[aklug] Re: free software compatible hardware

From: Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com>
Date: Fri Sep 28 2012 - 12:49:38 AKDT

On 09/28/2012 12:30 PM, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
> I daily use a System76 Laptop (a 17" model they no longer sell). I love. It's
> rock solid, everything works (even the fingerprint scanner), and battery life
> is pretty good too (3-ish hours, I think). They are also very responsive to
> support requests. i would highly recommend them.
>
> j
>
> On Friday, September 28, 2012 07:18:27 Leif Sawyer wrote:
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Does your laptop have 3D graphics acceleration? What GPU chipset does it
have, and what graphics drivers do you use?

In short: I'm not really looking to buy a new system; I'm actually on a
quest to figure out how I can get accelerated 3D graphics without giving
up my FOSS principles. I found out that the Radeon chipset in my current
machine requires the use of a non-free firmware blob in the kernel. So
I'm looking at specs from the "FOSS compatible" systems to see what they
are using.

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