On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 14:27 -0400, Dave Robillard wrote: > On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 09:59 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: > > Hallo, > > Jonny Stutters hat gesagt: // Jonny Stutters wrote: > > > > > The solution as I see it (and so this isn't a /completely/ negative rant > > > ;) ) is more advocacy => more users => noticable difference to the > > > bottom line of companies who don't supply quality (open-source where > > > legally possible) Linux drivers. > > > > An important part of the solution also is to boycott vendors, who > > don't provide specifications for the development of open source > > drivers for their hardware. > > > > As long as people still buy NVidia chips, why should they change their > > current position? > > Boycott by buying what? Via or Intel. Yes it's not "high end" but most people on this list really don't need S3TC or whatever the hell it's called. This is linux-audio-user, not linux-gamer-fanboy. Lee