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Free is too expensive (Economist)Free is too expensive (Economist)Posted Apr 1, 2012 6:20 UTC (Sun) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)In reply to: Free is too expensive (Economist) by shmerl Parent article: Free is too expensive (Economist)
Where was no KMS and only beginnings of TTM (not GEM) when Android was being developed.
And it has taken about 4 years to kick the Linux graphics stack into shape.
Besides, UI library is only a small part of Android.
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Free is too expensive (Economist) Posted Apr 1, 2012 7:16 UTC (Sun) by shmerl (guest, #65921) [Link]
It might be small, but it's one of the key reasons which sets it totally apart. I.e. hardware manufacturers produce GPU drivers for Android, and that's it. Since it's not compatible - it's useless for regular ("conventional") Linux and prevents ports from using this hardware, until drivers appear (may be never). I.e. in practice it causes distraction for HW manufactures, and excuse not to produce X (or Wayland) drivers, since they are already too busy with Android.
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