Here we go again.
Even though AMD also has it's shortcomings, it still _feels_ as they are actually really trying. Just ask bridgeman how much they are churning in the Linux front, which AMD actively supports!
Yes, there should be more support, 10% of their dev time on Linux instead of windows would be awesome. In time, maybe we'll get those 10%.
See it like this. Intel has loads of cash to burn, does care about Linux and knows it's (embedded amongst others) potential and see's the benefit of pumping some extra cash into Linux. Even if Intel pumps in 3 times more money than AMD, that's still pocket change to them. And it's not like Intel massively cares. Think plulsbo or wtf that was again. I think it won't even be that wrong to say, that percentage wise, Intel's Linux bits are smaller then AMD's, but because it's just so huge, there's more resources.
AMD on the other hand also see's there's some benefit (Coreboot, r600g etc) and wants to help the community. However due to much smaller budgets, they simply don't have the amount of resources. If your smaller and have less spare change, justifying the Linux dev team gets harder.
Both these companies however, do actually care about open source, or see that it's far more beneficial to just pretend to care, and at least release their stuff in an open source manner.
nVidia however has written an excellent windows driver. They've written it so well, that it was quite easily portable for them to several platforms. Because of that, nVidia may seem like this awesome Linux friendly company, that has like the best video driver. The truth however, is that nVidia simply doesn't really care about opensource. They realize there's some extra sales to be made by having and releasing a Linux driver, but that's it. "Open source is a wrong business model" or something the like (I really have to find that interview again).
Even though AMD also has it's shortcomings, it still _feels_ as they are actually really trying. Just ask bridgeman how much they are churning in the Linux front, which AMD actively supports!
Yes, there should be more support, 10% of their dev time on Linux instead of windows would be awesome. In time, maybe we'll get those 10%.
See it like this. Intel has loads of cash to burn, does care about Linux and knows it's (embedded amongst others) potential and see's the benefit of pumping some extra cash into Linux. Even if Intel pumps in 3 times more money than AMD, that's still pocket change to them. And it's not like Intel massively cares. Think plulsbo or wtf that was again. I think it won't even be that wrong to say, that percentage wise, Intel's Linux bits are smaller then AMD's, but because it's just so huge, there's more resources.
AMD on the other hand also see's there's some benefit (Coreboot, r600g etc) and wants to help the community. However due to much smaller budgets, they simply don't have the amount of resources. If your smaller and have less spare change, justifying the Linux dev team gets harder.
Both these companies however, do actually care about open source, or see that it's far more beneficial to just pretend to care, and at least release their stuff in an open source manner.
nVidia however has written an excellent windows driver. They've written it so well, that it was quite easily portable for them to several platforms. Because of that, nVidia may seem like this awesome Linux friendly company, that has like the best video driver. The truth however, is that nVidia simply doesn't really care about opensource. They realize there's some extra sales to be made by having and releasing a Linux driver, but that's it. "Open source is a wrong business model" or something the like (I really have to find that interview again).
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