On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 14:32 -0400, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > It's a rainy Sunday afternoon as I finally press the buy button, I reflect > on what was learned: >
<snip> > 5) That ATI has made progress in delivering unencumbered specs and deserves > a second look, while Intel is faking it: > Here's further info (beyond the Phoronix article you cited) that despite Intel's strong commitment to open source, their graphics is having problems: DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 316, 17 August 2009 "Welcome to this year's 33rd issue of DistroWatch Weekly! Many people who use Intel graphics and a recent Linux distribution must have come to the same conclusion: this combination is a disaster. Performance and stability issues affecting thousands of users have so far filled many pages on various forums." More details at: http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090817 _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jul 1 - Linux High Performance Computing Aug 5 - TBD Sept 2 - Linux and HDTV
