DRM is not evil, just useless. [LWN.net]

DRM is not evil, just useless.

Posted Sep 25, 2006 6:22 UTC (Mon) by mst@mellanox.co.il (guest, #27097)
In reply to: DRM is not evil, just useless. by obi
Parent article: Kernel developers' position on GPLv3

> These days, if you're looking for a graphic card you have no real
> alternatives. I need a desktop graphics card to do my job. Which one do I
> choose to "vote with my feet" or even "punish with my feet" - as you put it?

Consider an Intel graphics card. Running quite well on my Lenovo T60,
with 2.6.18 and no binary drivers.

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DRM is not evil, just useless.

Posted Sep 26, 2006 22:15 UTC (Tue) by obi (guest, #5784) [Link]

Well, that's great if you have a laptop, you don't care about good performance, and you don't care about the binary-only intel_hal.so that includes things like macrovision.

If you need a PCI-express card, need to drive multiple screens, can't find one of those mini-DVI cards that plug into your embedded motherboard that of course doesn't come with DVI, or need a bit better performance, you're out of luck.

Even though intel graphics are an alternative, for which I'm really happy and that I really am going to support, it's not always (or even most cases) a viable option.

So punishing with my feet is still hard.