Christopher Nelson wrote: > Did you buy it knowing you were going to use it under linux? If so, > it's you problem. If not, the answer's simple--don't give them any more > money and tell us, so we don't give them money until they rectify the > situation.
I bought it based on recommendations *on this very list* as well as pointers *from this list* to sites that recommended it. > No, but the driver and module source are in non-free, and this page: > http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html#install > lists 4 seperate ways to build the module, none of which seem difficult. > Sub kernel-source for linux-headers and it should all work smoothly. That's the page I was referring to. "none of which seem difficult" tells me you've never done it. Thank you for proving me right. > They do address their userbase--the people who want to follow the social > contract. They also allow the most common 'non-free' things to be done > easily. What more do you want? A little more pragmatism and a little less haughty zealotry. -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. -------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
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