Re: [SLUG] Cheap'n good laptops for Linux

From: michael hast (evylrobot19@cox.net)
Date: Tue Nov 14 2006 - 01:03:32 EST


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> Linux distro will install a binary NVIDIA driver out-of-the-box so
> going the NVIDIA route and expecting 3D support is by far the most
> complicated (and possibly immoral...
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Okay. I've been at this for a little while now. Maybe I'm being
thick-headed, but what part of that might be immoral? The fact that
they want to retain ownership of their code? Should all software
producing companies be forced to share their code? Wouldn't that
attitude support M$'s argument about Open Source supporting communism?
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