VIA's OpenChrome 0.3.0: "A Major Step Forward"

[phoronix]

Phoronix: VIA's OpenChrome 0.3.0: "A Major Step Forward"

The xf86-video-openchrome DDX driver has been updated today with a version 0.3.0. Xavier Bachelot from the OpenChrome camp describes this release as "a major step forward for the openchrome X.org driver."..

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE0NTQ

[uid313]

Last I used a laptop with a integrated Via Chrome IGP the mouse cursor would have a flicking square. Making it unusable.

I would never buy from Via again.
If I see a computer with graphics from Via, I'll run in the opposite direction!

[Adarion]

But if one already has a few of these chips... I'm glad to see somebody still supporting them. Even though I would avoid buying new VIA hardware.

[devius]

If I see a computer with graphics from Via, I'll run in the opposite direction!

I think you won't be doing much running then...

[AJenbo]

I still se a fair number of VIA Chrom and SIS cards around school labs.

[Adarion]

Moreover iirc the OLPC uses VIA chips in the newer generations.

[AJenbo]

The XO-1.5 has a VIA C7 witch seams to have a Chrom 9 GPU. It will be replaced by the XO-1.75 with an ARM based system.