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Re: [LUG] Flash Player 9 for PPC

 

On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 06:05:36PM +0000, Rob Beard wrote:

> Tell you what would be a good idea, lets all go back to the old DEC 
> terminals?  Who's up for it?  I mean, if a new graphics card is not 
> supported unless we have to use non-free drivers then we don't deserve 
> to use Gnome/KDE?

I'm fairly sure most cards have support - maybe they don't have full
3d support, but they generally work well enough to display X. 

It is not about deserving to use the system, it is about giving up
freedoms.

> With comments slagging off the use of non-free it is making me want to 
> go and sing Microsoft's praises. (Yes, that was a joke)

Let me know if you think of any.

matt

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