Perhaps the most important thing in today's world of computing is the Graphics cards. Gamers, Designers and even the general public are now getting more and more interested in having a graphics card in their Desktop and Laptops. The two most popular brands is nVidia and ATI. Among the two nVidia is known best for their official Linux support. The drivers could be downloaded right from their website. Bu it will be a very sad news for all the Linux people out their that the nVidia Optimus Technology is NOT supported for Linux. Those who don't know what is this thing about, its a new technology specially made for laptops that helps optimize the performance and battery life of netbooks. The trick is that it switches from nVidia graphics chip and Intel graphics chip depending on your current usage. If you are using normal applications like writing a doc,etc then it switches to Intel graphics chip , and as you know it saves the battery as it uses less power. And it switches to nVidia when you are using 3D application such as games etc.
So, why did suddenly a company like nVidia stopped providing supports for Linux? They also said that they don't have any plans to provide support for Linux. What do you think the reason is? Is it because most of the laptops are shipped with Windows? Is it because Microsoft providing funds for R&D of nVidia? or is it simply because number of Linux users are less then the number of Windows user. Do post your comments. And if you are a Dev do let me know if any reversed engineered driver is coming ;)
