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The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge)
The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge)
Posted Oct 5, 2004 15:11 UTC (Tue) by ccchips (guest, #3222)In reply to: The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge) by clugstj
Parent article: The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge)
If I wanted to go out and pick up a video card for a new Linux box, that was well-supported in GPL, or at least open-source, which card should I choose?
I bought an NVidia because my "shop of choice" happened to have one on sale. I'm having no problems with their drivers. but I'd like to know if there are free-software alternatives that work well with other cards.
...something that can run Tuxracer properly would be good.
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The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge)
Posted Oct 5, 2004 21:32 UTC (Tue) by einstein (subscriber, #2052) [Link]
You can still pick up voodoo 3 cards very cheaply nowdays, and the GPL'd OpenGL drivers ship with any modern linux distro. A voodoo 3 isn't state of the art anymore, but it's fine for playing tuxracer, or even quake 3 arena.