Christopher Nelson wrote:
> Did you buy it knowing you were going to use it under linux? If so,
> it's you problem. If not, the answer's simple--don't give them any more
> money and tell us, so we don't give them money until they rectify the
> situation.
I bought it based on recommendations *on this very list* as well as
pointers *from this list* to sites that recommended it.
> No, but the driver and module source are in non-free, and this page:
> http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html#install
> lists 4 seperate ways to build the module, none of which seem difficult.
> Sub kernel-source for linux-headers and it should all work smoothly.
That's the page I was referring to. "none of which seem difficult" tells
me you've never done it. Thank you for proving me right.
> They do address their userbase--the people who want to follow the social
> contract. They also allow the most common 'non-free' things to be done
> easily. What more do you want?
A little more pragmatism and a little less haughty zealotry.
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