[nylug-talk] Video Cards....

[jh]

Joseph M. Gaffney wrote:
> On Monday 06 November 2006 23:26, jh wrote:

>> It appears to me that VIA tried to do _something_ for OSS, and that the
>> market didn't bite, preferring the closed drivers of the bigger guys.
>> Kind of hard to bitch and moan if that is in fact the case.
>>
>> I know that VIA has made different attempts to capture our market, but
>> has had only limited success. A shame, as their other stuff is _great_
>> under Linux - core chipsets, ethernet. The encryption stuff in their
>> CPUs is totally supported by OpenBSD. I know I'd switch entirely over to
>> their video stuff if it was an option.
>>
>> jh
>>
> 
> It's only integrated video though isn't it?
> 
> And I would do the same.  I would fully support even mildly over-priced 
> hardware if they put out open source drivers.
> 
> If VIA/S3 is doing just that, they are doing a poor job of advertising it...
> 

VIA/S3 offers a somewhat compelling standalone solution, although not 
one that seems to have OSS drivers.

The point I'm making: VIA did release OSS drivers for the integrated 
stuff, but seems to have been ignored. So many folks claiming to want 
decent graphics with OSS drivers, but when it was proffered, even in a 
half-assed way, it was ignored in favor of closed stuff. At least, 
that's how it appears to me - but I'm sure that there was more to it.

jh