On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 19:43 -0500, Mike A. Harris wrote: > Ian Pilcher wrote: > > Mike A. Harris wrote: > > > >>All proprietary drivers? ;o) > >> > > > > > > I can't help wondering... > > > > What do you guys do when you want decent 3D performance? Use the proprietary drivers ... :-) > That'll likely vary greatly from person to person, rather than there > being one single unified answer. > Whenever I do need/want 3D enabled support for something in Linux, > I fire up another machine and use it instead, leaving my primary > desktop in a stable DRI-disabled state. > > To answer the "when do I want decent 3D performance" question, > I must first answer "When do I want accelerated 3D at all?". > So, what do I use OpenGL for? More or less for video games, You are ignoring the fact, Linux has a strong user base in people with a scientific/engineering/technical background ... > Now... if I _was_ actually trying to get a game or some other > accelerated OpenGL software to work in Linux, I would use > whatever the best card I have on hand with OSS driver support > was at the given point in time. Whether you like it or not ... reality is different. People are pragmatically using what they have/can get/are supplied with, and will ditch the distro or even the OS if it doesn't suite to their demands. Fortunately for Fedora, the proprietary drivers have worked sufficiently well. Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
