VIA have piss poor device drivers if any at all, and I've had problems with their buggy unstable chipsets too.
When I buy a computer, I always make sure that it contains nothing from VIA.
Phoronix: OpenChrome Now Defaults To EXA
There's a new release of the OpenChrome open-source VIA X.Org driver...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTEwMzU
VIA have piss poor device drivers if any at all, and I've had problems with their buggy unstable chipsets too.
When I buy a computer, I always make sure that it contains nothing from VIA.
Perhaps VIA should integrate a CPU and GPU into one chip, as Intel and AMD are doing...
Oh, good to read. Finally an update again, and even something good on that front. I guess I have some installing to do then.
Nevertheless I try to avoid VIA in new computers. Kudos to the few still active FOSS developers fighting with that hardware.
Stop TCPA, stupid software patents and corrupt politicians!