3 ms·
The problem is that X had a massive amount of crap in it. Getting rid of the crap is hard, and things really had to get worse before they got better. Switching
by ori_b 17y ago
The problem is that X had a massive amount of crap in it. Getting rid of the crap is hard, and things really had to get worse before they got better.
Switching acceleration architectures to something that's not from the '80s, allowing modern hardware to effectively accelerate the UI, allowing video to interact with OpenGL and so on needed to be done, and there was really no good way to do it painlessly.
- AngryParsley 17y agoI can think of one way: don't put new drivers in your distro until they're at least as good as old drivers.
- nailer 17y agoExactly. Have a variety of text hardware and a video test suite. Don't release the new drivers until they pass.