Nouveau project hacks away at free Nvidia drivers
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| Ultimately, Nouveau's goal, Skeggs says, "is to provide functional open
| source 2-D/3-D drivers for Nvidia chips from NV04 onwards."
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http://www.linux.com/feature/118833
Big GPU news tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Related:
Nouveau Driver Q&A
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| We are not on a crusade to burn all binary drivers. We do think however that
| people should have options and that other systems (like PPC) shouldn't be
| banned from 3D acceleration under Linux with NVidia.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=820&num=1
NVIDIA Blob Has Security Hole, Again
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| Another security problem has crept up with NVIDIA's binary blob display
| driver for their GeForce and Quadro graphics cards.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjAwMQ
Willing to buy a high-end, free-software-only laptop?
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| To that end I’d like to build up a list of people who are interested in this
| idea, and would potentially buy a high-powered laptop if it were guaranteed
| to work completely with free software drivers and OpenBIOS.
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http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/131
Nouveau Driver 2D performance exceeds Nvidia driver
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| Richard Hughes has just published results from the gtkperf performance test.
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| Results:
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| Nouveau: 24.86 seconds
| NV: 40.78 seconds
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http://linuxupdate.blogspot.com/2007/07/nouveau-driver-2d-performance-exceeds.html
Nouveau: Where It Stands Today
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| The Nouveau driver is making some terrific progress and we look forward
| to seeing what all can be accomplished by the end of this year.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=765&num=1
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
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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