Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 77.163.218.131]
on May 19, 2008 06:35 AM
There is not much proprietary except for the Trusted Platform Module and the fingerprint scanner, and believe me you do _NOT_ want these to work!!! Intel and AMD (x86, x86-64) always works, RAM always works, HDD always works, keybord and touchpad always work, audio always works on the laptop, shortcut keys always work (unless they're broke like 2 of these on my laptop but that is another issue), all ports including USB work... the only thing that I can come up with is wireless (just buy a ASUS or Sitecom card for $24,99).
So how about graphics? Intel has GPL'd their drivers so this is not an issue. nVidia only has proprietary drivers which always works if your distro does not include a version of X11 and Compiz Fusion that is newer than the latest nVidia driver. ATI is opening up with documentation without NDA's and their new proprietary drivers are reaching nVidia quality. All graphic cards work on 2D level so you are guarantied to have a working desktop.
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Re: It's time to retire "ready for the desktop"
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 77.163.218.131] on May 19, 2008 06:35 AMSo how about graphics? Intel has GPL'd their drivers so this is not an issue. nVidia only has proprietary drivers which always works if your distro does not include a version of X11 and Compiz Fusion that is newer than the latest nVidia driver. ATI is opening up with documentation without NDA's and their new proprietary drivers are reaching nVidia quality. All graphic cards work on 2D level so you are guarantied to have a working desktop.
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