On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 12:30:16AM +0100, ropers wrote: > On 02/12/2007, Jonathan Schleifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of my mainboards has a UniChrome Pro onboard graphics chip, and > there is a fully free and open source Linux driver for that ( > http://www.openchrome.org/ ) and with it, hardware accelerated OpenGL > works under Linux. > > Also, if there aren't fully free and open source graphics drivers for > your existing hardware that would allow you to run 3D games, then you > can: > > a) Buy (preferably well-documented) hardware for which free and open > source drivers exist.
Oh, I think a lot of people would if it was available. Apparently, Intel's integrated graphics with the open driver will do 3D but their web site (last I looked) said that they don't make separate cards. The freedesktop.org site said (last time i looked) that the best bet was ATI (they list the model number) which does most things now. Hopefully, with the AMD acquisition, things will move along. Perhaps next year this will be a viable option for all users. > b) Write a free and open source driver for your hardware. (Learn to > reverse-engineer and program if necessary.) With all the fine people trying to do this, my puny coding skills are worth diddly on this project. > c) Pay someone to write a free and open source driver for your > existing hardware. Any idea on the cost? Take a hot-off the press card, give it to the programmer, have them write a driver that will take full advantage of all the hardware and licence it ISC. Any estimate or ETA? > d) Refuse to play games that require blobs to run. > I personally don't play games and its not a job requirement for me. However, I recognize that for some the ability to do 3D stuff may be a job requirement. > These are all choices. Not all of them are easy or very comfortable or > quick choices, but they are choices. Nobody ever suggested that > freedom was free. > Back in the days, I would have said that chosing your friends on the > basis of whether or not they have a mobile phone is just plain stupid. > If your friends won't bother with you unless you sacrifice your PC's > security, your money, and your principles, then what good are they? Good point here. I do and accept plain text email only. Attachments can be other formats but I warn them that my ability to read a .doc file is limited and prone to error and suggest that if they are sending me something that needs to be .doc for formatting that they are better sending pdf, otherwise plain text; get them to do the conversion. People know this. They also know my phone number and I know theirs. I also have and address, and a nice set of paper and pens. > > > Most of my real life friends sadly use ICQ and won't switch. I'm glad that > > I got a > > telephon flatrate now and don't need to use Skype anymore. > > See? You're paying for a telephone flatrate, so you can easily avoid > using Skype. That's a choice right there. And a good one, I dare say. > Kudos. > For me, I'm on dialup, so using an internet phone thingy seems silly. I only pay about $5 a month for long distance. Phones are cheap now.
