My New 100% Free Software Desktop
The R300 free software ATI graphics card driver is apparently working quite well these days, with a few tips around the web making things look quite promising for the X550 card in my planned system.
I’m also getting a motherboard that is “work in progress” for the LinuxBIOS project, so I hope to be one of the first people to have a 100% Free Software desktop computer as soon as its ready to test out! The onboard network and sound cards seem to work with free software drivers already, which is perfect.
I’ll be using a good quality noise-dampening case and power supply, and a trusty Seagate harddisk and both DVD-ROM and DVD+RW disc drives for easy personal backup of the few too-easily-scratched discs I possess.
I have a nice big Dell 2407WFP screen, although it needs a pivot mount to be complete, and then after that I’ll need a good keyboard and pointer. I figure I’ll either get a Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000, or a Maltron, and I’m quite happy with my mouse as it is.
The My New 100% Free Software Desktop by David Crossland, except the quotations and unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
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