VXDs under linux?

Chris antispam at stargate.net
Sat Mar 17 07:43:49 CST 2001


On 17 Mar 2001 07:11:54 GMT, krach42 at aol.com (Daniel Foesch) wrote:

>>1. I guess so... didn't occur to me.
>>2. I understand that.  I've tried lobbying (got a bunch of friends to
>>email them too), but I guess I'll have to live with no support until
>>god knows when (when Intel decides linux users want 10mps anypoint
>>cards) or when I go to a college where I can use supported NICs.
>>
>
>Eh... there's always that third option... reverse-engineer the thing. (a la
>WINE) Of course, you'll end up just as slow going, and with drivers, a half
>working component is not really a component at all.
>
>I find it regretable that so many companies are not seeing the benifit of
>open-source.  Take nVidia for example.  Two days ago or so, they release the
>0.9-7 drivers, but guess what? they still don't work with the current XFree
>CVS... Until two days ago, you didn't have the RENDER extention, and a lot of
>stuff.
>
>Surely, they must realize that they are selling HARDWARE, and not the drivers. 
>At least, that's what I'm hoping they're doing.
>
>Anyways, I shouldn't get much more off topic than I already am... *mumbles to
>himself*
>
>Daniel "Krach" Foesch
>---------------------
>"I'm all in favor of regulations dictating a standard placement of directions
>on frozen foods" -Lyle McCracken

I also find it annoying that they don't put out drivers... I'm stuck
with the not-free OSS drivers for my card, even though the Win9x/NT
drivers are free.  If nVidia open-sourced the drivers, they'd probably
outperform the windows drivers.

chris



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