[ILUG] question of the day...

[Rick Moen]

Quoting kevin lyda (kevin+dated+1093952661.c0935b at ie.suberic.net):

> i dunno if anyone here has talked about this, but lots of graphics
> cards have poor specs.

Same old.  But not so bad that, between support for VESA video modes in
most cases, and ~six months required for reverse-engineering in others,
X.org/XFree86.org can't produce perfectly fine 2D functionality (all
that most of us care about) in short order.

> what are the thoughts on closed source vs open source drivers for
> graphics cards in linux?

"Sorry to hear about your 3D problem.  Meanwhile, please stop standing
in front of my xterm."