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On Sun, 13 May 2007 20:02:47 +0100,
Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> On Sat, 12 May 2007 19:12:07 +0100,
>> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> AMD will deliver open graphics drivers
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>>>>| The open sourcing of graphics drivers will indeed be good news, but
>>>>| it's not a big surprise.
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>>>> http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/05/09/amd-will-deliver-open-graphics-drivers/
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>>>> Those who play nice with Linux win.
>>>
>>> And will continue to win... Just as soon as there's a reasonable OpenGL
>>> open source card & driver out there, it'll be in my next PC and all
>>> those thereafter. I'm already sick of the little irritations in having
>>> to sync nVidia drivers with kernels - it feels too much like a Microsoft
>>> experience to be really fun.
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>> I have one of Intels chipsets in my new laptop, it's a bit slow for
>> UT2004, but works great with OpenGL apps, and compiz etc. Slick and
>> smooth. The driver is OSS, and handled by the vendor (System76,
>> www.system76.com) as part of the normal update process of an ubuntu box.
>>
>
> Ah, thanks. I know what to look out for, now. I wonder if you can get
> a motherboard which supports linuxBIOS and has Intel OpenGL graphics
> chips... hehe - next steps, I suppose.
>
That would be cool. I am looking at building a media pc, and there are
several options for Via Epia boards with LinuxBios.
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