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On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 16:02 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:

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> On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 12:52 -0700, R Parker wrote:

> > I'd like the thing to

> > be OSS and licensed GPL so Lee Revel doesn't rip the

> > jewels from my body when I ask for help configuring

> > it. Of course the card you recommend is gonna work out

> > of the box so Lee would never know if I'm sleeping

> > with the devil...

>

> Wow.  Is my position on closed source drivers really considered

> extremist on this list?  It's shared by about 95% of people on the

> kernel list.

>

> Sorry, I will shut up about it if it's such a big deal.

FWIW I've spent a (very) great deal of time, money, and effort building

an (AGP) machine without a card which requires proprietary drivers for

decent GL (namely a Radeon 9250).
Please don't shut up about it.  If anything do the opposite - more

people need to be made aware of how very serious this problem is.
-DR-