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  1. Re:I think their efforts would be better spent on. by Eythian · · Score: 1 · on Next-Gen X Window Rendering For Linux

    This has been mentioned on /. a couple of times before, but it suits this thread.

    There is a project underway to not only build Linux drivers for a card, but build the card with open-source in mind. The card designs will be open, and much (if not all) of the firmware will be available, as will the circuit designs and all the specifications to interact with it. It is in the process of being designed, and apparently is moving along at quite a clip (I'm kinda following the development, but have no experience on how these things normally go).

    It won't be an nVidia beater, but will be more than sufficient for a non-high-end-gamer desktop. It will also be openly hackable ("you want to overclock it, here's the information how on the official website, run with it!").

    Details can be found on the open-graphics list page, and I encourage signing up to the list just to get a feel for what goes on in this kind of development.

    When this gets released, we can finally have a recent video card and not have to worry about unfixable drivers causing issues with bizarre hardware configuration Z, like I've had with the nVidia Linux drivers before.

  2. Re:You want to play games or show off your 3DMarks by iamcadaver · · Score: 1 · on Are nVidia's SLI Cards Worth the Investment?

    My GeForce2 MX 400 is looking long in the tooth too.
    It's perfectly adequate for pumping mythtv to my widescreen ( with a line doubler ), so I'd like to dedicate it to that.

    That said, the 6800LE is $250?! What's the best sub $75 3d card for x.org? Still the GeForce2?

    I did pledge $100 to the Open Graphics Project
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    I think I'll just sit on my wallet till it comes out.

  3. Re:So is Xfree86 dead? by niko9 · · Score: 1 · on X.Org 6.8.2 is Out

    On the other hand, X.org is being sponsored by HP, Sun, and IBM, and has representatives from SUSE, HP, Sun, and Red Hat on its board of directors.

    I didn't know it was sponsored by these big corporations. How does one get them to donate resources to the development of open source 3d hardware ala Open Graphics Project??

    Are they aware of the need for this type of hardware in order for Linux to be competitive on the desktop?

  4. Ain't easy for hardware either by Theovon · · Score: 1 · on Being Free is Hard to Do

    If you want to have free software, then you need to have hardware with open specs. As the leader of the Open Graphics Project, I can tell you that doing the work and finding the commitment of enough buyers isn't easy.

  5. Open Graphics Project to the rescue by Theovon · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Does Linux Have Game?
    THG kinda left out a something that's of particular interest to me which is the open graphics project. A graphics card producer is working with the open source community to develop a 3D graphics card to have open specs and therefore fully open source drivers.

    Check out the mailing list.

  6. Re:Umm.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Trouble Getting to SpamCop?

    What, that he will feel obligated to post on slashdot defending himself like he does on nanae?

    In case you're interested, here is what happened just before he made the threat to spamcop. This is proof that he is not above such things.

    And, yes, this is my site.

  7. Re:A few thoughts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on The Imagineer Who Came In From The Cold

    No, I think that the lust to ease human suffering drives technology, at least to a part.

    http://www.duskglow.com