Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Linonut on Monday 24 September 2007 23:45 : \____
>
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> You have selected X-Fi Fatal1ty and Linux.
>>>
>>>
> http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/downloads/download2.asp?MainCategory=209&Product=14000&dlcentric=10134&Product_Name=X%2DFi+Fatal1ty&filetype=11&OSName=Linux
>>>
>>> X-Fi Driver Only Supports 64-bit Linux [for Now]
>>>
>>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjA2OQ
>>
>>> http://opensource.creative.com/
>>
>> Cool.
>>
>> It sounds like DFS's letter writing campaign had some effect!
>
> Have you watched the scale of that thread in their Web site? That /alone/ shows
> you that the Linux market is out there and it's begging for support. Many of
> these might be dual-booters who could not get sound while gaming on Linux,
> _until now_. This will give less excuses for keeping a Windows partition This
> driver is an important one and many people have anticipated it.
>
Economics is a terribly strong driver to encourage the writing of
drivers. Proper, open-source drivers driven by economics.
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