On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 16:02 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 12:52 -0700, R Parker wrote: > > I'd like the thing to > > be OSS and licensed GPL so Lee Revel doesn't rip the > > jewels from my body when I ask for help configuring > > it. Of course the card you recommend is gonna work out > > of the box so Lee would never know if I'm sleeping > > with the devil... > > Wow. Is my position on closed source drivers really considered > extremist on this list? It's shared by about 95% of people on the > kernel list. > > Sorry, I will shut up about it if it's such a big deal. FWIW I've spent a (very) great deal of time, money, and effort building an (AGP) machine without a card which requires proprietary drivers for decent GL (namely a Radeon 9250). Please don't shut up about it. If anything do the opposite - more people need to be made aware of how very serious this problem is. -DR-
