[NCLUG] Re: Ubuntu sound problems--Installfest question
Brian Wood
bwood at beww.org
Thu Apr 10 18:26:34 MDT 2008
On Apr 10, 2008, at 5:32 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
>
> I guess I should list out the four types of drivers that concern me
> because they are different and I do actually treat them differently.
> (Yes, I am inconsistent.) Any other problem drivers outside this
> list?
>
> RAID
> Networking
> Sound
> Graphics
You might add "virtualizing". There are both free and non-free ways to
go about setting up a virtual machine. The non-free ones are probably
"better" in that they are generally faster and support more hardware
(like USB2.0), but the free ones seem to be catching up fast.
QEMU is an interesting case. I believe the code is GPL, but the kernel
module is not. You can run without the module (albeit more slowly) but
have to load a proprietary module if you want the maximum performance.
I agree with you about some outfits wanting to get the advantages of
GPL code without giving anything back. Tivo is probably the best
(worst?) example of this.
beww
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