What I recently did regarding software freedom.

Don Levey fedora-list at the-leveys.us
Thu Feb 5 16:26:21 UTC 2004


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





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