On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 13:01 -0500, David Boles wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > I do not know. Unbuto has Nvidia drivers that worked on my computer. > > But it was not perfect. I expect Windows which doesn't change kernels 5 > > times a year, could have the driver within but not sure it does. > > > Microsoft supplies a generic Nvidia driver that works with all Nvidia > cards. Similar to the one provided in the Linux kernel. If you actually > buy the card, in a box, drivers are supplied on a CD. But not current > one. Just as with Linux if you want the newest, 3D drivers you have to > go to Nvidia, find the correct ones, and install them. > > The difference is that if you have already installed better drivers you > have to uninstall them, reboot to the Microsoft provided one, install > the new one and reboot to the newer ones. Then configure them. > > Microsoft does not provide Java on their disk. Actually they provide the > operating system only. It does have some built in features but nothing > really great. You get a real deal with the Linux OS/software when you > install. ;-) ---- Most people aren't assembling their own systems but are buying a branded installation which already has the enhanced video drivers and often Java pre-installed and thus most Windows users haven't a clue which is provided by Microsoft and which is provided by the branded system. That's just the way it is. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
