I totally agree - binary-blob hardware is a bad idea. But as far as I can see, there isn't a choice at the moment - there are no cards on the market which will fit a PCI-E slot, have 2 DVI connections, and which have free drivers. Have I missed one?
I know about the Open Graphics Project, but that's not ready yet, so I think it's a choice of ATI/Nvidia/Matrox. Even the Matrox card is now partly non-free in its PCI-E version. Of these, the nvidia driver is usually the least bad, and there is a hope of a free driver soon from nouveau.
I totally agree - binary-blob hardware is a bad idea. But as far as I can see, there isn't a choice at the moment - there are no cards on the market which will fit a PCI-E slot, have 2 DVI connections, and which have free drivers. Have I missed one?
I know about the Open Graphics Project, but that's not ready yet, so I think it's a choice of ATI/Nvidia/Matrox. Even the Matrox card is now partly non-free in its PCI-E version. Of these, the nvidia driver is usually the least bad, and there is a hope of a free driver soon from nouveau.