lma probably meant a bog standard TV set. Just yesterday I downloaded the manual of an lcd tv (not planning to buy one, just looking around) and it came with a GPL notice and a link to the corresponding gpl sources:
I'm a windows user but I also dual boot to Ubuntu Linux at home but have to use windows at work. If anyone can help me prove that Linux can be a great system for official business at work please do, I found out about Ubuntu and thought since you can breath life into old computers/ get the most from new ones with Linux it would be better then windows for the military, we waste ungodly amounts of money on computer and software btw.
i finally got to a point where I can use Ubuntu comfortably, I really want to convert to Ubuntu only for home but due to Google chrome,i tunes, an a few other programs I continue to use windows while i wait for those programs to be offered in Linux or programs to replace them...
So is practically every other GPU really, but at least AMD are doing the right thing with releasing chip documentation, specs etc. There's still a lot of work to be done, but in the long run ATI is the best bet for well supported graphics on Linux (Intel are also being good citizens in this respect, but that doesn't help unless your computer came with an Intel GPU onboard).
I'm actually using a routeable /27 (as well as a /64 IPv6) allocation, which can be expanded free of charge with a simple email. The benefits of chosing an enlightened ISP ;-)
So is practically every other GPU really, but at least AMD are doing the right thing with releasing chip documentation, specs etc. There's still a lot of work to be done, but in the long run ATI is the best bet for well supported graphics on Linux (Intel are also being good citizens in this respect, but that doesn't help unless your computer came with an Intel GPU onboard).
Well, that's the right thing to do, yes. Especially when you're incapable of writing a working driver and hoping that the open source community will fix your ignorance.
Thanks for that bit of old school thinking. I was just marveling at the apparent shift from:
I've never had that shift, you can go back in time and ask me when I had an ATI. I probably will be more expressive then...
I don't care if I'm using a binary blob, I just want it working. The situation ATI/AMD is in now is having two or more half-baked drivers. I really need only one.
The shift from nasty to great was because the blobs went from nasty to great. It wasn't the result of some sheep mentality. It was the result of reality: AMD had their a*s handed to them in what seemed to be a fair, competitive arena. And on top of that, NVIDIA decided to support Linux. Generally, I consider drivers part of the hardware. If they conform to and meet the demands of an API that the market or software people dictate, they've complied. Since innovation wasn't working, AMD had no choice, it was cough up specs/code or die. Or get bought. Or both. NVIDIA would have done the same if the roles were reversed. Let's hope that AMD continues to step up to the plate, but if you read Phoronix, things don't look good. It's possible Intel will be NVIDIA's next competition.
I don't care if I'm using a binary blob, I just want it working.
The problem with a binary blob is that it may work at a point in time, then the environment moves forward and the blob doesn't work anymore.
Nvidia didn't pull a "fixed in fremantle" yet , but one never knows....
