From: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
To: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux Incompatibility List
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:51:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040821205157.GA9300@animx.eu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1093120274.854.145.camel@krustophenia.net>
> > > >Ideas/comments/suggestions are welcome at this stage.
> > >
> > > Sounds interesting; is there a vendor blacklist (i.e. vendors that are
> > > either hostile toward or simply don't care about Linux and their products
> > > just won't ever work with Linux?)
> >
> > Broadcom's wireless chips come to mind...
>
> Nvidia. AFAIK all nvidia Linux drivers are either binary-only or
> reverse-engineered.
True, however, their video cards *DO* work on linux (even though it is
binary-only). I have a laptop that has the chip. Does any broadcom
wireless chip work on linux (ndis wrapper or that piece of junk from
linuxant doesn't count)
> To add insult to injury they have a stupid 20+page 'Nvidia Linux
> Advantage' whitepaper on their site that conveniently fails to mention
> the above. They probably spent more money for some marketroid to put
> that together than they ever spent on actually supporting Linux.
Haven't seen that myself.
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Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-21 20:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-21 19:41 Linux Incompatibility List David N. Welton
2004-08-21 20:16 ` Joseph Pingenot
2004-08-21 20:20 ` Wakko Warner
2004-08-21 20:31 ` Lee Revell
2004-08-21 20:51 ` Wakko Warner [this message]
2004-08-21 21:06 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-08-21 21:11 ` Lee Revell
2004-08-21 21:16 ` Lee Revell
2004-08-22 14:30 ` Tonnerre
2004-08-22 14:45 ` Michael Buesch
2004-08-24 15:17 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-08-24 17:41 ` Michael Buesch
2004-08-21 21:18 ` Francois Romieu
2004-08-21 22:01 ` Wakko Warner
2004-08-21 23:53 ` Andrew Miklas
2004-08-23 3:54 ` Gianni Tedesco
2004-08-25 5:59 ` Andrew Miklas
2004-08-25 7:21 ` Gianni Tedesco
2004-08-29 1:42 ` Andrew Miklas
2004-08-29 3:21 ` Gianni Tedesco
2004-08-29 21:04 ` Andrew Miklas
2004-08-22 5:29 ` Jonathan Bastien-Filiatrault
2004-08-22 1:56 ` James Courtier-Dutton
2004-08-22 6:36 ` Jonathan Bastien-Filiatrault
2004-08-22 4:15 ` Kyle Moffett
2004-08-22 5:58 ` Lee Revell
2004-08-22 8:05 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-08-22 12:07 ` R. J. Wysocki
2004-08-22 12:32 ` Gene Heskett
2004-08-24 21:30 ` Hamie
2004-08-22 15:25 ` Tonnerre
2004-08-22 11:10 ` Alan Cox
2004-08-22 12:42 ` Dave Jones
2004-08-23 6:31 ` Eric W. Biederman
2004-08-21 21:20 ` David N. Welton
2004-08-21 22:03 ` Wakko Warner
2004-08-22 0:18 ` Rutger Nijlunsing
2004-08-21 20:22 ` David N. Welton
2004-08-22 11:14 ` Alan Cox
2004-08-22 15:08 ` Joseph Pingenot
2004-08-22 20:48 ` David N. Welton
2004-08-22 20:45 ` Alan Cox
2004-08-23 20:45 ` cliff white
[not found] ` <200408221045.29316.mbuesch@freenet.de>
2004-08-22 20:34 ` David N. Welton
2004-08-22 21:24 ` David N. Welton
2004-08-25 7:41 ` Helge Hafting
2004-08-25 7:49 ` David N. Welton
2004-08-31 7:28 ` Helge Hafting
2004-08-31 10:21 ` David N. Welton
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-08-22 4:19 linux
2004-08-22 13:05 ` Wakko Warner
2004-08-22 16:43 ` Horst von Brand
2004-08-22 22:42 ` Robin Rosenberg
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