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Useless ATI drivers (fglrx)
mobrien_12:
--- Quote from: WMD ---How exactly?
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I think the argument is this:
The kernel is GPL. You cannot distribute binaries linked to it that are non GPL. You get in _lots_ of trouble if you distribute NVIDIA binary drivers with your distro that are precompiled for the kernel.
However, there's a loophole, because nvidia actually distributes non binary stuff, source code that by licence you are not allowed to see or modify. It gets compiled into a new kernel module on the fly. As an end user, the GPL doesn't prevent you from tainting the kernel. It does keep you from distributing a tainted kernel.
Pathos:
/me looks down adoringly at my 6600GT ....
I upgraded my card because it was a very bad bottleneck and I wanted a dual monitor system with a single card. probably should have saved money and gone with just a 6600. I'm never going to buy a gaming computer again unless I'm rich now consoles have HD. Probably get a huge LCD monitor for my pc and a tv card and run the console through that...
mobrien_12:
--- Quote from: hm_murdock ---Why doesn't somebody make a $200 computer out of the circuitry on a video board? Seriously, the things are SO DAMN RIDICULOUS that often times, a card is better than the computer it goes into.
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Come on, man. You know better. The GPU is really powerful because it's specialized. It does one thing and one thing well. It cannot do everything.
That kind of statement is like saying "wow, my 18 inch crescent wrench is so much awesome at turning lug nuts, why doesn't someone throw away that $400 box of tools that it sits in and just use the crescent wrench to turn screws, hammer nails, apply heatsink grease to CPU's .... "
hm_murdock:
Ten points for missing the point. Additional 3 for lack of sense of humor.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: RaZoR1394 ---The current free 2d driver can't even bring up X with the latest ATI cards.
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Blame ATi.
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