[lsb-discuss] X11 Extensions for Fullscreen OpenGL

[Jan Emoti]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> O> Well then time may be passing by the closed drivers, which sounds good,
> but
> > it cuts out a huge percentage of the potential users from linux. Not
> only
> > that, but if any of those users did get linux installed and lost their
> > graphic acceleration, it would result in bad feelings for linux in
> wasting
> > their efforts.
>
> Would you mind visiting the real world
>
> - ATI is mostly done
> - Intel just works
> - VIA just opened their portal
>
> Nvidiwho ? oh yeah, one manufacturer who is getting reverse engineered
> anyway and has no processor when CPU and graphics merge.
>
> And in the embedded world they are finding PC graphic hardware lifetimes
> are so bad they've just put together their own system with the basic
> acceleration needed for embedded systems, and that will no doubt cover a
> very large market too, without proprietary drivers.
>
> > Given that a large percentage of the world's graphics hardware is
> (still)
> > dependent on proprietary drivers, then in those cases randr may fail at
>
> False. Intel is the dominant PC graphics supplier and has been for some
> time.
>
> Alan
>

Thank you sir for the invitation, but I was referring to all extant hardware
with OpenGL acceleration going back to at least the first PCI cards. These
machines, many still running DOS or early Windows, have no hope for linux
unless the latest distros take them into account. The default install should
have direct rendering: Yes, with fullscreen available, and not have any of
those jobs that grind them to a near halt (such as mandb). Just doing these
few things would add users to the linux base at a faster rate than are being
added with new hardware. May I ask how far back do you suggest linux support
hardware before its chopped up for gold scrap???
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