On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 13:23 -0700, R Parker wrote: > > --- Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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. > > No! I meant it to be a joke and do prefer OSS and GPL > which is why I asked. > > 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. > > It's a misunderstanding that's my fault. Your message > is solid as ever and my interest is evidence of your > effect. Please continue the good fight. > > What card should I buy? :) There are PCI-E versions of direct ancestors of the old Matro G400 cards, which once upon a time had open drivers (Matrox has since been putting Evil Inside(TM)). Unless you happen to be a kernel hacker I guess that's not much use to you, but the old AGP drivers could probably be ported to work with the PCI-E cards with some work. I could go for a nice 3* DVI out PCI-E card with open drivers :) -DR-
