The Phoronix 2009 Linux Graphics Survey Results
For the month of November we ran the 2009 Linux Graphics Survey, which is a survey in regards to X.Org and the Linux graphics stack that we have been hosting annually for the past three years. This year there was 13,836 results submitted and we have now had the time to go over these results and are publishing all of the numbers today.
We began the 2009 survey by asking which of the listed technologies the user(s) were most interested in as an end-user. The choices were between kernel mode-setting, video-acceleration (XvMC / VA-API / XvBA / VDPAU), tear-free / artifact-free rendering, Gallium3D, and power management. This year the most popular choice was video acceleration and it was most popular by a large margin -- over 50% more votes than the second most interesting technology: kernel mode-setting. Following video acceleration and kernel mode-setting was tear-free / artifact-free rendering, power management, and then lastly was Gallium3D. Last year KMS was the most popular technology followed by video, but with KMS being a reality and is now prevalent on Linux for ATI and Intel hardware and emerging for NVIDIA hardware through the Nouveau driver, this may explain why its becoming less interesting to individuals.
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