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Open Source Graphic Card Project Seeks Experts
An anonymous reader writes "Could this dream of many open source developers and users finally happen? A 100% open sourced graphic card with 3D support? Proper 3D card support for OpenBSD, NetBSD and other minority operating systems? A company named Tech Source will try to make it happen. You can download the preliminary specs for the card here (pdf). The project, though a commercial one, wants to become a true community project and encourages experts and everyone who have good ideas to add to the development process to join the mailing list. You can also sign a petition and tell how much you would be willing to pay for the final product."
Older version of this article posted back in October.
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WTF? Free hardware? Why not try Open Sourcing a new G5 for me? Just let me know where I can pick it up. Thanks bitches.
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From the petition site:
We endorse the Make you visible to TS new open 3d videocard Petition to .
What does that mean?
I fear that Apple already uses more than what you describe: the screen transitions are full 3D effects and the minimisation effects are done using shaders
First of all, there is nothing to "fear"; none of those features are important to anything in particular--they are just visual fluff.
Second, those are not "full 3D effects", they can be done with 2D warping.
Furthermore, Core Image is not 3D graphics either, it's image processing.
Sadly, Apple is substituting visual glitz for actual work on improving the quality and usability of their interfaces. It's easier to add code for making glass lozenges than to figure out how to write a good printer configuration dialog. I hope open source won't be making the same mistake.