070822 Florian Philipp wrote: > Philip Webb <purslow <at> sympatico.ca> writes: >> (1bd) The mobo listed is described on the ASUS site under 'VGA' as >> "Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 >> integrated High-definition video processing >> with maximum resolution 2048 x 1536 bpp <at> 75 Hz ; >> maximum shared memory 256 MB ; supports OpenGL 1.5, Pixel Shader 2.0 >> also, it uses open-source drivers (can anyone confirm?). > I'm not certain about your video assumptions. > I've just installed Gentoo on a sony viao (see recent threads) > and never got the Intel 810 driver working. After extensive googling, > the version of the chips does not work with the 810 Intel drivers. > Lots of people blame Sony, but I'm sure Intel provided a chip > that is unusuable with the 810 driver: I believe it's a 965GM .
http://apcmag.com/7016/linus_torvalds_talks_future_of_linux_page_2 APC: do you have anything to say to hardware manufacturers who refuse to release datasheets or specifications about the functioning of their hardware so it could operate with the Linux kernel? LT: Is "I hope you all die a painful death" too strong? The good news is that a lot of hw manufacturers are actually doing the right thing. Intel in particular has improved wrt open source a lot and for that reason I tend to suggest that when buying a machine, just make sure that you buy one with Intel graphics and wireless. That takes care of the two biggest annoyances right there. But Intel certainly isn't the only one and we're doing fairly well in general - with just a few dark spots. I plan to look around a bit re the driver issue, incl Intel's site. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
