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driver codedriver codePosted Oct 13, 2009 11:20 UTC (Tue) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501)In reply to: driver code by Adi Parent article: Free N900 (KDE.News)
Not having free drivers has quite a few practical implications. Using a different kernel is one. All the newish X extensions are another. I don't want to be forced to use kernel 2.6.30 and Xorg 7.6 one or two years from now just because this is the only one supported by some binary drivers.
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The Z Word Posted Oct 13, 2009 12:03 UTC (Tue) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784) [Link]
Indeed. It's amazing how people who use the term "zealot" typically also insist that they're "only being pragmatic". I can only assume that "pragmatic" must mean throwing stuff out every year or so for newer, shinier stuff that just happens to support the software of the day.
The Z Word Posted Oct 13, 2009 16:10 UTC (Tue) by mrfredsmoothie (subscriber, #3100) [Link]
You mean like the n770?
Now that this is a phone, too, I wonder if the device will be supported for longer. Not having ever shelled out more than $40 or so for a phone, I'm not sure if people who pay for smartphones expect to keep them for longer than a year or two.
driver code Posted Oct 13, 2009 12:58 UTC (Tue) by jospoortvliet (subscriber, #33164) [Link]
Good point. We can indeed only hope Nokia supports the N900 for as long as
there are users (which seems unlikely indeed). However, as far as I can tell, the 770 is still receiving updates so things seem to look good.
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