Do you mean Nvidia's chips? If so they, like others (ATI)
are not "fully" open source as part of the driver package
is binary. Once can't blame them if they want to keep
part of thier special informaton secret. However, what
difference does it make - at least for Nvidia? The have
provided timely updates and fixes and they work under
Linux. They have a unified driver platform meaning the
drivers work on different boards so you don't have to
search a list of 50 gazillion drivers to find the one you
want. In addition the docs - mainly the Readme - are very
through and go into a lot of detail about how things work
and how to make them work.
I'd like to have nothing but open source on my system but
there are some things where it is not yet practical.
Video drivers are one area, apps like Crossover, VMware,
etc. are not opensource but may be neccessary for people
since Wine can't do what they will and people still need
to get a job done.
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:47:58 -0500
Ernie Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks, all, for your input. I got some boards to check
out but what I was
really after were comments on the nForce chipset boards.
I heard somewhere
that the chipset drivers are not open source. Is this
true?
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