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[News] More on the NVIDIA Embracing Open Source Rumour Mill

  • Subject: [News] More on the NVIDIA Embracing Open Source Rumour Mill
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:43:21 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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A Gift To The Nouveau Developers

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| Unlike the open-source AMD camp that now has deep roots going back to AMD 
| thanks to their new open-source strategy with four full-time RadeonHD 
| developers and even access to pre-production hardware, this is far different 
| for the open-source NVIDIA side. While we've received information that NVIDIA 
| may be plotting an open-source strategy, the Nouveau developers have yet to 
| hear anything from NVIDIA nor do they expect any communication (as was stated 
| in the Nouveau Companion 34).      
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjMxMA


Related:

NVIDIA Releases Two OSS Driver Updates

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| We're still working on finding out more details on NVIDIA's open-source 
| strategy, but in minor open-source news, there are two updates now available 
| for the xf86-video-nv (a.k.a. "nv") driver. The xf86-video-nv 2.1.7 update is 
| for those using X.Org 7.2 or later, while xf86-video-nv 2.0.3 is for 
| pre-X11R72.    
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjMwNA


NVIDIA 169.09 Linux Display Driver

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| One month and one day after the NVIDIA 169.07 display driver was released, 
| the Santa Clara folks have released a minor driver update for Linux and 
| Solaris. No new features have been introduced, but just a couple of bug 
| fixes.   
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=973&num=1


NVIDIA Plotting Open-Source Strategy?

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| According to an AIB partner, NVIDIA is planning an open-source counterattack 
| against ATI/AMD.  
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjI3NQ


Could AMD move open desktop Linux market?

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| AMD’s recent move to fully support open source graphics could be the best 
| news desktop Linux has had in a long time. 
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1427


NVIDIA: Got Specifications?

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| This past week AMD raised the Linux graphics bar by not only announcing their 
| new fglrx graphics driver, which delivers Radeon HD 2000 support, immense 
| performance improvements, and AIGLX, but it was accompanied by an 
| announcement that they will be delivering specifications to the X.Org 
| development community. These two announcements came after intense work 
| internally at AMD and over a long period of time, but literally overnight it 
| changed the minds of many Linux users on how they judge this company with its 
| once notorious binary blob. AMD has really set a precedence for showing that 
| a semiconductor company once criticized to no end with their proprietary 
| software can update their views to assist and embrace the open-source Linux 
| community while remaining competitive as a company in a triopoloy market. 
| They have also thus reaffirmed that Linux is a viable desktop operating 
| system. But the ball has now landed in NVIDIA's court. NVIDIA can either play 
| ball by pushing forward with a similar effort, and then all of the big three  
| GPU manufacturers would be cradling an open-source strategy, or they may find 
| themselves in trouble down the road.              
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=831&num=1


NVIDIA 2007 Year In Review

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| In our 2006 NVIDIA AYiR we had warned that 2007 would likely be the hardest 
| year yet for NVIDIA on the Linux front and this has certainly panned out to 
| be true. In addition to their initial GeForce 8 problems, they are now facing 
| serious competition from ATI/AMD and their new Linux driver and new 
| open-source strategy with open specifications. The developers behind the 
| Nouveau driver are making steady progress and are working on an open-source 
| Gallium3D component for NVIDIA graphics cards. Next year will be a critical 
| time for NVIDIA on the Linux front as they determine how to respond to this 
| increased competition and likely reaching the 200.xx Linux driver series. How 
| they will respond, however, right now is anyone's guess.         
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=951&num=1

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