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Open-Source VIA Linux Driver Still Wants To Be Merged, But Pursuing Acceleration First   X.Org   2022-10-08
Open-Source VIA DRM/KMS Driver "OpenChrome" Not Ready For Merging Into Linux 5.20   Linux Kernel   2022-07-31
Open-Source VIA Graphics Driver Hopes To Be Mainlined For Linux 5.20   Linux Kernel   2022-06-25
OpenChrome DRM Driver For Open-Source VIA Continues To See Some Activity In 2022   Linux Kernel   2022-02-22
Before Ending 2019, Vintage SiS X.Org Driver Sees A New Release   X.Org   2019-12-04
OpenChrome Still Aspiring For Open-Source VIA Graphics, But Not Going Mainline This Year   X.Org   2019-10-23
X.Org SiS Driver Kept Alive In 2019 To Fix Silly Compiler Warnings   X.Org   2019-07-27
X.Org's S3 Graphics Driver Sees First Release In Seven Years - Still Pre-1.0   X.Org   2019-07-26
OpenChrome DRM Driver Still Inching Along, Now Connected To New TTM Code   Linux Kernel   2019-03-24
X.Org Server 1.19.7 Released With A Fix For The Two Decade Old SiS 6326   X.Org   2019-03-03
Even In 2019, A Long Road Still For Getting The VIA OpenChrome Driver In Linux   Linux Kernel   2019-01-09
Is It Worth Releasing X.Org Server Updates For Old Branches To Help Vintage Hardware?   X.Org   2019-01-03
Imagine 128 & Matrox Linux X.Org Display Drivers See Updates For The 2018 Holidays   X.Org   2018-12-08
A 2018 Autumn Linux Driver Update For The ATI RAGE 128 Series   Radeon   2018-10-23
OpenChrome DRM Driver To Go Through A GEM/TTM Code Rewrite   Linux Kernel   2018-08-05
2018 Brings A New Linux X.Org Display Driver Update For The ATI RAGE 128   Radeon   2018-07-20
A Revived Linux Driver To Be Attempted For The ATI RAGE 128   AMD   2018-06-08
A Reusable DRM Module To Be Worked On For "Underserved" Graphics Hardware   Hardware   2018-05-31
It's Still Going To Be Tough Getting The OpenChrome VIA KMS Driver In The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2018-05-28
OpenChrome DRM Fixed An Annoying Bug, Working On Better DVI Support   Linux Kernel   2018-04-01
OpenChrome DRM Driver To Work On New GEM/TTM Code, Regression Fixes   Linux Kernel   2018-03-12
OpenChrome KMS Can Now Do Runtime Resolution Changes, Hopes To Go Mainline In 2018   Hardware   2018-03-11
OpenChrome DRM Still Aiming For Mainline Kernel, But Initially Will Lack 2D Acceleration   Hardware   2018-03-02
OpenChrome DRM Continues To Be Developed, But It Didn't Make It Mainline This Year   Hardware   2017-12-26
Even With Wayland Around, X.Org Had A Busy 2017   X.Org   2017-12-11
VIA Graphics & Other Vintage GPUs Still Interest At Least One Developer In 2017   Hardware   2017-09-22
OpenChrome DRM Still Being Ported To Newer Kernel, Lengthy Process   Hardware   2017-08-25
OpenChrome Still Pushing For DRM Kernel Driver, Updated DDX   Hardware   2017-08-04
OpenChrome X.Org Driver Updated With Better Support For Old VIA Hardware   X.Org   2017-03-07
OpenChrome Maintainer Making Some Progress On VIA DRM Driver   Hardware   2016-09-25
There Is Talk Of Resuming OpenChrome VIA KMS/DRM Driver Development   Hardware   2016-08-29
Marking DRI1 Drivers As Legacy & "Broken" Being Debated   Linux Kernel   2016-08-26
OpenChrome Driver Continues To Get Fixed Up, New Version Next Month   Hardware   2016-08-10
OpenChrome 0.5 Has Working Support For Multiple Monitors   Hardware   2016-07-06
OpenChrome 0.4.0 DDX Driver Revives VIA Open-Source x86 Graphics   Hardware   2016-04-01
OpenChrome 0.4 Coming For Letting Open-Source VIA Support Live On   Hardware   2016-03-29
VIA OpenChrome X.Org Driver Getting Ready For First Release In Over Two Years   Hardware   2016-02-14
Someone Wants To Step Up To Take Over The VIA OpenChrome Driver   Hardware   2016-02-02