@em_7dice +9001%

The only issues I had on #Linux fit on one hand and are solely the manufacturers being dicks:

• Intel #GMA500 &

• Intel GMA3xx0 aka. #Poulsbo / #US15W

• #AMD pre-#FLOSS'd drivers and old #ATi cards that need them.

• #Nvidia being dicks and not offering feature-parity for their #GPU #drivers acrss platforms as well as actively working against FLOSS #driver #developers...

• #Fibocom #850GL aka. #Intel #XMM7360 and neither of them nor #Lenovo willing to #support that #WWAM module on an "#UbuntuCertified", €3k+ #ThinkPad #P15v #Workstation #Laptop running #Ubuntu 20.04 LTS!

@wyatt nodds in agreement

I'm still angry at #Intel and #ImaginationTechnologies for not releasing the #sourcecode for the #GMA500 & #GMA3100 / #GMA3150 "#iGPU" aka. #Pulsbo!

@phoronix I'm still mad that #Intel refuses to fix the #GMA500 & #GMA3**0 drivers.

• Yes I know it's a #PowerVR SGX and no IDGAF about any excuses: They stickered their name on top of it = they're to be blamed!

Same with the #XMM7360...

#plzfix #Linux #drivers

@Ninji could be worse...

#GMA500 is a mess...

@topher if you like #SGI #IRIX, then maybe @bunsenlabs / #BunsenLabs woth it's #OpenBox desktop is right up your alley?

• It's a #Debian-based distro and it barely sips resources to the point that even a #Poulsbo (#AtomZ520 + #GMA500)-based #Netbook (in my case a Vaio #P11Z) can run it fluidly as software renderer (#llvmpipe)...

@EpicPawt I can recommend to take a look at #TinyCore and #BunsenLabs if you like some #smol #desktop #distro...

TinyCore is a #BusyBox / #Linux and @bunsenlabs is a nifty #Debian derivate which runs even on a #GMA500 / #Poulsbo / #IntelAtom Z-series system like the #VaioP11Z just fine despite using #llvmpipe for rendering...

@krutonium I can recommend @bunsenlabs / #BunsenLabsLinux which runs smooth in my #Vaio #P11Z with the shitty #GMA500 in #llvmpipe.

• If that's too straining, consider #TinyCore, which us a #BusyBox-based distro - abeit very minimalist.

Those are the options with a fancy #GUI.

• I aim for #i486 with @OS1337 (if #Linux didn't cancel #i386 and #toxbox never bothered with it, I'd aim dir that!) but as of now that isn't useable.

@krutonium @darth +1

Until they do that, I #WontBuy any new device from them.

• #EoL is not a valid reason to let them off the hook for anything!

And yes, I'm still #mad at #Intel for the #GMA500 fuckup and at #Fibocom, #Lenovo and #Intel for the #XMM7360 / #850GL shitshow and at #nvidia for their bs...

• I don't forgive nor forget; at least not towards #corporations who didn't even try to say sorry in the most #PR-speak - esque fashion...

@sodiboo if you think #nvidia is shit, wait till you get #Itel's shotty #Rebadge if #PowerVR SGX aka. #GMA500 & GMA3xx0-Series...

• Your only options are #llvmpipe which is a pain in the ass on those #IntelAtom chips or nothing at all...

@SweetAIBelle thanks!

That's exactly what I was looking for - tho I've to also find the #WindowsXP drivers since #WindowsVista really feels garbage on these machines...

• Sadly the #PPA for the #Pulsbo / #GMA500 driver on #UbuntuLTS 12.04 went down and I've yet to source that #binaryblob and Kernel Module loader & build script as this provided #OpenGL ES hardware acceleration, and neither #Intel nor #PowerVR / #ImaginationTechnologies were willing to release it, despite it existing (there even was a #DellMini with #Ubuntu 8.04 sold with it!)...

Either way, I think that both the #EeePC701 and #Vaio #P11Z would greatly benefit from being rereleased with a new, #IntelAtom / #CeleronJ / #N100-based Mainboard and other updated components that make then quieter, more power saving and way faster...

• Some Chinese #HardwareHackers going by the group alias #NB51 did make their own custom #Mainboard for the #ThinkPad #X230 but those were super rare and expensive if even available...

If I had the money I would've likely completed the #NUCbook and just go with a chonky machine...
https://github.com/kbtechnologies/NUCbook