The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge) [LWN.net]

The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge)

Posted Oct 5, 2004 14:57 UTC (Tue) by cpm (subscriber, #3554)
Parent article: The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge)

ATI drivers are garbage. nVidia are better, aside from locking up in xscreensaver, giving really bogus printing fonts in mozilla. (Yeah, it's
not the nVidia driver, but the problems only occur when using the nVidia
driver.)

I'm sorry, did I say that ATI drivers are garbage? I only meant that they don't work very well, whereas the nVidia drivers do work okay, except for
when they don't.

It's a lot of fun when an xscreensaver can take down the whole machine.
Brilliant piece of coding that.

ATI and nVidia sell video cards and chip sets. Why not just let us know
what is going on, or at least gpl the necessary libraries so folks can go
on and get the work done.

Thanks kindly for not much.

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The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge)

Posted Oct 5, 2004 15:34 UTC (Tue) by tjc (subscriber, #137) [Link]

Why not just let us know what is going on, or at least gpl the necessary libraries so folks can go on and get the work done.

It has been suggested that the main reason nVidia/ATI drivers remain non-free is they are violating each others patents.

The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge)

Posted Oct 5, 2004 19:51 UTC (Tue) by Wills (guest, #1813) [Link]

cpm wrote:

ATI drivers are garbage.

Can you justify your claim please by giving a specific detailed example including the names and version numbers of the applications, video chipset and ATI driver involved?