That's IMHO a rough oversimplification.
Nvidia has always had good performing, albeit closed source, linux
video drivers. I've bought a lot of nvidia cards over the years and I
like them for gaming. While their drivers are closed source, they have
always been very quick to update them and they track kernel updates
very quickly.
ATI has historically offered half hearted linux support and closed
source video drivers for linux, very late, lacking features and
performing worse than their windoze drivers. Their recent opening up
to linux will help matters but it is taking time. In the long term
they may be a good choice.
Intel graphics have generally not been as high performance as nvidia
or ati, but they have the benefit of "just working" out of the box,
with 3D support in the official linux kernel, with open source drivers
based on intels published video card specs. They do work nicely for
desktop effects and some gaming. The folks at intel are in the process
of revamping the video drivers, and ubuntu 9.04 users with intel video
are suffering with a half baked driver situation - however by 9.10 the
intel video situation will be greatly improved. Even with 9.04 there
are repositories for kernel updates and intel video drivers, which
dramatically improve the video performance.
So, who hates intel? They seem to have done fairly well by linux,
compared to most firms.
Joe
Danny Piccirillo wrote:
I was wondering about the state of open source graphics drivers today
and which companies are the most friendly. My understanding, and i'm
hoping that you can either confirm or correct this, is that: NVIDIA
has linux drivers, but none of them are open (there is a project for
that but nvidia doesn't offer open drivers themselves). Intel has
open drivers, but we all hate Intel for one reason
<http://pinstack.blogspot.com/2009/01/efi-hidden-threat-to-computing-freedom.html>
or another
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Configuration_and_Power_Interface#Criticism>.
AMD/ATI have opened everything, but it's taking us some time to catch up
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