new G4 towers

[Dan Burcaw]

Nvidia provides crappy binary only drivers for x86.
ATI provides documentation that allows Linux
developers to develop open source drivers
that will work on x86 or ppc.  Nvidia refuses
to provide any such information.


> What??? nVida provides drivers, ATI does not.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Burcaw" <dburcaw@terrasoftsolutions.com>
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:14 AM
> Subject: Re: new G4 towers
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > > Go with the nVidia, ATI doesn't support Linux at all.
> >
> > That's awful advice! nVidia is the most Linux unfriendly
> > company out there.  ATI provides Linux developers with
> > information and video cards to get their cards working.
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jean-Francois Donati" <donati@ast.obs-mip.fr>
> > > To: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:04 AM
> > > Subject: new G4 towers
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi everybody,
> > > >
> > > > I intend to buy rather soon one of the new G4 towers for scientific
> > > > computing and would like to put linux on it (probably ydl, since it
> sounds
> > > > like the only ppc distribution regularly maintained at the moment).
> they
> > > > mention 2 possible choices of graphics card for that machine, the
> > > > ATI Radeon 9000 Pro, and the nVidia GeForce 4, both with dual digital
> > > > display support.  Having bought a while ago a new G4 with the nvidia
> > > > GeForce 2 in it, i know what it means to have to wait for 6 months
> before
> > > > having X working decently, and would like to avoid repeating the same
> > > > mistake...  i imagine that nobody yet tried these new macs (which may
> not
> > > > be truly available yet).  but at least, is there any idea about which
> > > > of the 2 graphics card will be supported sooner?  It seems that Radeon
> are
> > > > better supported under linux, but will it be true for this particular
> one,
> > > > even if i'm only using a single (digital) display??
> > > > thanks in advance for any possible info.
> > > > jeanfrancois Donati
> > > >
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