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diff --git a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml index 04411b800..3db1387e4 100644 --- a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml +++ b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ framebuffer graphics is provided by the kernel, whilst desktop environments use X11. Whether advanced graphics card features such as 3D-hardware acceleration or hardware-accelerated video are available, depends on the actual graphics hardware used in the system and in some -cases on the installation of additional <quote>firmware</quote> images +cases on the installation of additional <quote>firmware</quote> blobs (see <xref linkend="hardware-firmware"/>). </para> @@ -332,12 +332,11 @@ cases on the installation of additional <quote>firmware</quote> images <para arch="x86"> On modern PCs, having a graphical display usually works out of the -box. In very few cases there have been reports about hardware on +box. For quite a lot of hardware, 3D acceleration also works well out of +the box, but there is still some hardware that needs binary firmware blobs +to work well. In some cases there have been reports about hardware on which installation of additional graphics card firmware was required -even for basic graphics support, but these have been rare exceptions. -For quite a lot of hardware, 3D acceleration also works well out of -the box, but there is still some hardware that needs binary blobs to -work well. +even for basic graphics support. </para> <para arch="arm"> |