Jonathan Gardner wrote: > Apparently you've never heard of ATI. Their Linux drivers are all open > source and it appears that they are actively cooperating with the community > and trying to push X and Linux integration forward. While they aren't > disclosing trade secrets they aren't at liberty to disclose, they are > giving enough information legally that the developers can figure out those > secrets or develop their own solutions. > > I have been using ATI cards for several years, and as long as I use older > hardware (7000 series nowadays), Linux works fabulously with them, even 3D > acceleration. And yet, they don't run 3d as fast as ATI's closed source drivers. Admittedly, ATI's better in supporting open source than Nvidia, but they aren't perfect either. Elliott Wilcoxon
