On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 16:49 -0700, alan wrote: > Depends. For basic operation, yes. But there are a couple of patented > bits in OpenGL that nVIDIA supports. Is Nouveau going to support those as > well? I don't know how many apps depend on those pieces, but it could be > an issue depending on what fails to work. The Croquet Project that is an Open Source project must depend massively on those bits as I could never get it to run unless I used the nVidia supplied linux module builder / driver. If the kernel updates then I just crank up the module builder again, no delays waiting. I like that. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
