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2011-06-16 , 18:54
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Originally Posted by momcilo View Post
I made a mistake, I don't count Window$ as OS, at least that I use.

Linux kernel source I guess?
Perhaps lsmod?

I've got one closed source driver in my machine - nvidia (and hope to replace it with nouveau).

All the remaining hardware has open source drivers. What about you?
Wifi drivers is also a problem on PC. Intel is the only I know who has fully open wifidrivers.

and about the Nvidia or ATI open driver I dont expect those opendrivers to be that good as the closed once.

Mainly because trhe manufactors will never release full technical reference manuals etc...

But personally I dont give a **** if the manufactors doesnt opensource everything. Its more important to make them to understand they should MUST support Linux on desktop and on handset./tablets etc. even if they decide to have some binary blobs.

as long as they support Linux and X11/Wayland its good enought to me. Its another story with apps they should be open :-)
 

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