The "Bloody Mess" That Is Intel's Poulsbo Driver

Posted by kdawson on Saturday January 31, 2009 @08:40AM from the how-not-to dept.

AdamWill writes "Phoronix writes about the mess that is the Linux support situation for Intel's new graphics chipset, the GMA 500 — aka Poulsbo. Near the end they refer to my own post on the topic ('Okay, so after a whole day spent bashing around at this crap, I can very confidently and conclusively say, it's utterly broken'). Intel has a reputation as one of the most clued-up open source-friendly hardware companies, but if they can't sort out the mess surrounding the driver for this chipset — which is already used on the Dell Mini 12 and Sony Vaio P, and will be used on many future Intel-based systems — that reputation will take a serious hit."

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GMA 500!!? by anss123 · 2009-01-31 09:09 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Wasn't the GMA 950 crappy enough? We're talking sub Geforce SDR performance! Gah!
Re:!gonvidia by Bacon+Bits · 2009-01-31 10:48 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Yes, KDE4... what a rock-solid release that was when it hit. How well-tested, robust, and highly compatible. Why nobody in their right minds would consider KDE4 a complete failure at launch.

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