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Most Linux distributions contain some closed components to support different kinds of hardware, and I expect that those kind of limited closed components will be available in some MeeGo images as well.
But this causes many problems too.

For example, ATI considered some of their previous cards as legacy. As a result decent 3D acceleration is not accessible to people with the latest version of XORG and the Linux kernel.
Sure there are open source equivalents but the 3D performance is dreadful compared to the ATI binaries.

Similar thing with WIFI drivers too.

One of the original strengths of a Linux-based system is that it works on an enormous amount of hardware.
Closed source binaries are receding this benefit.

I understand the MeeGo team are working hard and doing a great job - I'm very, very grateful for that.
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