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



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