On 6 November 2013 19:26, Lennart Sorensen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> ...funnily, I do. My main aim (hypothetical for now, I'm only looking >> at feasibility) would be to port a Second Life viewer. I'm likely to >> get crashes after a few hours of heavy use anyway for quite some time >> - if it is stable for an hour it would be a smashing success. As a >> maximum aim, If it supports full OpenGL somewhere near what, at least, >> a 6-7 year old basic dedicated GPU did, then *I want it*. > > Do you want crashes that you can't ever fix? That sounds hugely > frustrating. I don't *want* them, but I do want performance. And I'm somewhat used to them, although in the previous hardware the reason was simply pushing to the limits and overheating. >> Wait, is PowerVR rebranded as Intel HD Graphics? I'm getting confused >> - again probably my fault (just trying to understand how stuff works). > > No intel calls it the GMA500. Which means there is a working open source driver? >> I'll look that up, but the question is whether there is an >> alternative. Although at the $300 mark, where the 1040 is aiming, >> there probably is, the AMD C-50, with its stellar GPU performance. But >> if no one is doing an open design based on that, there is probably a >> good reason for it that anyone more knowledgeable than I probably >> knows very well? Still wondering about that. If I could have a C-50 device it would be just purrrfection. >> Cool. But I guess the A10 GPU (Mali400) is pretty basic compared to >> the aforementioned PowerVR? > > My understanding is that it is much simpler and more obvious how to > operate it, so at least people are working on creating drivers (even if > that isn't done yet). The driver project is http://limadriver.org/ and appears to be a reverse-engineering attempt. > >> I'll keep watching the space, as if I go for a tablet at all, it has >> to be 9+ inch non-widescreen and with a wired keyboard case. But THAT >> would be a real incentive to go for it (basically it would replace two >> devices that I need). > > I think the vast majority of people want widescreen to watch videos, > so you may be on your own there and end up with hardly any choices ever. OK, full disclosure - my wife is a musician and she uses a lot of PDF scores. A 9+ inch non-widescreen display would finally give her an alternative to paper. (GNU/Linux is not essential for the task, but if there was a tablet+keyboard of this format and with GNU/Linux, it would work for both her and me). -- Yours, Mikhail Ramendik Unless explicitly stated, all opinions in my mail are my own and do not reflect the views of any organization -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CANq10gsR4JFUO-F=rrbmpimk3eqzqmrnoylnq3g7c6bckmf...@mail.gmail.com
