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- schestowitz, on 10/10/2007, -5/+48FTA: "We are not on a crusade to burn all binary drivers. We do think however that people should have options and that other systems (like PPC) shouldn't be banned from 3D acceleration under Linux with NVidia."
Therein lies one of the most alarming things that ought to remind us why proprietary blobs don't belong in a computer. It's about restriction on choice and hardware obsolescence. - srg13, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15"Moreover, the majority of oss is inferior to its closed counterparts."
Funniest comment I've read all day (seriously) - Spr0k3t, on 10/10/2007, -5/+16But Apple customers are so happy with their Lock-In systems...
- srg13, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8The nVidia driver is pretty good (especially when compared to ATI's drivers) but it doesn't run on some architectures, and has been known to have some security exploits in the past. Also, in some tests (all 2D at this point), the Nouveau driver has proved to be much faster (iirc) even though there is still work to be done.
- baalzebub, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5great! i am all for Open Source nVidia drivers, if this matures good enough so i can use it to get good graphics resolution & acceleration i surely will switch to it...
- Spr0k3t, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Failed to find the reply link eh?
- yournamehere, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4dont click on sports666, it's an ad.
- geminitojanus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Coding hardware, especially FPGAs as have been noted before, is just as easy as coding software (well, as long as you're good at understanding parallel operations in software). The OpenGraphics project is coding from the ground up a graphics core, and are also developing a board to put it on, but their rate of progress leaves a lot to be desired (either because they don't have enough help or are being stymied by patents).
- baalzebub, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2hagnar, you're a moron, don't you think it would be in nVidia's best interest to keep their Linux drivers updated & patched against security flaws & continue bug fixes? you can bet your bottom dollar nVidia sure would if they want to stay in business...
- Freddfx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Faster than the nv driver for some 2D operations... the nv driver is not from nvidia, but they never claimed it was faster than the nvidia (propietary) driver in anything
- Spr0k3t, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2phukyng spam. Someone ban that account please.
- iofthestorm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Google says hi: http://wiki.opengraphics.org./tiki-index.php
- psilanthropist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1im never convinced by the open source software theory. software works that way because so many people can learn how to code and practically everyone can contribute. but not every one can become an integrated circuits whiz or a microchip expert. its way more difficult, time consuming and needs money to start out. whereas open source software only needs a connection to the internet.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2WTF is wrong with you?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0where did sqr13 say that the security exploit were on Windows?
- marx2k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0He didn't. Knee-jerk reactions are funny that way
- timestar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
printf("Hello, World!n");
return 0;
}
Find a security hole in that! - marx2k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I'm looking at YOU, Shuttleworth!
- smacksaw, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Here's the thing I'd like to know - Where is the open-source video card/hardware?
You never really see any good articles on this. Oh, if only someone had bought out any number of chip manufacturers who folded along the line of the ATI/NVIDIA wars...
Here's what I'm proposing/wondering. Someone out there goes to some Taiwanese company and develops a card based upon an existing design, but with a custom, open-source processor. Since they know how the board works, they can give specs to make the gfx guts of it. My theory is that even if the technology and lack of patents is WAY behind what ATI and NVIDIA have, the fact it would be totally open and understood would be better than reverse-engineering what we have now. We could even add specific linux functionality that might make it perform better in some instances.
I think this closed-source stuff is for Windows. If you think about it, it's just for the competitiveness of Windows. But I don't think that knockoff chips made without any sort of patenting would bankrupt the industry because people would eventually do their own chip design and Taiwanese/Chinese manufacturers would build it. The money isn't in making the secretive chips, the money is in making the actual units. The people who would work on the open-source chip design would want to invest in the company making their design and keep ahead of the pack to ensure it's so much better that knockoffs would be obsolete. - baalzebub, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1RE:["and has been known to have some security exploits in the past"]
and Linux never had this problem? ALL software (including your beloved Linux) has had security issues thats why ALL software gets updated to new versions...
i like Linux a lot too, but i don't think ANY software is perfect... - obxjdt, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2this interesting and all, but what's the point? I'm using Nvidia's driver on Linux right now...
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
Not like it's hard to install.... - ChileanGoD, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1Digg should have a complaint section... so we can filter them all out.
- blastcube, on 10/10/2007, -12/+3@ Spr0k3t
Yes we are happy, us Mac users get the best of both worlds.
The stability and security of an open source (mostly) foundation, and the usability of Apple's GUI.
While it's nice that Linux is getting better, it still is not an OS that you can get work done quickly... the Linux guys at my uni can never seem to get their wireless working, any decent software or games.
Mac users are happy with their proprietary machines because we can be productive, fast, produce awesome content and not to mention the best reason, Mac users can run OSX, Linux and Windows all quite easily on the same machine. The Compiz rainy cube gizmo thingy just doesn't cut it. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -17/+2one comment and on the front page.
- thefinger, on 10/10/2007, -21/+3I'll take Windows and closed source any day. Imo, you are just another of the anal doctrinaire types who think that users should lower their standards in order to support os just because it's open source.
I'm just a user. I don't give a crap about what is called "free speech". Moreover, the majority of oss is inferior to its closed counterparts. And that's what really counts. I won't support oss just so that Stallman disciples will have busy-work to do.
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