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3DLabs Releases Linux Drivers
wilfie writes "3DLabs have released linux drivers for their for Wildcat III and Wildcat 4 Graphics accelerators. Being closed source they'll taint your kernel, but what the heck. Press release with penguin-friendly quotes available too." DataSquid has a note about ATI's Linux support: "While on the job hunt, I came across this posting at ATI seeking a project team lead. Last on the list of key responsibilities is "Act as a leader to improve the overall quality of Linux support at ATI." Good news? Certainly better news than what was suggested before."
Indeed. ...but what the heck.
If a cop came to your door and demanded to search it (sans warrant), would you say "what the heck"? Linux is about freedom.
Press release with penguin-friendly quotes available too.
Kidnappers lure children with candy. "Penguin-friendly quotes" do nothing to ensure my freedom to modify the source. This is just candy-coated oppression.
Its really good to see that ATI are sorting out the linux debacle withe their drivers, hell even BSD has better support than Linux and that isn't even a graphics intensive system.
Hopefully what they'll do is make it a completely open source effort so that their drivers can be tweaked to suit each individual kernel and so that directx support can be added. Given that ATI are making the fastest graphics cards on the planet at the moment this has to be one of the best bits of news I've heard all week.
All that glitters has a high refractive index.
There is no decent consumer graphics card with Free drivers better/faster than the nonfree ones.
It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.