The real solution

The real solution

Posted May 26, 2006 3:09 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333)
In reply to: The real solution by eru
Parent article: Kororaa and the GPL - Update 1

You need to choose your fights.

Decent Free video drivers on a decent video card is much more important for a Free Desktop then a a Free BIOS.

Also motherboards supporting bios replacements (generally Tyan type things) are pretty much unaffordable. The ability to use a Free BIOS replacement is technically only a boon for people doing things like clustering or need instant-boot-up. The video drivers are more important and Intel helps with them with documentation and such.

As far as open source drivers go, Intel is pretty decent.

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