heh.. I can't help but notice several trends in threads about the OS drivers.
radeon, 2008: "Wohoo, there are applications that actually work! This is awesome!"
radeon, 2009/2010: (users actually start using the driver) "Damn, 3D performance still sucks, gimme fglrx!"
nouveau, 2010: "Wohoo, there are applications that actually work! This is awesome!"
Nouveau isn't as mature as radeon, it has less commercial backing and it doesn't have access to official docs, either. Then again, nouveau doesn't have to care about UMS / classic mesa.
Just remember the time it took AMD to get this far and expect the same for nouveau.
radeon, 2008: "Wohoo, there are applications that actually work! This is awesome!"
radeon, 2009/2010: (users actually start using the driver) "Damn, 3D performance still sucks, gimme fglrx!"
nouveau, 2010: "Wohoo, there are applications that actually work! This is awesome!"
Nouveau isn't as mature as radeon, it has less commercial backing and it doesn't have access to official docs, either. Then again, nouveau doesn't have to care about UMS / classic mesa.
Just remember the time it took AMD to get this far and expect the same for nouveau.
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