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George Ellison <notamisfit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Mark Kent wrote:
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Intel GMA 3000 Q965 Graphics Performance
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | In August of this year Intel had announced their new Linux
>>> | graphics driver website. At that time they had also announced
>>> | the immediate availability of open-source 3D graphics drivers
>>> | for their Intel 965 Express Chipset... While the performance
>>> | with these drivers are presently limited they are open-source
>>> | and work great for desktop usage and boast support for desktop
>>> | eye-candy. We are certainly looking forward to see how the Intel
>>> | Linux display drivers evolve in the future.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=571&num=1
>>>
>>
>> Ahhh, now we're really getting somewhere for 3D support for linux!
>> Whilst I can live with the nvidia stuff, I don't like it, and will move
>> to open-source drivers and cards as soon as they're good enough.
>>
>
> There's an effort at FDo (called Nouveau) aimed at producing open source
> drivers for nVidia cards. They've got a 2D driver that supposedly works
> better than the obfusticated driver in xorg, but I don't see them having
> 3d in any usable state for a while.
>
I have a feeling that for the 3D stuff to be effective, it'll need to
come from the suppliers of the cards, but as you say, a good 2D driver
would be very very worthwhile.
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