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| Date | 2012-04-15 23:26 -0700 |
|---|---|
| From | Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> |
| Organization | An Ant Farm |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.setup, comp.os.linux.hardware |
| Subject | Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? |
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Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 4/15/2012 1:47 PM PT, J G Miller typed:
> QUOTE
>
> But we can not include those proprietary drivers on the free Knoppix-CD or DVD,
> because of security and license considerations.
>
> UNQUOTE
>
> or
>
> QUOTE
>
> Knoppix 7.0 includes only free and open source graphics drivers
>
> UNQUOTE
>
> It seems to me that you have not actually looked examined what
> Knoppix provides.
Hmm, does it let users download, compile, and install the closed drivers?
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Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-15 11:01 -0700
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-04-15 19:16 +0100
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-15 11:27 -0700
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-04-15 18:51 +0000
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2012-04-15 11:56 -0700
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-15 12:38 -0700
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2012-04-15 13:16 -0700
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-04-15 20:47 +0000
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-15 23:26 -0700
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-15 23:25 -0700
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2012-04-16 07:42 -0700
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Danno <WhoaBaby@MySecretPlace.org> - 2012-04-16 01:49 -0600
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-04-16 13:53 +0000
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2012-04-17 12:46 -0500
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2012-04-17 14:31 -0400
Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Danno <WhoaBaby@MySecretPlace.org> - 2012-04-17 13:40 -0600
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