Well, as for me and my U3S, everything works excellently except for a built-in GPS module (which I have not tried to investigate into very much, though). There is not much to be done to let Linux work on their hardware for ASUS, as far as I can see. If an issue is present in some distro and is absent in others, it is a problem of the distro, not the hardware manufacturer, imho.
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Originally posted by alchark View PostWell, as for me and my U3S, everything works excellently except for a built-in GPS module (which I have not tried to investigate into very much, though). There is not much to be done to let Linux work on their hardware for ASUS, as far as I can see. If an issue is present in some distro and is absent in others, it is a problem of the distro, not the hardware manufacturer, imho.
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Strictly speaking, I have been warned by the "Supported OSes" section on their site that only states "Windows Vista" And yes, I understand perfectly that claiming Linux-compatibility has its costs (presumably large). On the other hand, the issue that we are discussing here is not associated in an obvious way with any direct costs to ASUS other than just contacting nVidia with the FOSS driver request. Both companies could have gained better Linux-users' attitude if ASUS managed to bring the request to nVidia's attention and the latter responded.
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Originally posted by alchark View PostAnd yes, I understand perfectly that claiming Linux-compatibility has its costs (presumably large).
On the other hand, the issue that we are discussing here is not associated in an obvious way with any direct costs to ASUS other than just contacting nVidia with the FOSS driver request. Both companies could have gained better Linux-users' attitude if ASUS managed to bring the request to nVidia's attention and the latter responded.Last edited by deanjo; 17 March 2008, 06:25 PM.
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Originally posted by deanjo View PostThe majority of end users simply want stuff to work, and still to this day Nvidia's blob offers the best end user experience in linux.
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Originally posted by deanjo View PostIf you want FOSS drivers for nvidia, the way to get it is simple, have a competitor not only match Nvidia's performance but exceed it enough that it starts taking over Nvidia's reputation as the best performing card for linux.
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Originally posted by alchark View PostWhat about out-of-box experience with Linux? Many distros can not include non-free drivers in their default configuration for legal reasons. That is what end users WILL notice and suffer from.
Svartalf, ATI/AMD's efforts still have a long way to go before they match Nvidia. They not only have to match the single card video performance, but now they also have to be able to compete with SLI, Cuda and Physix.Last edited by deanjo; 17 March 2008, 06:40 PM.
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Originally posted by deanjo View PostSvartalf, ATI/AMD's efforts still have a long way to go before they match Nvidia. They not only have to match the single card video performance, but now they also have to be able to compete with SLI, Cuda and Physix.
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Originally posted by Svartalf View PostI won't argue that. But...have you read up on what Tungsten's doing with Gallium? If you have, you might want to think about what everything but SLI/Crossfire means in that context. It's the only sticking point in the picture I paint. If you've not read up, I suggest a bit of light reading might be in order...
Yes I've read it, fact still remains, Nvidia has working solutions now. Gallium is still more or less a paper launch in it's infancy that has a long way to go as well to become a defacto standard. I remember seeing much of this type of hype when openAL was announced as well but it took Windows Vista to bring it into the limelight.
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