User: Logicthe

A good example and good question asking if hardware specifications are available for the graphics driver in the Lemote Yeeloong: lemote SMI VGA chip - is a datasheet available?

Note: The above mailing list post is a good example of politeness and at the same time asking a question that I've had a long time on my mind, although maybe because I'm not very good at diplomacy and/or politeness I could not ask it yet.

Interesting to know that. More women involved in computer science for a male/female balance in community:

• Womenscaucus/9.19.2009

From wiktionary: caucus (plural caucuses)

1. (US) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.
2. (Canadian) A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.

(I've stalled. Maybe I've become bored. Maybe it was a too big task for me.) Working on to free this game: Starfighter which resides in the Software blacklist

Buying computer hardware that respects software freedom

I'm thinking of buying a computer which supports FLOSS 3D accelerated graphics. (careful that all software even in 3D graphics, including the microcode is documented and FLOSS). I'm afraid I can't support companies which support coreboot, like AMD. I want Intel's X4500 GMA, and from what I read it has released it's 3D acceleration hardware microcode.

• coreboot v1-4 supported motherboards/mainboards

Searching for FLOSS 3D hardware acceleration

Intel GMA. (Intel Motherboard integrated graphics accelerator hardware)

But avoid:

• Intel GMA 500 (No FLOSS and badly documented. Seriously! Avoid it at all costs!)

Paid but not purchased

• GMA X4500 ---(Wikipedia)---> "G43 chipset" , e-shop.gr --> Click on G43 under 'chipset'

Not the ideal way to buy a 3D graphics card that supports FLOSS drivers. (with GMA specifications released along with the microcode). I needed a new computer so I took the chance to have an Intel graphics card on it that supported libre graphics as mentioned previously.(running with FLOSS as mentioned earlier)

Total cost(with taxes): 519,92€. I paid but later it was found that some hardware was not available so they sent me the money back.

Motherboard (with DDR3)

• ASUS P5G41T-M LX (G41. GMA X4500, =46.94€) (DDR3 1066Mhz Dual Channel. O.C. 1333Mhz)
  • SDRAM DDR3 1333MHz (2GBx2 Dual Channel CL9. 49.90€)

More Hardware

• Core 2 Duo E7500 (2 cores at 2.93Ghz, FSB 1066, 112€)
• Hard drive: 1TB, SATA2, 7200rpm with 32MB Cache, Average Seek Time: Unknown (~56€, rounded up)
• THERMALTAKE W0294 (69€) (500W, ATX 12V 2.3)
• Case -- Asus Vento TA-863 (24€ rounded up)

Not too much bound to the motherboard

• PHILIPS 190S1/SB 19 TFT BLACK LCD (~109€ rounded up)
• Keyboard (can't I choose the meta key saying "GNU"?, 11€)
• I already have a mouse