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OpenChrome Articles & Reviews

VIA's Linux Strategy Takes A Turn With Hidden Driver   Display Drivers   2010-05-25
VIA Publishes 2D/3D Documentation, Partners With OpenChrome   Display Drivers   2008-11-20

OpenChrome Linux & Open-Source News

Linux 6.3 To Remove Obsolete GPU Drivers: ATI Rage 128, 3Dfx, S3 Savage, i810 & More   Linux Kernel   2023-01-19
Open-Source VIA Linux Driver Still Wants To Be Merged, But Pursuing Acceleration First   X.Org   2022-10-08
More DRM-Misc-Next Driver Changes Queue Up For Linux 6.1   Linux Kernel   2022-09-06
Open-Source VIA DRM/KMS Driver "OpenChrome" Not Ready For Merging Into Linux 5.20   Linux Kernel   2022-07-31
Linux 5.20 To Bring New Intel & AMD Hardware Support, IO_uring Features & Much More   Linux Kernel   2022-07-29
Atari Open-Source Linux DRM Graphics Driver Being Worked On In 2022   Linux Kernel   2022-07-09
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
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
Radeon Graphics, Zombieload & Kernel Changes Intrigued Open-Source Fans In H1-2019   Phoronix   2019-07-09
Fedora Looking At Using VESA-Based FBDEV Driver, Knocking Off Old VESA & OpenChrome   Fedora   2019-04-26
Radeon VII & Linux 5.0 Excited Open-Source Enthusiasts In Q1   Free Software   2019-03-30
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
Linux 5.0, RTX 2060, ZoL & Other Topics Dominating Discussions For January   Phoronix   2019-02-01
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
Features That Didn't Make It For The Mainline Linux 4.18 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2018-06-17
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
A Recap Of XDC2017: Advancing Wayland, Mesa & Yes The X.Org Server   X.Org   2017-09-25
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
XDC2017 To Feature Update On New Memory Allocation API, HDR, GPGPU, GLVND   X.Org   2017-08-21
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
VIA OpenChrome Driver Has A Roadmap, But Only One Developer   Hardware   2016-05-27
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
Other Letdowns For Linux / Open-Source Users From 2015   Free Software   2016-01-09
VIA OpenChrome KMS Support Might Be Revived With Mainline Ambitions   Linux Kernel   2015-12-12
The Plans For The New VIA Gallium3D Driver & DRM/KMS Linux Driver   Hardware   2015-01-13
A New VIA OpenChrome Gallium3D Driver Is Under Development   Hardware   2015-01-08
The VIA OpenChrome DRM Still Might Be Kicking In 2015   Hardware   2015-01-03
OpenChrome: There's Apparently Not Much Left   Hardware   2014-05-21
Looking Forward To The Linux 3.11 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2013-06-10
VIA DRM Driver Finally Proposed For Mainline Linux   Linux Kernel   2013-06-08
VIA OpenChrome KMS Driver Finally Goes For Mainline   Hardware   2013-05-26
OpenChrome Driver Is Far From Feature Complete   Linux Kernel   2013-04-06
OpenChrome Provides New VIA X.Org Driver   X.Org   2013-03-27
VIA KMS Driver Now Supports HDMI Output   X.Org   2013-03-25
VIA Kernel Mode-Setting Still Being Toyed With   X.Org   2013-02-16
VIA DRM/KMS Driver Still Not Ready For Linux 3.8   Linux Kernel   2012-12-23
VIA Kernel Mode-Setting Still Not Ready For Mainline   X.Org   2012-11-11
VIA's OpenChrome 0.3.0: "A Major Step Forward"   X.Org   2012-07-24
VIA Kernel Mode-Setting Code Might Merge Soon   X.Org   2012-06-30
OpenChrome Now Defaults To EXA   X.Org   2012-05-16
X.Org 7.7 Release Candidate 1 Finally Emerges   X.Org   2012-04-16
How-To Bang On VIA Hardware With Linux KMS   X.Org   2012-03-07
OpenChrome VIA KMS Has A Goal For This Summer   X.Org   2012-02-20
OpenChrome Picks Up New VIA Support, But Still Lags   X.Org   2012-02-10
Santa Raids VIA Tech For Open-Source Presents   X.Org   2011-12-22
An OpenChrome VIA Driver Status Update   X.Org   2011-11-09
Is VIA Back To Playing With Linux, Gallium3D?   Mesa   2011-09-24
VIA Kernel Mode-Setting Almost Handles LVDS   X.Org   2011-07-12
VIA OpenChrome KMS Support Is Nearly Done   X.Org   2011-06-21
VIA KMS Linux Driver Still Far From Being Ready   X.Org   2011-06-07
Wayland, X.Org For Ubuntu's Future   Wayland   2011-05-10
The xf86-video-chrome Driver Is Now "Stable"   X.Org   2011-03-08
VIA DRM Kernel Mode-Setting On The OLPC   X.Org   2011-03-01
Yet Another VIA Linux Driver Has Arrived   X.Org   2011-02-05
New Version Of VIA DRM TTM/GEM Patches   X.Org   2011-02-02
VIA Chrome 9 Hardware Documentation Released   Hardware   2011-01-19
The VIA TTM/GEM Patch Appears Ready   X.Org   2011-01-17
The VIA Kernel Mode-Setting Code Progresses   X.Org   2011-01-11
VIA KMS + TTM/GEM Driver Moves Along Without VIA   X.Org   2011-01-05
VIA Fails With KMS/3D, But Has Yet Another X Driver   X.Org   2010-12-17
VIA Graphics Still Lack Any Real Linux Progress   X.Org   2010-11-22
The Main DRM Pull Request For The Linux 2.6.37 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2010-10-27
Three Things That Won't Be In The Linux 2.6.37 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2010-10-21
Missing From Linux 2.6.36: VIA's TTM/GEM DRM   X.Org   2010-08-10
How VIA Could Have Not Screwed Its Linux Chances   X.Org   2010-05-25
VIA Releases New Documentation, But It's Old   X.Org   2010-01-12
XvMC Comes To xf86-video-unichrome Driver   X.Org   2009-11-04
This Week: Moblin, Mesa, X, GNOME   Phoronix   2009-10-11
New OpenChrome Driver Release (v0.2.904)   X.Org   2009-10-08
VIA Releases A New 2D Linux Driver   X.Org   2009-08-24
VIA Soon To Release Its DRM-Using 2D Driver   X.Org   2009-08-12
TTM-based OpenChrome In A Working State   X.Org   2009-01-21
Tungsten's New VIA DRM, Mesa Driver Published   Mesa   2009-01-17
VIA Interested In Gallium3D For Chrome 9   Mesa   2009-01-09
Tungsten Creates New VIA 3D Stack   Mesa   2009-01-07
VIA Releases Chrome 9 Series DRM   X.Org   2008-12-24
OpenChrome Gets A TODO List, Clarifies Work   X.Org   2008-11-20
VIA Releases New X.Org Driver   X.Org   2008-08-30
VIA Evaluating Its Open-Source Role   X.Org   2008-06-12
VIA Gives 16,434 Lines Of OSS Code   X.Org   2008-05-08