Re: OSS vs ALSA war :-)

[GCZ <geeceezee@free.fr>]

Frank Barknecht wrote:

> I stay with open source software, because this libre thing is
> important to me.

Oh. You don't say. Well, this "libre thing" is important to me too (I'm 
not running linux on all of my three machines just because I don't like 
Windows), but how exactly am I supporting Free Software just by running 
something that doesn't work for me?

Jaroslav implied that I could, actually, actively help by providing a 
shell account and my feedback, which I will do. I didn't know that would 
actually help. But otherwise, when there's no Free Software alternative 
that works in a particular situation, I don't see any problem with 
buying closed-source software.

There's no way to play 3D games with the "nv" driver for my Nvidia 
GeForce FX5900. Should I refrain from playing UT2004 just because 
Nvidia's drivers, which work beautifully, are closed-source? Should I 
refrain from playing Quake 3 because ALSA doesn't work with it?


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