good news for opengraphics? [LWN.net]

good news for opengraphics?

Posted Feb 7, 2006 23:06 UTC (Tue) by elanthis (subscriber, #6227)
In reply to: good news for opengraphics? by tcabot
Parent article: X graphics get a boost (NewsForge)

Hate to say it, but based on the mailing list discussion rate and the amount of work left to do, it's likely going to be a few years _at least_ before the open graphics project produces anything usable for casual users.

Also, their cards aren't being designed for a 3D gamer. That's something they've been pretty clear about. The OGA will not be a gaming card by any stretch.

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good news for opengraphics?

Posted Feb 9, 2006 0:28 UTC (Thu) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]

While I can't say for sure what a realistic ETA is for completion, I think your gamer card comments are off the mark.

A large percentage of Linux users, at least the reader clientele here, would probably be satisfied with high quality, well performing Linux Graphics, as opposed to the fastest rendering of random game X which doesn't even run on Linux.