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OLS: Open source graphics drivers

OLS: Open source graphics drivers

Posted Jul 21, 2006 17:36 UTC (Fri) by leews (subscriber, #4690)
Parent article: OLS: Open source graphics drivers

Now that ATI and AMD are talking of merging, if the reports are to be believed, would this result in a better situation for graphic drivers, especially since AMD is very supportive of linux?

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33185

One thing that always irritated me about AMD chipsets was the lack of integrated video, which forced me to choose intel-based boards for many projects.


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OLS: Open source graphics drivers

Posted Jul 22, 2006 13:18 UTC (Sat) by alspnost (guest, #2763) [Link]

I was wondering the same thing. This would be a great opportunity for AMD to do something fantastic for the community - hint, hint! If AMD opens up the ATI situation, they could switch to virtually owning the Linux graphics market overnight. Though it would be an expensive change for me, having just bought two nvidia-powered machines recently :-)

OLS: Open source graphics drivers

Posted Jul 25, 2006 0:06 UTC (Tue) by roelofs (guest, #2599) [Link]

Now that ATI and AMD are talking of merging

...have announced their merger:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3468

Greg

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