NVIDIA 100.14.09 Display Driver
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| New in version 100.14.09 is added GeForce 8 and Quadro product
| support, improved notebook GPU support, improved RenderAccel
| support for sub-pixel anti-aliased fonts, added Xv brightness
| and contrast controls, improved interaction with newer kernels,
| and fixing an issue with nvidia-settings. The new yet-to-be-released
| GeForce 8 names have also tipped up in the release notes.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=745&num=1
Related:
Nouveau: A First Look
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| So when will the Nouveau driver be ready? The Wiki states that the
| project should be mostly usable in autumn 2007. Keith Packard had
| previously expressed hope that the driver would be ready in time
| for the X.Org 7.3 release.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=614&num=1
Kernel Space: State of the Nouveau project
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| While NVidia refuses to release programming information for
| its video chipsets, one ambitious project is reverse
| engineering the hardware to develop open source support.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/012407-kernel.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
First Open Graphics board appears
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| This project is on the basis that a GPU should not end up with
| tons of propriatary software or hardware, containing hidden
| problems that aren't mentioned to the press, and yet cause
| nervous breakdowns for developers worldwide.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36761
Interview: Timothy Miller, Open Graphics Project
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| The OGP grew rapidly after I first started it, and it's continued to
| grow gradually since then. Now, we have Traversal Technology and also
| the Open Hardware Foundation that's dedicated to the non-profit,
| community, and democratic aspects of the project. Our mailing list has
| over 500 members, including well-known Linux kernel hackers, 3D graphics
| experts, college professors, representatives of many other open
| source projects, hardware designers, and people who want to become
| hardware designers.
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http://linuxgazette.net/130/ruecker.html
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