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[Konstantin Riabitsev]

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On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 12:51, Thayne wrote:
> nVida gives Not only binaries, but source as well so you can compile your
> own.

No, those are kernel modules. They are useless by themselves. The
drivers are binary-only. Go check.

> ATI has terible linux support

You seem confused. ATI does NOT provide linux support. Developer
community provides ATI support, and it can do that thanks to the API
documents provided by the ATI.

Moreover, nVidia has a restrictive distribution license, so companies
like Red Hat, TerraSoft, etc. cannot bundle their drivers with their
distributions, meaning that if someone buys their product, it will NOT
work out-of-the-box on most high-end nVidia cards (there is an "nv"
driver to some of them, but it's the reverse-engineered product provided
by Red Hat).

Regards,
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