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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. Hippie Hardware by Jamie's+Nightmare · · Score: 0, Troll

    A great post about this ridiculous project was made to the Linux Hater's Blog back in 2008. Worth a read if you want to know why it's a piece of crap.

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  2. I say we ban imports from asia. by tjstork · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't support asian cloners at all. They are just a bunch of thieves with protectionist laws and a disdain for IP on their end exploiting our own free trade and respect for IP on ours. We shouldn't be trading with these people. If we are to take up a collection for anything, it should be for u-boats to sink containerships as they sail towards America.

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