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		mixmastamyk on June 7, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel significantly speeds up graphics under Linux... Yeah, I have an old lightweight Sony with 852/855 and it ran better with Gentoo five years ago than with Maverick today. To get it to work Ubuntu turns off the acceleration so it feels so damn slow. Crossing my fingers.

krakensden on June 7, 2011 [–]

The worst part is the intel people have been talking about just dropping support for older chips altogether.

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