Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:28:36 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Erik Lauritsen <eriklauritsen@yandex.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Poor support for graphic cards Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509151324010.76298@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <413321442326231@web2g.yandex.ru> References: <413321442326231@web2g.yandex.ru>
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On Tue, 15 Sep 2015, Erik Lauritsen wrote: > Hi > > Why does FreeBSD has such poor support for graphic cards? Because few people were available to do the work of porting X and X drivers. > I would never consider using a Nvidia card with a closed source driver > so I need something other than Nvidia. I have looked at the wiki for > supported cards and the list is very small. AMD cards up to the 6000 series work, 7000 has some support for some cards. I'm using a 5750 right now. Intel video up to the 3000-series processors (non-Haswell) is supported. I have not tested Nvidia cards because they do not support open drivers. > Is that because people are simple recommended using Nvidia cards with > their closed binary driver so it is not considered "that important", > or is it because of a lack of developers or something else? Lack of developers, definitely. > It makes it almost impossible to run FreeBSD on a desktop with video > watching capabilities. It seems usable here.
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