Slashdot Mirror
Free Software Friendly Graphics Card?
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?'"
Its going to cost $500 and have the same performance as a $10 S3/Trident/Generic chipset card. Good luck to all 6 people who plan on buying one.
Only the State obtains its revenue by coercion. - Murray Rothbard
You suck.
There should be a very publicy known website that shows which hardware is Linux compatiable, has Linux drivers, etc.
It doesn't matter how much better the OS is over Windows, it's like Linux is Steven Hawkings and Windows is Shaq... Sure Steve is smart and all, but he just can't get a 2 pointer...
What causes me to ALWAYS go back to windows? Games and shitty hardware support for Linux. I would pay the extra money to get a supported hardware, cause I could save money in the long run.
Right now, no Linux OS can measure up to Windows. It's only business going to Linux, not at home users. Mac is going to soak up the people frustrated with windows, because OsX has Unix, and has games, and everything else...
Linux has the business world convinced, now it's time for the hardware vendors. Get a publicy run site that points out what hardware to get for consumers, that could get something goin...