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:
From wiktionary: caucus (plural caucuses)
- (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.
- (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
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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.
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.
ASUS P5G43T-M PRO (with DDR3)
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ASUS P5G41T-M LX (G41. GMA X4500, =89€) (DDR3 1066Mhz Dual Channel. O.C. 1333Mhz)
- SDRAM DDR3 1333MHz (2GBx2 Dual Channel CL9. 55€ rounded up)
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 (~55€, 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 (110€)
- Keyboard (can't I choose the meta key saying "GNU"?, 11€)
- I already have a mouse
