[xubuntu-users] you have got to be kidding me

[dekks]

On 12/06/12 06:16, Greg Zeng wrote:

> "nVidea is known to be problematic"
> 
> In my stupidity (reading forums only), this what I thought too.  My
> systems have AMD and/ or integrated Intel CPU-GPU.  My 'buntu-based
> distros easy scales on my non-Nvidia hardware to 2D-1080p.
> 
> Trouble starts when I try the 3D & other speedier upgrades.  Various
> AMD/ Radeon drivers 'upgrades' usually fail, perform poorly and/ or
> buggy.  Visiting the AMD site, they loudly acknowledge this.  On
> related forums, the problem is that few if any hardware designers will
> consider PC-Linux optimization.  Linux PCs are the one-per-cent
> losers.
> 
> Until Linux coders (generally unpaid or poorly paid persons) get
> better organized, synchronizing their efforts instead of re-inventing
> crazy, incompetent clones, then Linux PCs (not servers) will be the
> low-grade, incompetents that they are now.
> 
> I use 'buntu 99% of my time.  Essential, extremely uniquely valuable
> stuff is Win7-64 for me.  One-per-cent genius, 99% boring tedium.  I
> want 'buntu success, but Linux lacks proper organization for the
> masses.  Mass markets demand that the Marketing Department is THE BOSS
> of the organization.  Linux PC == Anarchy.  "-(

Seeing as a lot of the newer graphics chips are loaded with patented /
copyrighted hardware & software [ e.g S3TC texture compression] Linux
drivers will never be as good as windows unless the hardware boys
themselves keep up driver parity by writing up to date binary drivers
that most distros will use.

Unfortunately we hit the chicken/egg scenario, until there are good 3D
hardware accelerated drivers which create the demand for good Linux
games [not poor clones of late 90s, early 2000 console games but native
WOW, Halo etc] which generates sales so the marketing droids demand 3D
drivers [loop ad infinitum].

It's nothing to do with the ppl creating the free AMD/Intel/NVidia
drivers themselves, they can't write drivers if there are legal
restrictions and/or no documents on API's etc.

regards.....