Star New Linux Look Fuels Old Debate
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 18th Apr 2006 17:49 UTC
Linux Efforts to bring glitzy new graphics to Linux are fueling an old conflict: Does proprietary software belong in open-source Linux? The issue involves software modules called drivers, which plug into the kernel at the heart of the open-source operating system. Drivers let software communicate with hardware such as network adapters, hard drives and video cards.
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sc3252
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2005-09-06

Why dont you actualy try and use ati drivers before posting. ati shouldnt have a right to develop drivers any more. If you have used their(ati) drivers you would know that open source 2d drivers are 10x better at being stable than anything ati has or has had. I would go off and list 30 problems alone with ati drivers, but I will spare you from the list. Just to name one problem, well my card would hard lock some times when logging out of gnome(doesnt happen with open source or nvidia drivers).

I am not seriously saying ati shouldnt be developing drivers, but in no way should they ever be included with the kernel.

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Mitarai Member since:
2005-07-28

I have an ATI 9800 pro with the latest propietary drivers, no problems here.

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SpasmaticSeacow Member since:
2006-02-17

I would add that the open-source Nvidia drivers are demonstrably more stable than Nvidia's own drivers and support a wider variety of kernel configurations.

That said, the Nvidia driver has MUCH better 3D performance, even if they don't support as many X extensions as the open-source drivers do.

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