Actually, the problem is the FSF aspect of the Linux community. Many video card companies wont agree to release source for their base drivers or specs for creating drivers without an NDA. That's why Redhat is doing the XBF (X Binary Free) project, to provide binaries without source for most popular video cards. How if they could just get the damned sound right for us PCI audio users. :) kyle wrote:
At 03:19 PM 7/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
It really isn't in the interest of the hardware manufacturers to write drivers for an operating system that doesn't make them any money. If you are unhappy with xfree there are always AccelX and MetroX.
You don't think that hardware manufacturers would make more money if they sold more of their product? When Matrox sell a card for an NT system, they aren't making money off the drivers they're making it off the hardware. This would also apply Linux (maybe even better since fewer companies actively support their hardware for Linux). Wouldn't you be inclined to purchase a video card that said something to the effect of 100%
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