I would shorten this a bit to give it a better chance. That said, the guys behind Slashdot and its selection process certainly make up for one of the mysteries of this universe. :-)
Suggestion: (removed some details and redundancies including the OSNews reference, and made some other changes) The Open Graphics Project aims to develop a fully open-source graphics card; all specs, designs, and source code are released under Free licenses. Right now, FPGAs (large-scale reprogrammable chips) are used to build a development platform called OGD1. They've just <a href="http://wiki.opengraphics.org/tiki-index.php?page=HomePage";>completed</a> an alpha version of legacy VGA emulation, apparently not an easy feat. Here's Gentoo <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAtVEqNrT3w";>booting up</a>, with OGD1 acting as a primary display. The Linux Fund is receiving <a href="http://www.linuxfund.org/projects/ogd1/";>donations</a>, so that ten OGD1 boards can be bought (at cost) for developers. Also, the FSF shows their interest by <a href="http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/help-the-open-graphics-project";>asking volunteers</a> to help with the OGP wiki. /David Timothy Normand Miller wrote: > Slashdot hasn't seen much news about the Open Graphics Project for > some time now, but the OGP has been quite busy, especially recently. > As you may recall, the OGP's goal is to develop a fully open-source > graphics card. All specs, designs, and source code are released under > Free licenses. Right now, they're using FPGAs (large-scale > reprogrammable chips) to build a development platform that they call > OGD1. And they've just completed an alpha version of legacy VGA > emulation, apparently not an easy feat. They have posted a <a > href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAtVEqNrT3w";>Youtube video</a> of > OGD1 driving a monitor, showing Gentoo booting up in a PC. This > completes a major step, allowing OGD1 to act as the primary display in > an x86 PC. The announcement can be seen on the <a > href="http://wiki.opengraphics.org/tiki-index.php?page=HomePage";>OGP > home page</a>, and there's an <a > href="http://www.osnews.com/story/21358/Video_of_OGD1_VGA_Emulation_Booting_in_PC";>OSNews.com > article</a>. Also, <a href="http://www.linuxfund.org/";>Linux Fund</a> > is taking donations to raise money to buy ten OGD1 boards (at cost) to > give to developers. Check it out at <a > href="http://www.linuxfund.org/projects/ogd1/";>http://www.linuxfund.org/projects/ogd1/</a>. > Finally, the <a href="http://www.fsf.org/";>Free Software > Foundation</a> has taken notice of this and is <a > href="http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/help-the-open-graphics-project";>asking > for volunteers</a> to help with the OGP wiki. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
