graphics drivers

Zack Rusin: "There are only two tasks harder than writing Free Software graphics drivers. One is running a successful crocodile petting zoo, the other is wireless bungee jumping."

The H Open: "The AMD and Intel graphics drivers now support a wider range of chips and make better use of power saving features on the older chips."

The H Open: "Improvements include graphics drivers for recent Radeon GPUs and for the graphics cores of some Intel processors that are only expected to be released early next year.

Another new addition is the LogFS SSD file system."

The H Open: "The next version of Linux is not only the first to offer the Nouveau KMS graphics driver for NVIDIA graphics hardware, it also comes with a multitude of improvements for the two AMD/ATI and Intel graphics drivers which support Kernel-based Mode Setting (KMS)."

The Tech Report: "In the early days of GPUs, application-specification performance optimizations in graphics drivers were viewed by many as cheating.

Accusations were hurled with regularity, and in some cases, there was real cheating going on."

The launch of Windows Vista was dogged by driver problems, in particular graphics drivers. Let's hope Windows 7 doesn't suffer the same problem.

The H Open: "A new version of the nv driver supports later NVIDIA GPUs. Drivers giving 3D support for later Radeon GPUs are making progress, and so is code for running the X server without root rights."

Linux Pro: "There is hope for Ubuntu users with Intel graphics. As it appears, the current 2D drivers solve most of the recent graphics problems with Intel chips, according to Ubuntu developer Bryce Harrington in a developer mailing list.

Jaunty users should profit it from them as well."