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One can also obtain information from the operating system:
One can also obtain information from the operating system:
* On Windows Vista one can right-click the desktop, choose Personalize > Display Settings > Display Settings > Monitor > Advanced Settings...  > Adapter, and look under Adapter Information.
* On Windows Vista one can right-click the desktop, choose Personalize > Display Settings > Display Settings > Monitor > Advanced Settings...  > Adapter, and look under Adapter Information.
* On Linux, open a terminal and enter this command: <tt>glxinfo | egrep vendor\|renderer\|version</tt>
* On Linux, open a terminal and enter this command: <tt>glxinfo &#124; egrep vendor&#92;&#124;renderer&#92;&#124;version</tt>
* On Mac, go to the Apple menu > About this Mac > More Info...
 
= How to get information about your system =
 
Information about the graphics driver can be obtained from Firefox in the special about:support page. Just enter <tt>about:support</tt> in the Firefox location bar, and scroll down to the Graphics section. This shows what GPU and driver version Firefox has detected, and which graphics features are enabled. In some cases, this also gives suggestions for newer driver versions to upgrade to.
 
One can also obtain information from the operating system:
* On Windows Vista one can right-click the desktop, choose Personalize > Display Settings > Display Settings > Monitor > Advanced Settings...  > Adapter, and look under Adapter Information.
* On Linux, open a terminal and enter this command: <tt>glxinfo | egrep vendor\|renderer\|version</tt>
* On Mac, go to the Apple menu > About this Mac > More Info...
* On Mac, go to the Apple menu > About this Mac > More Info...


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