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The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge)

The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge)

Posted Oct 5, 2004 18:24 UTC (Tue) by einstein (subscriber, #2052)
In reply to: The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge) by seyman
Parent article: The future of Linux multimedia (NewsForge)

Then you should probably consider lobbying your card vendor for a GPL driver.

I'm happy with nvidia's drivers, they couldn't be better. The whole reason my vendor is my vendor, is that their product is far and away the best available for linux-x86. Wouldn't it be ironic if I rewarded the company who has worked hardest to win my business by giving them grief?

I agree, it sucks that they have not addressed the non-x86 linux market, but that's the main reason I'm on x86 and not ppc or sparc or other non-x86 platform. I know that if I move to ppc as a linux platform, I can say goodbye to decent video performance, so I don't go there. My hope is that IBM, since they are pushing ppc, will talk to the folks at nvidia and ati about getting some decent video support for linux/ppc.


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