Video Card
Having recently installed a new version of Linux I thought I'd see how progress on Compiz, the compositing window manager, was going. I tried it first on a system with an ATI video card and was met with a wonderful blank screen. Since I really didn't want to spend a bunch of time trying to figure out what was going on I just put things back to normal and got X working again.
However, before I gave up completely I thought I'd try it on a system I have with an NVidia video card. Set things up on it, and... same result, blank screen. And this is where it gets interesting:
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Yeah but Video Killed the Radio Star, so there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWtHEmVjVw8
//article was not only inaccurate, but just basic fluff.