I personally do care about the open source aspect - not only because I work on open source projects, but because it means I'm not so awfully dependent on the ma

I personally do care about the open source aspect - not only because I work on open source projects, but because it means I'm not so awfully dependent on the manufacturer. Does the proprietary driver support the kernel version / distribution / whatever you wanna use? No? Bummer. The more the stuff is open, the higher the chance someone will make it work.