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Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0

From Bob Hauck <postmaster@avalanche.org>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0
Date 2012-06-21 10:46 -0400
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:57:09 -0700 (PDT), White Spirit <wulfgar1976@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 21, 12:34 pm, Bob Hauck <postmas...@avalanche.org> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:28:38 -0700 (PDT), White Spirit <wulfgar1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Jun 20, 1:47 am, Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstr...@xzoozy.com> wrote:
>
>> > NVidia contributes to Linux by developing its drivers in-house and
>> > keeping them up to date with the latest features.
>
>> Unless you have a laptop. Then their binary blobs aren't up with the
>> latest features after all.
>
> I was under the impression that the chipsets available on laptops
> generally don't have the latest features in the first instance.

The particular feature Linus was talking about in the video was NVidia's 
"Optimus" feature where laptops have two graphic cards, one slower but 
low power and one faster but higher power. The OS can decide which one 
is used on an application-by-application basis.

This feature isn't supported by NVidia on Linux. There is unofficial 
support from a third party, but not from NVidia.


-- 
Bob Hauck

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Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 Hardon <hardon.quirk@gmail.com> - 2012-06-19 19:31 +0000
  Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2012-06-19 18:44 -0400
  Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-19 20:47 -0400
    Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-19 17:58 -0700
    Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 White Spirit <wulfgar1976@gmail.com> - 2012-06-21 02:28 -0700
      Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-21 06:10 -0400
      Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 Bob Hauck <postmaster@avalanche.org> - 2012-06-21 07:34 -0400
        Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-06-21 14:57 +0100
        Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 White Spirit <wulfgar1976@gmail.com> - 2012-06-21 06:57 -0700
          Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2012-06-21 09:03 -0500
          Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 Bob Hauck <postmaster@avalanche.org> - 2012-06-21 10:46 -0400
            Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2012-06-21 12:32 -0500
        Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2012-06-21 12:30 -0500
          NVidia doesn't do open source.  @Jeff-Relf.Me - 2012-06-21 12:21 -0700
          Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-21 17:08 -0400
            Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2012-06-21 16:13 -0500
      Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2012-06-21 08:55 -0500
  Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-06-21 12:26 +0100
    Re: Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches version 1.0 Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2012-06-21 13:31 +0200

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