NVIDIA Gets Happy, Puts Out Two New Blobs

[Raine]

KMS...



Still no KMS support...

DAMMIT!

[agd5f]

The Linux graphics market is workstation 3D. That's where the customers are. That's why both fglrx and nvidia tend to focus on professional 3D applications.

[entropy]

What about the state of RANDR support?

[Shining Arcanine]

I don't understand why they work on Linux support for their 3D feature, while there is something important like Optimus being neglected. Is 3D being used in the Linux business world then?

Would you like them to stop working on a Linux driver instead?

[Nobu]

I expect 3d is being used for modeling and drafting, at the very least. Of course, anyone who's making games will need 3d capabilities, but I guess that's not as common in the "greater" game industry.

[EarthMind]

I don't understand why they work on Linux support for their 3D feature, while there is something important like Optimus being neglected. Is 3D being used in the Linux business world then?

[phoronix]

Phoronix: NVIDIA Gets Happy, Puts Out Two New Blobs

NVIDIA has put out two new proprietary Linux driver updates. One of the drivers is a pre-release in the 270.xx series that largely is after bug-fixing, but the second driver is more interesting as it's the first (development) NVIDIA Linux driver release in the 275.xx series. The NVIDIA 275.09 beta driver brings new features...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=OTQ2Nw