> From: Alan Mead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> A lot of people have slammed Ed's perspective. I think we should separate
> distaste for the hardware from our dismay that the manufacturers do not
> support Linux. The hardware may make sense in some contexts where the
> modem is rarely used.
>
> And even if we think the hardware sucks, it remains somewhat of an
> Achilles' heel for "desktop Linux" that most people's modems don't work
> with Linux.
>
> The real villain here is the manufacturers who refuse to support Linux at all.
>
> -Alan Mead
>
> At 02:47 PM 7/8/00 , you wrote:
> >The same logic of why a winmodem might be appropriate
> >for an OEM system also applies to linux - most of us running
> >systems in the hundreds of MHz _do_ have some spare cycles.
> >
> >So why not take advantage of a cheaper modem? Hell, most of
> >us DONT have true PS printers - does using GS and printfilters
> >to make a "software PS printer" make is bad?
> >
> >And, what's wrong with a binary-only driver?
> >--
> >Edward Schernau, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
While I agree with Alan, I do think there are problems with
binary-only drivers. For example, nvidia only provides binary drivers
to take advantage of the 3D graphics hardware with XFree 4.0. When
XFree 4.0.1 came out, the binary-only drivers didn't work with them.
You had to stay with XFree 4.0 (which has bugs) at least until nvidia
releases new drivers (which I think they since have somewhere, but not
on their main web page for drivers).
This situation may be the one thing that keeps me from buying a nvidia
card (which I am currently contemplating).
Dave
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