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Basic Linux Boot On Open Graphics Card

Posted by timothy on from the bumblebee-flies-anyway dept.

David Vuorio writes "The Open Graphics Project aims to develop a fully open-source graphics card; all specs, designs, and source code are released under Free licenses. Right now, FPGAs (large-scale reprogrammable chips) are used to build a development platform called OGD1. They've just completed an alpha version of legacy VGA emulation, apparently not an easy feat. This YouTube clip shows Gentoo booting up in text mode, with OGD1 acting as the primary display. The Linux Fund is receiving donations, so that ten OGD1 boards can be bought (at cost) for developers. Also, the FSF shows their interest by asking volunteers to help with the OGP wiki."

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  1. Re:Do we want an open source video card? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Also I guess it's useful to hammer out some foundational "building blocks" and make them available freely so that entry into video card research is easier.

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  2. Re:Do we want an open source video card? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Right... every time I run a high-end game on my propriatary 3D driver I have to stop and flagellate myself halfway though to dull the guilt... not...

    You can't even spell proprietary. Why do you think anyone cares about your opinion? You fucking hopeless retard.