J. B. Nicholson-Owens wrote:
Matt H wrote:
> That's nice to hear. But, you're avoiding the point... Someone
> installs Fedora, they /already/ own an NVIDIA card. This person
> wants 3D acceleration, which makes sense. Now, do you tell them,
> "NVIDIA sucks, go buy a different card." Or, do you tell them how to
> install the driver?
I can tell you what I've already done: I pointed a local man to an
inexpensive card (just under $60) that does 3-D graphics well and
works with the latest XFree86 out of the box, then I explained to him
why software freedom is important (and thus why I'm recommending he
steers clear of any hardware, no matter who the manufacturer is, that
can't be operated with non-free software). He took my advice, bought
a suitable video card and is now enjoying playing 3D games like
Armagetron, Tux Racer, and 2D games including Frozen Bubble.
My experience is that a lack of software freedom is quite impractical.
Two questions:
1) Which card would this be?
2) How does this help the person who already has the NVIDIA card, apart from
getting them to spend another $60?
-Don