On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Gilboa Davara <gilboad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > nVidia users do -not- have an option: Either be limited by nVidia's > choice of supported kernel and user-mode features (CONFIG_4KSTACKS > anyone?) or get a partially working 2D only OSS driver. Outside of the whole "kernel-drivers-should-be-open-and-GPL-etc-etc" argument, I don't find much fault in Nvidia. As far as I've played around with them on many different kernel flavors/distributions, I've found it wasn't too much trouble nor did it drastically limit the kernel choices I've used in the past 7 years or so. > Having said all that, the choice is ours to make. I for one, plan on > slowly phasing out the large fleet of nVidia cards that I have under my > command and replace them with ATI/AMD cards - not because nVidia's > drivers are bad (quite on the contrary) but because I rather pay twice > for the same performance and not be limited by the manufacturer's (-any- > manufacturer's) choice of what/when to support my hardware. So presently do ATI cards work with Xorg 1.4.999999.whatever ? What about manufacturer limitations? High-end laptops give you only the choice of low-perf Intel video cards or high-perf Nvidia. (At least I had the problem with my Thinkpad). I'm not defending Nvidia, had Xorg release schedule been slightly different, I doubt there would be so much noise. -Mauriat -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
