David Boles wrote:
on 10/28/2007 3:04 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
Alan Cox wrote:
But note that there is nothing remotely illegal about the nvidia driver,
nor would there be any problem with the fedora project distributing it
themselves if they had any reason to care about the user experience.
Actually the legal state of the Nvidia driver is a matter of debate. Even
if it was legal it would not meet the Fedora policy, nor be in the
interests of the project.
When the users' interests aren't the same as the project's interests,
you have to wonder why there are any users - or how long there will be any.
The Linux users should get of their collective lazy a$$es and setup their
systems to suit themselves if they want to use non FOSS packages.
And why is that? Especially if they believe that vendors should be able
to distribute their drivers in whatever form they want?
Since the current subject is Nvidia, a Windows install, for example, comes
with a 'it works' Nvidia video driver. Just like Linux does. *Not* the
fancy one from Nvidia that does all of the fancy stuff. The 'Stupid
Windows User' must go to the Nvidia site, find the proper driver for his
video card and install it to get the fancy video stuff.
So what you are saying or implying here? That 'Stupid Windows Users' know
more about their systems and how to set them up than 'Brilliant Linux
Users' do? ;-)
My reply was in response to an 'it doesn't work' post. And with Windows
there is one packaging method and a small number of interface variations
to pick from. Linux has presented a near infinite variety with not much
indication of getting it right yet.
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