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NVIDIA Driver Developer Discusses Linux Graphics
An anonymous reader writes "Andy Ritger, who leads the NVIDIA UNIX Graphics Team responsible for creating drivers on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris, has answered many questions at Phoronix about the state of Linux graphics, gaming, and drivers. Ritger shares some interesting facts, such as: the Linux graphics driver download rate is 0.5% that of their Windows driver downloads at NVIDIA.com; how the Nouveau developers are doing an incredible job; creating an AMD-like open-source strategy at NVIDIA would be time intensive and unlikely; and development problems for the Linux platform. Also commented on are new features that may come to their Linux driver within the next twelve months." Like all stories at Phoronix, in common with most other hardware review sites, this one is arbitrarily and maddeningly spread across 8 pages.
I just checked the nvidia site for the first time for linux drivers.
Operating System: Windows Server 2003 64-bit, Windows XP 64-bit
File Size: 123 MB
Operating System: Linux 64-bit ...What?
File Size: 21.2 MB
While at some point it may be possible to release some of this information in pubic form it would be quite a monumental effort to go through the vast amounts of internal documents and repurpose them for external consumption.
I wonder how far back that particular typo goes, although I'm too lazy to find out. Regardless, it's a funny mental image.
Nostalgia's not what it used to be.
I just checked the nvidia site for the first time for linux drivers.
Operating System: Windows Server 2003 64-bit, Windows XP 64-bit File Size: 123 MB
Operating System: Linux 64-bit File Size: 21.2 MB ...What?
Clearly Linux is 6x more efficient than Windows.
Game! - Where the stick is mightier than the sword!
No, Windows is better value. You get 6x as much driver for your money.