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Old 11-08-2006, 09:12 PM   #26 (permalink)
abhishekkulkarni
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Default Re: Intel opens 3D support for Linux!!

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Originally Posted by gxsaurav
what Linux lacks, is configurability. What the point of editing xconfig file manually using some text editor, can't they make it like some menu or something, when I used ubuntu live, I saw this option that I could chose my graphics driver from a drop down list (some where in the control panel) there were names like nv, ati, Intel etc, this is what I m saying to make better.
Mandriva , Mepis and Open SuSe 10.2 ( The most widely used Distro's ) all have this feature of configuring your Graphics Adapter ( Onboard / Graphics Card ) from the Control Center .
And , don't say that Fedora Core doesn't have this facility - Fedora Core is not an OS portrayed as a Home entertainment operating system .

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Originally Posted by gxsaurav
linux can excel even with closed source drivers
If this should happen , Linux will cease to be Open Source anymore . Please RTFM - http://www.opensource.org .

For any software ( including Device drivers ) to be classified as "Open Source" it's source code should essentially be distributed along with it's Binaries AND for free .
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