On 4/16/06, John Carline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Manaen Schlabach wrote:
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> >Well I am finally thinking about upgrading my tired old radeon 7500.
> >I know that ATI and Nvidia both have decent cards but their drivers
> >are completely closed. I know and understand that companies must
> >protect some of their trade secrets but I would like very much to
> >support a graphics manufacturer who opens their specs as much as
> >possible to opensource and free software developers. Having said
> >that, what are everyones thoughts about which card that might be? At
> >one time it was Matrox are they still the most GNU/Linux friendly out
> >there or has someone else taken the lead on that?
> >
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> Matrox was at one time the most GNU/Linux friendly cards made. At one
> time I thought that it was the only brand I would ever need on a linux
> box - I've owned many different Matrox cards over the years and still
> have a G450 in one of my computers.
>
> Several months ago I decided to upgrade and invested in a Matrox
> Millennium P750. It was the worst mistake I've made in years. After
> several days of frustration, I yanked it out and replaced it with a
> radeon 9200.
>
> It's now collecting dust in my junk bin. My advice... stay away from the
> latest Matrox cards. They are *not* GNU/Linux friendly.
>
> John
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So far it looks like nvidia is the only graphics manufacturer
attempting to do anything to work with the Free Software community.
Is that fair?
What about
3Dlabs
Intel - "i" series
* NVIDIA Corporation - GeForce including GeForce 4 series, GeForce
FX Series, GeForce 6 Series, GeForce 7 Series
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Specialty graphics card producers and products
* Matrox - Parhelia and P-series
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Minor chipset producers and products
* Falanx Microsystems - Mali
* S3 Graphics - Chrome series
* Tech Source - Raptor
* XGI Technology Inc. - Volari
