Frédéric Dreier <frederic.dreier@uptime.ch> writes: > Paul Johnson wrote: > >>Steve Freitas <steve@newportit.com> writes: >> >>>>How is ATI support better than Nvidia ? As far as I know, both provide >>>>binary drivers, and nvidia was at this game much earlier than ati. >>>> >>> I had nothing but bad experience with Nvidia's binary drivers. They >>> kept locking up my machine completely. The open-source alternative, >>> XFree86's nv driver, is completely pathetic. The XFree86 Radeon >>> driver, on the other hand, has performed so beautifully for me that >>> I never felt the need to try their binary driver. YMMV. >> >>Steve Freitas is now my definition for typical case for an nVidia user >>these days. >> > Actually I have more 'diffcult' experience with ATI than nvidia... the > last time I checked, framebuffer still hangs when I switch from X to > consoles with my ATI 9700. Your point? Even Linus tells people not to use framebuffer for anything unless they have to. -- Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
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