Matthias Hopf wrote: > On Sep 05, 06 19:34:36 -0500, Rajko M wrote: >> The only thing that we can do is to accept their decision, include such >> hardware in Linux Incompatible list, and advertise that list all over >> the place, to prevent people from buying a lemon. > > And prevent many users from actually using Linux at all, because there > is *no* really fast 3D hardware with OS drivers. > > It's not so simple.
It Matthias. If we start to run to get more users as the only goal that we going to loose even existing base. Linux picks up computer users that know for sure that they don't want what is offered in other environments. One of "don't like" is what you mentioned in another post > There are no specs, so they cannot be published. > > Release cycles are too fast, there is no documentation even within ATI > or NVIDIA. That is the same as there is airplane without plans. Do you need this in Linux? Open source has problems with documentation too, but at least, the ultimate specification, source code is open, so you can compare to the real world. Once upon a time computer did exactly what is specified. If not vendor was laughed out like an incompetent bunch of amateurs. No one wanted such reputation because it meant no customers. You can imagine how sounds "it is normal that first released version is buggy". If first is buggy, and release cycles are so fast, what version will have no bugs? The one that is not released? While for multimedia computers some bugs are not important, for computer as machine that is meant to compute exact values, almost any bug is important. It indicates that program is not properly tested, and user can't trust that it will perform as designed in important functions. -- Regards, Rajko. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
