http://www.jonathandavis.me.uk/2007/10/28/ubuntu-710-review/ Books, Politics, Free Software... and other going's on.. Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:39:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.jonathandavis.me.uk/2007/10/28/ubuntu-710-review/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Tim Dobson Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:12:13 +0000 http://www.jonathandavis.me.uk/2007/10/28/ubuntu-710-review/#comment-416 *"chipsets get drivers" even! *”chipsets get drivers” even!

]]> http://www.jonathandavis.me.uk/2007/10/28/ubuntu-710-review/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Tim Dobson Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:11:42 +0000 http://www.jonathandavis.me.uk/2007/10/28/ubuntu-710-review/#comment-415 I came to here from fsf groups wiki! Disclaimer: I haven't used or seen gutsy, my desktop runs debian and my laptop is on feisty until i get bored and upgrade. you talk about fps and nexuiz: when I had time, openarena (based on quake arena codebase) is, in my opinion, an awesome game. compared to nexuiz, i find it more enjoyable, although there is no debate that nexuiz's graphics are better. oh and I symaphise with wifi drivers. most wifi chipsets are supported at least to some extent, but i economised and bought a really good laptop for £300. (well really good for that price 1 year ago!). the only downside is that the chipset is medion, like the rest of it, and is proprietary. it is also very obscure so there is not much hope for a driver in the near future. unfortunatly atm I do not have the skills to do anything about it. one thing to remember was that in tthe early days, when "thar be dragons", most modems were unsupported, due to their reliance on proprietry drivers. As the GNU+Linux system as matured, most, though admittedly not all, modems will work with little, but usually no configuration. It is only a matter of time before the some of the more obscure wifi drivers get chipsets, and before the graphics card drivers are released as free software. I came to here from fsf groups wiki!
Disclaimer: I haven’t used or seen gutsy, my desktop runs debian and my laptop is on feisty until i get bored and upgrade.
you talk about fps and nexuiz: when I had time, openarena (based on quake arena codebase) is, in my opinion, an awesome game. compared to nexuiz, i find it more enjoyable, although there is no debate that nexuiz’s graphics are better.
oh and I symaphise with wifi drivers. most wifi chipsets are supported at least to some extent, but i economised and bought a really good laptop for £300. (well really good for that price 1 year ago!). the only downside is that the chipset is medion, like the rest of it, and is proprietary. it is also very obscure so there is not much hope for a driver in the near future.
unfortunatly atm I do not have the skills to do anything about it.
one thing to remember was that in tthe early days, when “thar be dragons”, most modems were unsupported, due to their reliance on proprietry drivers. As the GNU+Linux system as matured, most, though admittedly not all, modems will work with little, but usually no configuration.
It is only a matter of time before the some of the more obscure wifi drivers get chipsets, and before the graphics card drivers are released as free software.

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