On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:33:22 -0200 Rodrigo Amorim Bahiense wrote: > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 08:20:16AM +0000, Matthieu Herrb wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Peter Miller <feu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have 4.6 amd64 installed and can't get X to work at 1280x800. --snip-- > > Stay away from nVidia graphics cards, especially on laptops if you > > want to run an open source system on it. > > > > -- > > Matthieu Herrb > > > > Can you point some good manufacturers, please?
Yes, I'd like to see some pointers also. I recall that there was discussion (might've been on linux kernel) a while ago about a partially-open video card. Why doesn't the community support that? I recall that price was a factor in lack of uptake. Seems to me that opensource is farsical if it runs on closesource hardware. So where's the opensource hardware? Seems like the new world order isn't going to allow that. The trend in hardware looks like a race to keep control. Seems like we are going to be paying for the hardware but not owning; instead leasing. Or am I behind the times and there's salvation from some beneficent hardware maker in Taiwan?
