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

From: Levi Bard (taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 2006 - 17:20:30 EST


> >So, with the lack of a Free alternative, NVidia is the much more
> >Freedom-friendly distributor in spite of the lack of a Free driver.
>
> But there _are_ free (libre) alternatives. The 'radeon' driver provides
> hardware accelerated 3D for several ATI chipsets. Intel has been working
> with Xorg developers and the 'i810' driver provides hardware accelerated 3D
> for several Intel chipsets. There is also the 'via' driver which provides
> accelerated 3D for VIA (Unichrome) chipsets.
>
> This is the hardware that Free (libre) Software advocates should be buying,
> promoting, and using. This is the hardware that offers you freedom _and_
> functionality out-of-the-box with most Linux distributions. For those who
> value freedom (and who desire 3D acceleration), NVIDIA should be the last
> choice.*

The Ati drivers are unacceptable. The i810 hardware is unacceptable.
I will, however, investigate the unichrome chipsets more thoroughly
the next time I acquire graphics hardware.

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