On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Markku Kolkka wrote: >Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 18:35:42 +0200 >From: Markku Kolkka <markku.kolkka@koti.soon.fi> >To: psyche-list@redhat.com >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >List-Id: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) <psyche-list.redhat.com> >Subject: Re: Video Card recommendation > >Viestissä Lauantai 23. Marraskuuta 2002 15:43, Mike A. Harris kirjoitti: >> As such, if you want a good chance at having >> working ATI card, then I suggest you get a "Built by ATI" card, > >My point was that I _can't_ buy a "Built by ATI" card because >they are sold only in USA and Canada. The rest of the world gets >"Powered by ATI" cards. And how am I supposed to be expected to resolve that? If you want Linux support for your video hardware, it is your responsibility to either purchase supported hardware, or to contact a given manufacturer and request that they support Linux. For the case of these cards, it is probably less than a days work, if that for one of their engineers to hack on a 5 line patch or similar. It is ultimately _not_ our responsibility. The Linux community has developed a lot of software and a lot of drivers, some by poking and prodding the hardware. That is not efficient however. If a manufacturer does not drectly support Linux, then it is best to avoid that vendor. Having few hardware choices in a given part of the world, is a problem that is not up to the OS vendor to solve really. Mind you, I certainly try to do so whenever possible. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer XFree86 maintainer Red Hat Inc. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
