The article "The Challenge In Delivering Open-Source GPU Drivers" (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODk3MA) discusses the obstacles facing Intel and AMD in getting up to date Linux support for new graphic cards into Linux distributions.
Seems that there are all kinds of interlocking interdependencies - both kernel, X-Window and Mesa (OpenGL implementation) need to be updated to support such drivers. And this is a problem for distributions which periodically release a version (Arch and Gentoo are exceptions). I do not understand one thing. Debian has backports (http://backports.debian.org/). Through backports, it is possible to get the appropriate updated versions into a installation based upon a particular release. Don't other distributions have backports, too? --- Omer -- You haven't made an impact on the world before you caused a Debian release to be named after Snufkin. My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
