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S3 Graphics Responds About Linux Support

Posted by timothy on from the progress-is-progress dept.

V!NCENT writes "Phoronix has an update on S3's Linux driver state: 'We are doing an internal build of the Chrome 500 Linux driver to incorporate some of the additional hardware features and upgrades (over the Chrome 400 Series GPUs). If you want to test the Linux now, the Chrome 400 Series drivers also support the Chrome 500 Series since it is a unified driver architecture.'" (This after the beef that Phoronix raised about S3's failure to deliver on promises of better Linux support for the 500 series.)

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  1. I bet by jetsci · · Score: 5, Funny

    that this wouldn't fly with Windows. They always get top of the line drivers delivered promptly...

    /jealous

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    1. Re:I bet by Darkness404 · · Score: 5, Informative

      They always get top of the line drivers delivered promptly...

      What version of Windows have you been using? Most Windows drivers are horrible! They require third-party apps to be run in order to use the hardware, frequently install "quick start" or other memory hog applications to be run always in the background, usually break when going from different Windows versions (and sometimes service packs), have little to no maintenance, are a pain to install, impossible to find without the CD or going to a site that seems suspicious, and more often than not are the cause of all Windows crashes.

      Sure, Windows has more third-party drivers than Linux, but Windows drivers are not quality, not at all.

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  2. Re:AC Responds About Linux Support by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    as Bruce Perens famously said at Linux SF Con 2006, Linux is only free if your time has no value

          Three years is a long time in computing years. Too bad you're missing out on everything linux has to offer nowadays. Enjoy your vendor lock-in, and don't forget, Microsoft wants you to pay the tax again in a year or so.

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  3. Re:who are these people? by SaDan · · Score: 5, Informative

    As an AC previously stated, motherboards with VIA's integrated video use the Chrome drivers.

    I bought an Everex laptop that uses Chrome9 drivers, and it doesn't do bad for what it is ($300 laptop running Ubuntu).

    My wife's PC is also an Everex system with a VIA integrated video using Chrome drivers. It's the $200 system Wal-Mart was selling a while ago.

    Why pay for a video card that costs half as much, or more, than the entire system? Video performance is acceptable for day-to-day use, even playing YouTube videos.