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The Matrix strikes back, or: the return of AIGLX

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My last post was about Mandriva 2008.0 and Ubuntu 7.10—and I let slip a little bit about trying drivers with them.

Now, however, I have compiled enough data to (roll drums please) update the 3D driver matrix!

This article updates and replaces this previous version.

3D drivers matrix - the evolution

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Did you game well? If no, is it because you had 3D driver issues and couldn’t make head nor tail out of this mess? Here, I discuss the most recent driver releases on the most demanding 3D application there is today on the GNU/Linux desktop.

Graphics drivers: where they are, where they come from, where they are going

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I appreciate NVIDIA’s existing support for free software operating systems: their drivers are various, quite full featured, and they do upgrade the source of their minimalist free “nv” driver for those platforms they don’t support fully.

But where do the others stand?

_The matrix in this article has been superceded by the one in _this article.



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