linux drivers: Nvidia vs ATI

[Matt Graham]

After a long battle with technology, Kurt Granroth wrote:
[snip]
> The ThinkPad series has a great reputation but I'll have to say that I
> am grown to thoroughly detest the T42, T43, and T60 models.  Based on
> those, I'm not so sure I can recommend the brand anymore...

OK... what, exactly, was wrong with the T42?  I've had a T42p for years now.  
The hardware has Just Worked except for the S-video out, which I've never 
tried.  Suspend-to-RAM works fine as long as you're not running fglrx, 
DVD+-RW is fine, keyboard and Trackpoint are fine.

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