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VIA Opens Some Programming Manuals, Pushes to Better Graphics Drivers

VIA Technologies announced that it's moving forward with its commitment to open source software by collaborating with the openChrome Project to improve support for VIA integrated graphics chipsets.

VIA and openChrome have been focusing on multi-head support and improving the implementation of the RandR (resize and rotate) extension. The VIA framebuffer driver source has been checked into the 2.6.28 mainline kernel. Perhaps most significantly, VIA has opened the documentation for the VIA CX700M and VX800 chipsets.



VIA's Open Source Notebook

If you've been scanning the news today, you might be under the impression that VIA Technologies had released an open-source notebook design. The OpenNote mini-note reference design has gotten a a sudden burst of press attention, but most of the stories don't seem to understand what's really open about this design. It's worth a look, as it shows the extent to which open is becoming a marketing term.


OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

Chip maker VIA has unveiled the beta version of its VIA Linux Portal, an open source driver development site.....What's next for Linux file systems now that Hans Reiser has been convicted of first degree murder in the death of his wife?.....Social networking and open source are cut from the same cloth says Ringside Networks' co-founder.....Fonality, a leading provider of open source VoIP phone systems, has launched its open source telephony ecosystem.....Nominations remain open for the OSCON open source awards.....



OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

Alfresco, an open source leader in content management and collaboration, has announced stellar 2007 results--customer bookings up 320 percent.....

Chip maker VIA is out with a broad new set of open source initiatives, including an upcoming VIA Linux web site.....

Ars Technica has a good retrospective on the past decade and open source--many interesting interviews.....

Red Hat has taken a public stand challenging standards for patenting software.....