Re: Supported Video Cards under Free Software (was: Re: Best Video Card)
On 4/19/06, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 16:53 -0700, Xplicit Language wrote:
> > i have found a video driver on intel 82810 onboard video on they're
> > site at www.intel.com in the downloads and support section, i couldn't
> > get it to install since i am new to linux, but it was there.
>
> When Intel makes "stand-alone" video cards, they'll get more notice
> from those of us who don't want on-board video.
>
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I didn't realize that Intel doesn't make any standalone cards that is
most unfortunate if they don't.
I was kind of amused by the comment Nvidia made in the ZDNet article
that writing a "good" video driver is very hard to do and beyond the
capabilities of a bunch of hobbyists/open source community (that's not
an exact quote). It sounds just like something I heard in the late
90s I don't remember the quote but I think MS said something to the
effect of writing an Operating System was far too complex a task to be
done by a bunch of hobbyists and part timers....
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