On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 16:52 -0400, Kevin Dean wrote: > If you're looking to build a fully functional, libre system NOW, Intel > is your only choice. The nouveau driver won't be ready for day to day > use until the end of the year, if that. > > However, I refuse to buy Intel products (processor, motherboards or > graphics chipsets) because they developed and licensed a DRM scheme > that is rather common.
So, right now, that lead us to a dead end on choosing a video card with 3D acceleration. And it doesn't matter if I want it integrated or not. Damn it! > > I should also say for this topic, AMD made a press release a few days > ago declaring their intention to "Open Source" their video drivers; > but that may or may not happen, and it may or may not actually be > libre. Damn it! > > On 5/16/07, Josh Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm, okay, I must have misunderstood them... > > > > Now I'm unsure if I should be looking a Thinkpad T61 with Intel 965, or the > > nVidia card. > > > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 11:34:52AM -0400, Kevin Dean wrote: > > > Not sure what you means by "a bunch of hex in the code". The only hex > > > I see in nouveau is initial device flagging, which is a SINGLE memory > > > address used to identify the card type. I think this is signifigantly > > > different than a block of executible code - essentially it's the > > > card's NAME - not code. > > > > > > One of the goals of the nouveau project is to write totally free > > > driver; they specifically state that NOT creating binary blobs is an > > > official goal of the project. > > > > > > If you mean the OFFICIAL (restricted) nVidia driver, oh. ;) Yeah, > > > that's the nature of non-Free stuff. RENouveau is designed to help > > > look at that hex, the memory addresses it affects and, by running > > > standardized tests, watch changes in the memory, and from that they're > > > writing a Libre driver. > > > > > > And while I would also suggest Intel graphics right now because > > > they're the only fully functional AND Libre, the OP needs an AGP > > > expansion card, not integrated. > > > > > > On 5/16/07, Josh Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >I spoke with the nouveau guys and they said there there was a bunch of > > > >hex > > > >in the code, that they didn't really understand and manipulating it was > > > >just guess work, they didn't really understand it. > > > > > > > >I hear the Intel 965 is quite good. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gNewSense-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
