On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 12:02 -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: [snip] > In the back of my mind, I've wondered if ATI and nVidia have poor > support for Linux because they want to keep Microsoft happy. After > all, they live and die by whatever features Microsoft supports in > Direct X. Or in "Media Center Edition" of WinXP. Or the chips > Microsoft chooses for Xboxen. [snip]
Err, what? If nVidia wanted to keep Microsoft happy they wouldn't support Linux or OpenGL at all. By closed-source standards, nVidia supports Linux very well. Linux gets driver releases with current features, with kernel module glue code that supports even the newest test release kernels. This is very good support for a binary driver in a market as small as Linux. Apple is the only other supported market as small, and they write their own drivers. -- Zan Lynx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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