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Re: Hardware sources?

Wow, it's been 11 years since AMD started their opening up their code and
their specs.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd-opensource-10&num=1



On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 at 14:23 James Lockie <bjlockie [ at ] lockie [ dot ] ca> wrote:

> I didn't know AMD has an open source driver now
> I use noveau (the Nvidia open source driver).
>
> On December 3, 2018 1:52:56 PM Bryan Larsen <bryan [ at ] larsen [ dot ] st> wrote:
>
>> Have you tried AMD recently?   It's taken years, but their strategy of
>> open sourcing their driver is actually paying off, and their recent drivers
>> are both stable & fast.
>>
>> NVidia's closed source crap is just that, crap.  We have a set of
>> machines that won't boot without a monitor in UEFI mode and lock up
>> randomly in BIOS mode.   But of course I have to support that @%#$ because
>> of CUDA.
>>
>> Of course, Intel is still your best choice if you don't need performance.
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 at 13:34 James Lockie <bjlockie [ at ] lockie [ dot ] ca> wrote:
>>
>>> I'd avoid AMD video (cards or onboard), Intel or NVidia.
>>>
>>>
>

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