Makes me wonder if Linux will ever be ready for the common desktop, not to mention laptop

[Colin Guthrie]

Chris Pemberton wrote:
> I gave my wife, a non-Linux user, the task of determining if an Intel 
> 945GM graphics chip would work in Linux.  A quick google search and a 
> few clicks and she is here:
> 
> http://intellinuxgraphics.org
> 
> reading what appears to be a press release from Intel stating how great 
> their graphics drivers are.  Her conclusion: yes it is supported.  I 
> then explained to her that in fact the drivers were only somewhat 
> complete and lacked certain features.  Her reaction was to call me a 
> nerd for wasting her time, but she also said that the website had misled 
> her into thinking the drivers were functional.

I've had a an 945GM for some time in my Dell and I can't say i've ever
had a problem with the driver. Sure some multihead stuff wasn't ideal at
first but it's come a long way in recent months.

I can say I regret my purchase for one moment. I can say that my system
is almost 100% proprietary free (I still use VMWare in the office) which
make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!

Col