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Do you think 3d video card drivers are still a problem on Linux?

Jastiv · 2010-01-29T17:30:02

Some people think that you should use open GL for 2d retro-looking games because it "looks neat" but I think that lowers the number of potential users of a game simply because trying to install the 3d card drivers is still a problem. As I understand it, Nvidia has still not released their source code for the cards yet. As I understand it, from talking to users and seeing a recent articule in a mainstream high tech magazine, about whether or not Ubuntu should include the evil drivers or not, it is obvious to me, that now is not the time to take up Open GL.

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Started by Jastiv January 24, 2010 03:44 PM

9 comments, last by maximAL 14 years, 5 months ago

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January 29, 2010 05:30 PM

OpenGL is not so much of a problem these days (at least as long a we are talking about basic stuff - like 2D), what actually is a problem are hardware accelerated desktop effects - if you have an ati card [wink]
There really is no reason to avoid OpenGL...

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