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Free Software Friendly Graphics Card?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the open-everything dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's an interesting discussion on KernelTrap with a hardware company that is talking about developing a 'free software friendly' graphics card. The idea is to fully disclose and document all register interfaces including the BIOS, providing Linux and BSD users with a fully supported video card. The hardware engineer proposing the idea summarizes his viewpoint saying, 'the whole issue comes down to this: This is technically feasible. Should we do it?'"

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  1. I consitently buy NVIDIA by xutopia · · Score: 0, Redundant

    because they offer drivers for Linux. I'll have to admit though that if there were a truly "open" card out there that would allow me to play the games I play I'd go for whatever worked. I'm not religiously behind Nvidia.

  2. yes by gremlins · · Score: 0, Redundant

    yes

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    just because your a schizophrenic doesn't mean people arn't really out to get you