Gammitin (Ben) 💾 on Nostr: I'm compiling the Mesa 21.3.9 Amber branch to build legacy classic DRI drivers ...
I'm compiling the Mesa 21.3.9 Amber branch to build legacy classic DRI drivers (r200_dri.so) for the ATI Radeon R200 in this iBook G4. Modern Linux might have dropped classic DRI support, but custom builds save the day. Goodbye llvmpipe, hello hardware acceleration! 🛠️🐧💻
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