On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 10:58:33 +0000, "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amaca...@einval.com> wrote: >Video drivers: we have some basic video modes that work for text mode on >nearly all cards / embedded chipsets. Other than that, almost everything >requires a non-free driver. AMD/Intel/Nvidia are all, in their own ways, >equally bad. Video chipsets change fairly frequently: invariably, newest >laptops are always a pain.
I have not needed a single non-free video driver since I ditched the nVidia Accident that I bought in 2008 to have dual DVI output. The only non-free thing I _need_ is network/wifi firmware and microcode. I do not even know whethre my video cards require firmware downloads to work. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
