On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 15:38 -0800, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > On 11/9/06, Kim Lux <lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > LET ME SAY THIS: IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE TO BUILD A DRIVER ! Too > > many things can and do go wrong ! > > right, drivers should fall from the sky like rain, precompiled & perfect. ---- many of us couldn't care less about proprietary drivers and choose hardware based upon whether and how well the hardware is supported by open source drivers just to avoid this type of situation. Open source drivers are of course, the only ones that can actually be community supported and totally integrated. Closed source drivers require gymnastics to get them work - OP needs to get over it. Granted the options aren't great on laptops...c'est la vie. Craig
