Exactly what I wanted to say, Fabio didn't say anything about dropping FGLRX as an option. Radeon opensource drivers *will be default boot* on the next ISOs, and who wants to install fglrx, he's on his own. Simple math :)
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Fabio Erculiani <lx...@sabayon.org> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Michele <de...@gmx.it> wrote: > > On 14/09/2012 10:45, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Danilo Pianini > >> <danilo.pian...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Note that it still does not work with HD4xxx class hardware. > >> > >> Note that I am not interested in fixing this, since: > >> 1. fglrx won't be the default anyway in the near future > >> 2. KMS will be enabled by default > >> > >> You said that fglrx is great, then why did they drop support for older > >> cards? > >> Buy real hardware next time. > >> > > Can I ask some clarification about this issue? My general understanding > is > > that: > > - fglrx/catalyst is the closed source ati driver, which is somehow > > problematic > > The problem is not closed vs open. The problem is about garbage vs > non-garbage. > > > - some open source alternative exists, but people are against it > > Who is against it? When it works, it works good enough for 99% of the > people. And if you want to install ati-drivers, you can do it quite > easily. > > > - nvidia is a bitch to work with, their drivers are leaky and ugly but > they > > work > > Leaky and Ugly? Have you ever used a nvidia system? I guess you did not. > > > - nouveau sucks and has no support from the official developers > > > > nouveau is not mature yet. > > > So in this scenario (correct me if I'm wrong), which graphic card should > I > > pick? > > NVIDIA or Intel. Intel has slightly better support though. > > > As a game developer I would say both, and test my games on the official > > drivers only as I need to reach the broadest public with the least > effort. > > How does the open source ati driver compare to nouveau? How is Fabio's > > decision going to impact my work? Can I still put on fglrx? > > Did you guys actually read what I write? > I wrote "default to". Does this mean I am going to drop fglrx from ISO > images? NO! > > > > > Sorry if what I ask is trivial but I'm not much into hardware/drivers. > > Michele > > > > > > > > -- > Fabio Erculiani > > -- Lead-Developer at Project Rogentos (Romanian Gentoo Operating System) GNU/Linux. Based on Sabayon and Gentoo Linux, Rogentos tends to offer support mainly for all Romanian Linux users and entrepreneurs who seek to learn an open and free system based on true values :) http://rogentos.ro www.facebook.com/RogentosLinux
