jiminycricket
May 12th, 2007, 07:02 AM
Linked (http://poorandimbecile.blogspot.com/2007/05/x-fi-running-under-linux-is-now.html) from Digg (http://digg.com/linux_unix/XFI_linux_drivers_cancelled_DRM_says_no_to_Linux)
X-Fi running under linux is now officially dead - according to Creative Labs that is. Citing an unwillingness to enter the world of linux due to issues with DRM, (namely the distinct lack of them) CEO and general spoilsport Sim Wong Hoo has put the kybosh on any open source drivers ever being released from either it's Californian base of operations or it's Singapore headquarters.
In a memo originally intended for internal use only, all work on the open source drivers has ceased and the staff involved have been redeployed to other projects. All that remains of the original plans to provide Linux support is a scored out reference to their 2006 press release.
This old thread (X-FI Driver- Delayed... (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=409594)) had some hope that Creative would release their "open source (http://opensource.creative.com)" (snicker, snicker) drivers, but that hope is long gone by now I guess. Too bad for those who bought Creative for Linux.
More info at the long-running Creative Labs Linux thread (http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=31220&view=by_date_ascending&page=52).
X-Fi running under linux is now officially dead - according to Creative Labs that is. Citing an unwillingness to enter the world of linux due to issues with DRM, (namely the distinct lack of them) CEO and general spoilsport Sim Wong Hoo has put the kybosh on any open source drivers ever being released from either it's Californian base of operations or it's Singapore headquarters.
In a memo originally intended for internal use only, all work on the open source drivers has ceased and the staff involved have been redeployed to other projects. All that remains of the original plans to provide Linux support is a scored out reference to their 2006 press release.
This old thread (X-FI Driver- Delayed... (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=409594)) had some hope that Creative would release their "open source (http://opensource.creative.com)" (snicker, snicker) drivers, but that hope is long gone by now I guess. Too bad for those who bought Creative for Linux.
More info at the long-running Creative Labs Linux thread (http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=31220&view=by_date_ascending&page=52).