[Eug-lug] good (low-end) graphics card?

Allen Brown abrown at peak.org
Fri Feb 22 19:46:25 PST 2008


You can all jump on me for this but, as far as I can tell there
are *no* Linux-friendly graphics companies today.  None release
their API.  Instead they provide a binary driver.  That's not
in the spirit of things.
-- 
Allen Brown
http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown

> I'm in the market for a graphics card (PCI Express) for running a
> fairly generic Linux (Ubuntu 7.10) desktop.  I'm not planning on
> gaming or other rendering-intensive tasks-- just normal desktop use,
> some streaming video, etc.  At a minimum, it needs to drive a 24"
> widescreen monitor at 1680x1050 resolution.
>
> Who are the Linux-friendly graphics companies these days?  I'm out
> of the loop on this...  Thanks!
>
> --
> Hal Pomeranz, Founder/CEO      Deer Run Associates      hal at deer-run.com





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