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On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 13:23 -0700, R Parker wrote:

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> --- Lee Revell  wrote:

>

> > 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.

>

> No! I meant it to be a joke and do prefer OSS and GPL

> which is why I asked.

>

>   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.

>

> It's a misunderstanding that's my fault. Your message

> is solid as ever and my interest is evidence of your

> effect. Please continue the good fight.

>

> What card should I buy? :)

There are PCI-E versions of direct ancestors of the old Matro G400

cards, which once upon a time had open drivers (Matrox has since been

putting Evil Inside(TM)).
Unless you happen to be a kernel hacker I guess that's not much use to

you, but the old AGP drivers could probably be ported to work with the

PCI-E cards with some work.  I could go for a nice 3* DVI out PCI-E card

with open drivers :)
-DR-