> I've never tried but I'm certain I couldn't use my current graphics > card without binary blob firmware. Which graphics card do you have? NVidia cards have nouveau (or nv), which is good enough today to handle heavy 3D. ATI and Intel both have libre drivers, AFAIK.
>I'm also >reasonably sure it would consist of really old parts that I probably >wouldn't be using otherwise :/ http://www.h-node.org holds a hardware database which holds a list of hardware pieces fully and freely supported, and many are not at all old. > So it's a compromise. It's good to have principles and free (as in > open) software is a good thing but it's also nice to have a computer > that performs well. Again, it's entirely possible to build a completely free machine (up to the level of BIOS) and have a good performance. So not really. Blobs can be avoided and it's mostly a matter of your understanding and devotion to free software. -- Serge Hooge () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
