<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Marco Nelissen</b> <<a href="mailto:marcone@xs4all.nl">marcone@xs4all.nl</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
>But don't EVER buy one unless your SURE that it is supported. And don't fall<br>>for the CRAP that VIA calls "drivers for linux". Wait for it to be supported<br>>(fully!) by opensource development. Your shiny new board is useless without
<br>>opensource drivers.<br><br>And yet everyone and their grandmother uses an FX5200 with nVidia's closed<br>source drivers...</blockquote></div><br>You're absolutely right, nVidia's drivers are actually rather good, VIA's are NOT.
<br>VIA only released drivers for a couple ancient distro's and require root privileges to use (Want to play a video? Gotta be root) and are instable<br><br>Trust me on this one, don't trust VIA to give you good drivers.<br>
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