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Re: [SLE] Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology
- From: Philipp Thomas <pth@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:22:40 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <20060825142220.GH5576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Anders Johansson (ajohansson@xxxxxxxxxx) [20060822 16:35]:
> On Tuesday 22 August 2006 15:45, suse@xxxxxx wrote:
> > (And Nvidia has *MUCH* better linux support than ATI)
>
> Traditionally yes, but recent news makes me wonder if that is about to change.
> AMD buying ATI might have a positive effect
Nope :-( They've just stated that they'll continue to differentiate
themselves from their competitors in the workstation and consumer markets by
means of propriatary optimisations which isn't doable with open-source
drivers.
So it seems that everything stays as bad as it is.
Philipp
> On Tuesday 22 August 2006 15:45, suse@xxxxxx wrote:
> > (And Nvidia has *MUCH* better linux support than ATI)
>
> Traditionally yes, but recent news makes me wonder if that is about to change.
> AMD buying ATI might have a positive effect
Nope :-( They've just stated that they'll continue to differentiate
themselves from their competitors in the workstation and consumer markets by
means of propriatary optimisations which isn't doable with open-source
drivers.
So it seems that everything stays as bad as it is.
Philipp
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