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    AMD/ATI and OSS

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Arabian, May 17, 2007.

  1. Arabian

    Arabian Notebook Consultant

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    In the meantime most people have Nvidia cards. They have proven them selves to be slow in adopting new trends in operating systems.
    What where they thinking in the first place? Perhaps they are out of *nix programmers? Maybe they should open source their drivers? (yeah right) :p

    Also nVidia supported FreeBSD, and Solaris since long time, go nVidia go, and thanks pushing AMD/ATI to work their mess out ;)
     
    Arabian, May 17, 2007
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  2. Paul

    Paul Mom! Hot Pockets! NBR Reviewer

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    Only good news. ATi has made some good graphics solutions in the past, and getting things to work correctly with them was too much of a hassle with *NIX. I really hope the merger with AMD pushes them further to support FOSS.
     
    Paul, May 17, 2007
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  3. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    They've said this before though. The proof is in the pudding. My next card will still be Intel.
     
    Lysander, May 17, 2007
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  4. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    I'd agree with you if NVIDIA cards weren't orders of magnitude faster.
     
    Pitabred, May 18, 2007
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  5. Arabian

    Arabian Notebook Consultant

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    Go Open Source, let's see AMD/ATI drivers for BSD as well ;)
     
    Arabian, May 20, 2007
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    That's only if they release the source freely, rather than using the GPL, which affords moderate IP protections. The GPL makes sure free stuff stays free, and another company can't use their work to get a jumpstart, and then not contribute fixes back to the community, or to the people that created the source in the first place. Most people don't want to give something away if they aren't sure they'll get something back in return.
     
    Pitabred, May 21, 2007
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  7. Arabian

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    I agree GPL is needed for AMD/ATI and Nvidia as well.
     
    Arabian, May 28, 2007
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    syxbit Notebook Evangelist

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    ati oss?
    i'll believe it when i see it
    i figure they'll screw us somehow,
    either not fully OS, or they'll release the OS driver just for certain models.
    it's just sounds too good to be true
     
    syxbit, May 30, 2007
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